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Brasiliana at Brown University Library, is a portal to unique materials that promote and provide access to the diversity of voices that represent Brazil today and throughout its long history. Brasiliana is composed of a mosaic of polyphonic and interdisciplinary collections and archives targeting history, political ideology and activism, society, folklore, literary arts, and modern culture and media in Brazil.

This repository comprises special collections from different historical periods and digital projects that meet the needs of research and teaching materials that can be applied in the humanities and social sciences.

The goal of the Brasiliana collection is to provide access to materials for academic research and as pedagogical tools. The special collections associated to Brasiliana are curated and organized according to the John Hay Library’s strategic collection directions and guiding principles and to support didactic planning with primary sources at Brown University.

The Brasiliana collection is built and maintained to meet the excellence of the curriculum at Brown University, with a particular focus on the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, the Brazilian Initiative of the Watson Institute, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), the Department of History, and the Department of Africana Studies.

In the growing effervescence of Brazilian studies in the United States, it is becoming increasingly necessary to meet academic demands and enable immersion in Brazilian literature, history, education, anthropology, sociology, race relations, public health, music, religion, cultural studies, ethnic studies, and environmental studies. New scholarly and popular literature on indigenous groups in Brazil as well as gender, racial, social and environmental justice are of particular interest. The Brasiliana collection continues to explore new areas of knowledge to become an increasingly engaging and relevant portal in Brazilian studies.