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    Laura Anderson Barbata: 21st Century Living in the Amazon—In the Order of Chaos

    Presented by MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) at MIT Bartos Theater, ground floor Bldg E15

    September 21-September 27, 2010

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    Laura Anderson Barbata: 21st Century Living in the Amazon—In the Order of Chaos

    Working with the Yanomami people of the Amazon Rainforest, Laura Barbata taught them how to make paper and bind books, thus empowering them in writing their own history. Through her project “Moko Jumbies” she engaged at-risk youth in the practice of ancient traditions and helped them develop their sense of identity. Laura Anderson Barbata is a professor at the Escuela Nacional de Escultura, Pintura y Grabado La Esmeralda of the...

    Working with the Yanomami people of the Amazon Rainforest, Laura Barbata taught them how to make paper and bind books, thus empowering them in writing their own history. Through her project “Moko Jumbies” she engaged at-risk youth in the practice of ancient traditions and helped them develop their sense of identity. Laura Anderson Barbata is a professor at the Escuela Nacional de Escultura, Pintura y Grabado La Esmeralda of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, México.
    Image courtesy of Laura Barbata


    MIT Bartos Theater, ground floor Bldg E15

    Wiesner Building, 20 Ames Street
    Cambridge, MA 02142

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