Coletivo Transverso (stencil and licks), New Family Crew (graffiti), Vitor Mafra (Rap Arena) and Unicamp students bring human rights and diversity in the form of art to Unicamp. According to the Director of Culture, Verônica Fabrini, the activities are part of the project “Culture at Unicamp: how does this affect me?”. The interventions take place from February 26th to 28th, from 10 am to 18 pm, at various points on the Barão Geraldo campus. The initiative to bring urban interventions to the academic environment comes from the Directorate of Culture of the Dean of Extension and Community Affairs (Preac) and the Steering Committee of the University Pact for the Promotion of Respect for Diversity, the Culture of Peace and Human Rights at Unicamp.
The Rap Arena takes place on the 28th, from 17:30 pm to 21 pm, at the Ciclo Básico theater and should bring together hip hop groups from Campinas and the region, according to Vitor Mafra, creator of the project and social sciences student at the University. An extension project of Unicamp's Center for Logic and Epistemology (CLE), Arena was born precisely with the proposal of using rap as an artistic cultural vehicle to unite the academic community and society, according to Mafra. In addition to him, two other Unicamp students are participating, a DJ and a hip hop artist. Recently arrived from Cape Verde, where he presented the project, Mafra believes that through events such as the Arena and the Culture project at Unicamp it is possible to build respect for diversity in an organic way.
An arena theater can end the day with other colors, the dull gray of an air-conditioning box can bring colorful dusk and, on the path routinely taken, a poem can divert your attention: “The poem changes the meaning of the path”. According to Verônica Fabrini, the idea of carrying out urban intervention in the freshman year converges with DCult's proposal to build an environment of integration, capable of welcoming diversities. “With these interventions, the Directorate of Culture intends to make people see culture not as a place that has to be attended or for which one has to pay admission, but something that is already there to be used. And urban intervention, being democratic, has the function of bringing people closer to this conception of culture.”
Transverse Collective
“The street is the main space for expressing diversity, it is the political place par excellence”, emphasizes Cauê Maia, coordinator of Coletivo Transverso. Regarding participation in the freshman year, he emphasizes: “Our work proposes reflection. The school for those who don't have one is the street. And for us, who have it free of charge, our responsibility is to disseminate the results of our research and our work as widely as possible.”
According to Cauê, Transverso was already at Unicamp, at the invitation of professor Heloisa Cardoso, from the Department of Performing Arts, and one of his interventions (a lick with the phrase "sure died of boredom") inspired a question in the Unicamp entrance exam . The theme of diversity, chosen by DCult, is very timely in his opinion. “There needs to be diversity, that it be respected and cultivated by those who want it. New, kinder and more careful ways of coexisting in public space will only come with respect for others, for multiple others. Above all, it is necessary to recognize humanity in what is diverse, to understand what is common to us despite our differences.”
New Family
A group formed in Campinas, the New Family collective will feature several artists from Campinas and people from the academic community who wish to participate in the actions. Currently, the team is made up of Dimi and Moai, who have been part of it since its first formation. The creation arose from the desire to bring together new graffiti talents from Campinas.
Known for its activities on the streets, most recently on Avenida Aquidabã, in the center of Campinas, New Family Crew has already caught the attention of several companies, due to its style and quality, receiving invitations to work in partnership with several brands. Their only criterion, according to Dimi and Moai, is “never losing the essence of the streets”.
Human Rights
For Verônica Fabrini, the partnership with the University Pact for the Promotion of Respect for Diversity, the Culture of Peace and Human Rights at Unicamp in Calourada is enriching, as the moment of reception for freshmen is strategic for carrying out the actions, as it is the occasion when young people arrive at the University open to new experiences and perceptions, therefore prone to absorb the concepts that Unicamp presents to them. “The idea of an integrative University, which allows approaches and, therefore, welcomes diversities and provides connections is a central objective in this project.”
The coordinator of the Pact Management Committee, Neri de Barros, emphasizes that this moment of reception for freshmen is important due to the possibility of presenting the 2018 generation of new entrants with a University committed to Human Rights and generating in them empathy for this identity of the community. in which they are entering. "A The University's mission is to produce and disseminate knowledge. But this experience alone is not capable of guaranteeing respect for Human Rights – it is society that must choose to carry out this movement. However, it is up to the University to disseminate the data and arguments it has to clarify that Human Rights are a response to concrete situations of violence that are highly destructive of human life and conditions of existence.”
The Pacto’s participation in Calourada coincides with the celebration, in 2018, of 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In addition to the partnership in the project “Culture at Unicamp: how does it affect me?”, the Pact integrates the Freshman Manual of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies with texts and videos. “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights results from the awareness in 1948 that the destruction caused by the Second World War resulted from a more insidious form of violence that fundamentally consists of denying others, that is, denying recognition of their condition. human rights and their right to life, freedom and identity. Therefore, it is important to say that Human Rights must be addressed in their comprehensive and universal relevance. It is common for people to make negative judgments about their value, motivated by fear and resentment linked to specific events. It is therefore necessary, through information, to make it clear that Human Rights cannot be evaluated from this point of view since they apply to the very right to recognize our humanity.”
Neri recalls that, throughout the year, several actions aimed at promoting human rights will be carried out and the invitation is open. “We count on everyone: students, teachers and staff! We want opinions, criticisms, and suggestions. We also want to receive reports on expectations, problems and also good experiences in the field of research, teaching, management and social interaction. At the end of the year, we would like to offer the community a gift of what Unicamp has done for society by working in favor of Human Rights.”
