Victor Galdino Read Bio Collapse
Victor Galdino teaches African philosophy and the history of philosophy at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and is currently investigating the aesthetic dimension of the archive of slavery in the Americas, colonial and anti-colonial sensibilities, and the phenomenological archives of Blackness.
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In defiance of traditional sense and conduct, capoeiras or angoleiros, the practitioners of capoeira angola, are taught to never move straight. To practice, capoeiras form a circle within which the players swing around and avoid direct confrontation, exploring the limited space in defiance of one another’s expectations, looking for the right moment to strike. This tradition, inherited from slaves, is much more than meets the eye, offering its practitioners knowledge beyond the mastery of a fighting style.