The Literary Workshops of the Superior School of the Judges of the State of Tocantins (Esmat), held in partnership with the Directorate of People Management (DIGEP), will return for the second semester. The works "Ancestral Future" and "Ideas for Postponing the End of the World", by Ailton Krenak, have been selected for the next class.
Registrations will be open from August 20th. The copies will be made available for loan to Judges, civil servers and trainees from the Judiciary of the State of Tocantins who are interested in taking part.
The meetings, called reading circles, will take place on Tuesdays in September, on the 10th, 17th and 24th, from 7pm to 8.40pm, remotely, allowing people from other districts to take part. The mediation will be conducted by Eugislane Moreira Lima, PhD and Master in Environmental Sciences (UFT), an indigenous member of the Karajá - Xambioá people.
The aim of the project is to promote reflection on contemporary issues that impact everyday life, social relations and the workplace, such as racial inequalities, social class, gender oppression and sexuality.
Ancestral future
In this collection of texts produced between 2020 and 2021, Ailton Krenak challenges us to rethink our vision of the future. He suggests that if there is a future to be considered, it is ancestral, because it was already there. Krenak invites us to abandon illusions and value what is around us, highlighting the importance of rivers and other natural elements.
Ideas for postponing the end of the world
Ailton Krenak, born in the region of the Sweet River Valley, criticizes the separation between humanity and nature. He argues that the idea of a "superior humanity" is at the root of the contemporary socio-environmental disaster. Krenak defends the recognition of diversity and the rejection of the idea of human superiority as ways of reframing our existences and avoiding environmental destruction.
About the author
Ailton Krenak, born in 1953, is an activist in the socio-environmental movement and a defender of indigenous rights. He organized the Alliance of Forest Peoples, which brings together riverside and indigenous communities in the Amazon. His books "Ideas for Postponing the End of the World" and "Life Is Not Useful" have been published in more than ten territories. Krenak is a Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit of the Presidency of the Republic and he holds honorary doctorates from the Federal University of the State of Minas Gerais and the Federal University of the city of Juiz de Fora.
