The Latin American Society and the Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies of the University of Edinburgh will organise the First Latin American Cultural Week, starting on Monday May 5th with the Latin American Colloquium.
The one-day conference will focus on the wide range of Latin American cultures, from indigenous culture to literature, politics, sustainable development and much more. Coffee breaks, lunch and a wine reception will be provided.
Event is free but please register for attendance here.
The programme:
9:30:00 REGISTRATION
10:00:00 Welcome: Simón Smith - John G. Ardila
10:10:00 Laura Giraudo: Is being indigenous a special characteristic or a part of social history? A discussion about the Indigenous in Latin America*
10:30:00 Charlotte Gleghorn: On the Move: Indigeneity on and through Film in Latin America
10:50:00 Juan Martín Sánchez: The Indianisation of social matters at the ILO Andean programme in the 1950s*
11:10:00 1st discussion panel
11:25:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:55:00 Oleski Miranda: Visions of race in late nineteenth century Hispanic America: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and José Martí
12:15:00 Karen de Benavente: With a pistol in his hand: the Chicano poetry of Américo Paredes*
12:35:00 María Benavides: Loving disenchantment in Hispanoamerican poetry: Patria and Eros*
12:55:00 2nd discussion panel
13:10:00 LUNCH
14:20:00 Marisa Wilson: Cuba's cultural economy of need: continuities and changes with Raul' Castro's presidency
14:40:00 Synnoeve Rosales: Mayas in the XXI century*
15:00:00 Pablo Briceño: Political mobilisation and everyday life in a Chilean Shantytown, Poblacion La Victoria
15:20:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:50:00 Ernesto Valero: The transitional landscapes of Latin America
16:10:00 Edwar Calderon: Utopianism and reality in urban planning in Medellin: discrepancies between planning and implementation
16:30:00 3rd discussion panel
16:45:00 Closing words (John G. Ardila)
16:55:00 END
17:00:00 Wine reception
* Language to be announced (all others presentations in English)