by Marcia Suzuki | May 21, 2015 | News, Spotlight, Testimonies
“Please keep my daughter with you. I cannot keep her, I’m going back to the village.” Muwaji Suruwaha. Muwaji’s words caused us great pain. Of course we would have adopted little Iganani with great joy. That’s not the problem. We know that...
by Marcia Suzuki | Mar 10, 2015 | Articles, Spotlight
Some Brazilian anthropologists and missionaries are defending the indefensible. Through scholarly papers clad in a disguise of cultural tolerance, they are attempting to disseminate a theory that is, at least, racist – the theory that for certain human societies...
by Marcia Suzuki | Jun 5, 2008 | Articles, Testimonies, Spotlight
Eu estava na aldeia quando ela nasceu. Eu, uma lingüista carioca tentando analisar o sistema gramatical de uma língua desconhecida, e ao mesmo tempo tentando sobreviver no meio de uma tribo remota do Amazonas. Meu marido, um lingüista descendente de japonês com dotes...
