Ziel Karapotó is an indigenous Karapotó from the Terra Nova community. He has been working since 2012 in the fields of visual arts, performance, installation, curating, art education and audiovisuals. He has a degree in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE and is a visiting researcher at IHAC/UFBA. In his research, he addresses indigenous poetics, identity configurations and racism in relation to original ethnicities, especially indigenous peoples in the Northeast. She believes in the art and science of her ancestors and their body-spirit as a tool of resistance and anti-colonial force. He is a member of the research projects Culture of Anti-racism in Latin America (CARLA - UFBA and the University of Manchester) and Indigenous Science and Art in the Northeast (CAIN/UFPE) and is General Coordinator of the Association of Indigenous People in Urban Context Karaxuwanassu - ASSICUKA.