28 Sep 2015

Amazon To Aotearoa - Dr Marcus Maia

From Afternoons, 1:33 pm on 28 September 2015

A visiting Brazilian linguist will give a series of free public lectures, on the importance of nurturing indigenous languages globally. Dr Marcus Maia is an associate professor of linguistics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and researcher with the National Council for the Development of Science. He's had more than thirty years of experience as a linguist working with and for indigenous communities. And he's taking a trip from the Amazon to Aotearoa.