#18 You can take the American out of Brazil...
I lied: I’m making one last post about things that happened in Brazil, but I’m posting it from the U.S., which I said I wouldn’t do. But...
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An American
In Brazil
marktonelli
Aug 28, 202219 min read
#17 A week of lasts
I’ll be honest. I was dreading this post, the last one from Brazil. I'm not ready to leave. In the previous post, I alluded to posting...
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marktonelli
Aug 21, 202210 min read
#16 One week to go and a beautiful horizon in Minas Gerais
First things first. If you’ve read the previous post, you know that on my tour last week, I missed a flight and lost my laptop in...
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marktonelli
Aug 13, 20228 min read
#15 Brasília & Goiânia: the tour I never want to forget or remember
Among many unique weeks of my stay here in Brazil, which are among the most unique weeks of my life, this past week is in a class by...
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marktonelli
Aug 5, 202211 min read
#14 Land of dinosaurs and... Guaraná
August is the month in which we will leave Brazil. We have a little less than four weeks left here. This final stretch brings with it...
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marktonelli
Jul 29, 20226 min read
#13 Don’t lose your credit card in Brazil
We've had a pretty good run so far here in Brazil, but with lucky blog post #13, our luck is running out. As the title implies, we had a...
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marktonelli
Jul 24, 20227 min read
#12 A Wedding, A Churrasco, and A Car Saga
After what was arguably one of the most hectic weeks here in Brazil, I got a little time off, not much, mind you, but just enough to...
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marktonelli
Jul 18, 202211 min read
#11 A great big slice of Brazilian humble pie
It occurred to me that what I’m doing is a type of ethnomusicology. My Fulbright grant specifies that I both teach and research at UFU....
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marktonelli
Jul 7, 20226 min read
#10 Grassroots entrepreneurship on the streets of Brazil
We are officially legal. Visitors to Brazil who stay beyond ninety days must register with the Federal Police. We hit our ninety day mark...
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marktonelli
Jun 30, 20226 min read
# 9 Gal Costa and looking and tasting American
It was another record-breaking week here in Brazil. I had the opportunity to do things I’ve only ever dreamed of, so let’s lead off with...
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marktonelli
Jun 23, 20224 min read
#8 Dancing Fool: On Getting Roped into Brazilian Square-Dancing
The month of June is a special time in Brazil, and we got to experience it firsthand. It’s the celebration of the Festas Juninas, or June...
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marktonelli
Jun 16, 20227 min read
#7 Tragedy averted&other tales of survival in Brazil
We’ve been in Brazil for ten weeks, the midway point of our five-month adventure. We've effectively settled into our new way of living....
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marktonelli
Jun 10, 20229 min read
#6 Stranger in a Strange Land
This week marked my first time on the road working in Brazil. I was in residence at the State University of São Paulo at Campinas, or...
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marktonelli
Jun 2, 20229 min read
#5 The Twos Have It
Things have been happening in pairs. We’ve been in Brazil for two months. I had two gigs in two different cities. It took two weeks to...
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marktonelli
May 19, 20227 min read
#4 Ups and Downs
It was a week of unexpected twists and turns, some up, some down. Let’s start with the downs and get them out of the way. This week,...
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marktonelli
May 13, 20226 min read
#3 Jazz, car washes, and sideburns
Week two of classes at UFU brought my teaching into focus. Rehearsals and classroom activities have made the enterprise of teaching in a...
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marktonelli
May 5, 20229 min read
#2 A Week of Firsts
This week we celebrated our first month in Brazil. The time is indeed flying. Many other firsts also happened this week. Monday, May 2,...
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marktonelli
Apr 27, 202213 min read
#1 An American in Brazil
A Dream Thirty Years in the Making Bem-vindo! Welcome to my blog! It documents my journey to and adventures in Brazil as a Fulbright...
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