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Overview

  • 14 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Russian, Yiddish; learning Portuguese
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • downshifting
  • college
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Update: fully vaccinated

anthropologist and filmmaker (write about Jewish characters in Brazilian spirit possession religions) - plan to spend few day in Tel Aviv before heading to Jerusalem for Judaic studies conference where I present my research. Will be happy to share incredible stories from Brazil!

About my research/films www.linktr.ee/ticun

I also co-run avant/contemporary music project www.extendedtechniques.com

Occasionally open to interesting guests

Interests:

Avant guarde | Music| Umbanda |Yiddish| Philosophy |Brazil

Sou pesquisador independente e um ativista social, focando minha pesquisa sobre a cultura brasileira ..fundador da Ticún Brasil (http://ticunbrasil.com), uma inovadora organização não governamental voltada para justiça social, que implementa projetos educacionais, sociais e de arte no Rio de Janeiro, bem como eventos da cultura brasileira em Nova York, desde 2008.

..também dirige o projeto musical Extended Techniques (https://extendedtechniques.com), dedicado a músicas sub-exploradas do jazz e música clássica contemporânea.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

coffee, sometimes tea

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

marvelous!

Interests

diving, classical music, art films, jazz, avant-guarde, yoga, photography, brazilian culture, portuguese, theater, world affairs, judaism, umbanda, candomble, clarice lispector, fado

  • arts
  • culture
  • literature
  • theater
  • photography
  • coffee
  • yoga
  • movies
  • music
  • classical music
  • jazz
  • scuba diving

Music, Movies, and Books

movies:

Balthazar

Persona

the conversation

Orpheus

orfeu negro

the sacrifice

cheiro do ralo

the eclipse

crimes and misdemeanors

dogville

breathless

pagador de promessas

music: bach, mahler, western classical, indian classical, psychodelic rock, minimal, avant guarde!, post rock, jazz

brazilian music: Karina Buhr, Tom Zé, 3 na Massa, Eddie, Mombojó, Cartola, Nação Zumbi, Romulo Froes, Hurtmold

http://www.last.fm/user/senderm/library/loved

books:samuel beckett, philip roth, joseph brodsky, clarice lispector

sports:diving, skiing, yoga

passions: portuguese, films, andes mountains, cinema europeu, downshifting, fisheye, galapagos islands, robert bresson, theater of absurd, varanasi, yiddish

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

exploring Galapagos, pilgrimage towns in India, diving cenotes in Tulum, nite diving in arraial do cabo, teaching English literature to kids

ticun brasil

extended techniques

Teach, Learn, Share

can teach russian/english

want to practice portuguese

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Ecuador, France, India, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Russian Federation, United States

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