Fronteiras do Pensamento
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Fronteiras do Pensamento (Portuguese: Frontiers of Thought) is a Brazilian cultural project that promotes conferences featuring internationally known intellectuals in order to discuss issues of contemporaneity. Scientific discovery, social research, sustainable solutions, philosophical theses, influences on the ways of understanding and interpreting the world, social/political leadership and activism, are a few of the issues discussed during Frontiers of Thought's annual conference seasons. The project's online content is freely available worldwide, and offers hundreds of videos, subtitled in Portuguese, Spanish and English, as well as articles, news and interviews.
History
Fronteiras do Pensamento is a cultural project conceived in 2006, in the city of
Among the 2012 edition lecturers were the Nobel Peace Prize
In 2013, under the theme "Ideas make a difference", the project had 24 guests. Among them, Portuguese neuroscientist
In 2014, discussing the theme "The reinvention of the world", Frontiers of Thought invited
The 2015 edition features the theme "How to live together", and guests Richard Dawkins, Jimmy Wales, Fernando Savater, John Gray, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennett, Valter Hugo Mãe, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Janette Sadik-Khan, Ferreira Gullar, Camille Paglia, Joseph Stiglitz, Contardo Calligaris, Luc Ferry, Manuel Castells, Pierre Lévy and John Elkington, touring the four cities that host the project – not all cities will have the same lecturers.
Formats
Fronteiras do Pensamento has two different formats: annual seasons and special series. The annual seasons take place in Porto Alegre and São Paulo, Brazil, during the whole year. In both cities, the audience buys tickets for all lectures. The special series take place in Florianópolis and Salvador, in specific times, and tickets can be bought for a single event.
References
- ^ "'O mundo das ideias pode ser um ponto de encontro, não só de divergência' diz criador do Fronteiras do Pensamento". Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ^ "Fronteiras do Pensamento - Revista Cult". Revista Cult. Retrieved 2015-07-06.