Laboratório de Arqueologia e Antropologia Ambiental e Evolutiva (LAAAE)
The Laboratory of Environmental and Evolutionary Archaeology and Anthropology (LAAAE) at IB/MAE-USP is one of the few in Brazil that works on human evolution from a multidisciplinary perspective. It studies everything from archaeological sites to traditional communities living in threatened Brazilian biomes like the Amazon. One of LAAAE’s projects aims to include Black individuals in this field’s research and scientific communication stages.
Projects
Considering the colonizing history of archaeology and human evolution knowledge and the racial and gender stereotypes associated with the image of scientists in Brazil, the project “Evolução para Todes – Compartilhando a Ciência do LAAAE-USP” (Evolution for All – Sharing Science done at LAAAE-USP) seeks to qualify the scientific outreach content in the area. Through the production of content such as mini-documentaries, texts and animations that are widely disseminated and freely accessible on the internet, the laboratory wants to expand decolonizing narratives and build new dialogues – especially with black people, to think about racial inclusion in scientific outreach.
