This article shows how the Hunna Collective uses social media to challenge prejudicial interpretations of ethnic dances in Brazil, highlighting the need for scholarly authority.
The “Hunna Collective, Historians Who Dance” is a group of professional Brazilian historians and dancers who produce scholarship about and perform Arab, Roma, and other ethnic dances. This article shows how the collective uses social media and independent classes to challenge the prejudicial and ahistorical interpretations of ethnic dances that are popular among many Brazilians who perform these dances, while also continuing to participate in and cultivate appreciation for such dances. The collective argues that, in the midst of anti-scientific, authoritarian populism, the assertion of their own scholarly authority is necessary to challenge the negative effects of Brazilian Orientalism.
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