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Fiquei muito entusiasmado com o facto de o Professor Carlos Walter Porto-Gonçalves ter respondido de forma generosa a um email que lhe enviei após a sua palestra. E ainda teve a disponibilidade para ler o meu texto neste blog e enviar-me as informações que eu não tinha anotado. Aqui vão:
"...Quanto á comunidade a que fiz referência em minha conferência em Curitiba, Francisco, trata-se de uma comunidade maya de fala tojolabal que habita a região de Chiapas, no México. O filósofo a que a comunidade faz referência e que queria aprender com ela é Carlos Lekensdorf autor de Filosofar en clave Tojolabal, publicado em 2008 pela UNAM. Vale a pena ler."
Vou procurar.

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