- APPROVED COURSESS FOR SPRING 2015 http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/courses.asp
- DID YOU MISS ANY LECTURE DURING SPRING 13? WATCH ALL OUR VIDEOS http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/videos/default.aspx
- GRADUATE MINOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
The
graduate minor in Latin American Studies will require the student to complete
12 graduate hours; 8 of the hours must be at the 500-level.
- Area Coursework: A minimum of 8 graduate hours at the 400/500-level from courses in two different departments approved by CLACS every semester. The Center updates and posts approved courses in our website and announce them through our listserv. Our Center has approximately 104 faculty affiliated from different departments in campus, and we approve their courses as part of our curriculum. The Center will record the approved courses on a master list to be kept in the unit that will be used to certify that students took approved courses during their studies in the minor.
- Language Component: At least 4 hours in language coursework taken in any Latin American language (Portuguese, Spanish or Native American Language or Haitian Creole) while enrolled in the Graduate Minor program.
- In the case that not enough or advance language courses are offered, The Center also accepts as equivalent area courses taught in these languages, i.e. literature class taught in Portuguese or Spanish.
- If the chosen language course is at the 400-or 500 level it may count towards the required 12 hours for Graduate Minor. We anticipate that students registering in the Minor already have knowledge of Latin American language.
- If the Student's Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation deals with a country from Latin America and the Caribbean, we advise students in this minor to speak with their advisor about including a committee member from the minor area.
- We recommend that the courses taken for the minor not be applied to course requirements in the students' Master's or PhD program
http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/minor/default.aspx
<http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/minor/default.aspx
- NEW WEBSITE OF THE LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES COLLECTION http://www.library.illinois.edu/ias/lat/index.html
- CONSULT WITH THE LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LIBRARIAN
Antonio Sotomayor,
Latin
American Studies Librarian, will be holding special office hours in CLACS every
Thursday this semester from 3:00pm to 4:00pm in room 200, ISB. If you have any
questions about the research process, finding sources, literature review,
exploring a potential research topic, starting a paper, or anything else
involving research, the library, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
please stop by the International Studies Building room 200 on a Thursday,
3:00-4:00pm. If these hours doesn’t work for you, just send me an e-mail and
we’ll find another time to meet.
- NEW COURSES FOR SPRING 2015
ARTH 546: Art & Conflict
How does conflict impact
visual culture and artistic practice? What role does art play during a moment
of conflict or crisis? In what ways might artistic interventions reveal
histories hidden by conflict or mediate trauma?
In this seminar we will
examine a selection of artistic responses to conflict, politics, and trauma.
Organized around 20th and 21st century events such as the
Spanish Civil War, Mexico '68, September 11th in 1973 and 2001,
and more recently, the militarization of the US/Mexico border, we will examine
artistic response and mediation to specific sites of dramatic political and
social change. We will discuss the work of artists such as Pablo Picasso, Luis
Camnitzer, Francis Alÿs, Alfredo Jaar, Allora and Calzadilla, Emily Jacir, and
Ai Weiwei all of whose practice mediates conflict and inequality.
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Meet
and Greet Filmmaker
Luisa
Dantas
11/10/14
prior
to the film screening @ 6:00 pm
TBH
Atrium
Snacks
provided: Ambar India Restaurant
LUIS
CAMNITZER
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 11
5:30PM
62
KRANNERT ART MUSEUM
One of
the most important and significant Latin American artists, curators, and
critics.
Luis Camnitzer
(b.1937) is a German-born Uruguayan artist and writer who moved to New York in
1964. He was at the vanguard of 1960s Conceptualism, working primarily in
printmaking, sculpture, and installations. Camnitzer’s artwork explores
subjects such as social injustice, repression, and institutional critique. His
humorous, biting, and often politically charged use of language as art medium
has distinguished his practice for over four decades.
In 1964 he co-founded The New York Graphic Workshop, along with fellow artists, Argentine Liliana Porter and Venezuelan Guillermo Castillo (1941–1999). For six years until the end of the workshop in 1970, they examined the conceptual meaning behind printmaking, and sought to test and expand the definition of the medium. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Camnitzer developed a body of work that explored language as primary medium, shifting from printing text on paper or walls, such as his Dictionary etchings and the room-size installation, Living Room (both 1969). As his interest in language unfolded, so did his aim to identify socio-political problems through his art. Camnitzer responded in great part to the growing wave of Latin American military regimes taking root in the late '60s, but his work also points to the dynamic political landscape of his adopted country, the United States.
During the 1970s, Camnitzer created a key body of work that blended both language and humor—producing a series of object-boxes that placed ordinary items within wood-framed glass boxes with text printed on brass plaques. In all cases, the printed sentences are also the works’ titles. In many ways, these boxes anticipate one of Camnitzer’s most important works, the Uruguayan Torture Series (1983–84). This photo-etching series epitomizes Camnitzer’s ability to question the social and political roles of an individual in society, while also examining a dimension of human psychology by pairing images and text to create new meaning.
Though Camnitzer never left New York, his practice remains intrinsically connected to his homeland and the whole of Latin America. This consistent dedication cements his place as a key figure in shaping debates around ideas of post-Colonialism, Conceptualism, and pedagogy.
His work has been shown in noted exhibitions and institutions since the 1960s, including individual shows at El Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago, Chile (2013); Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (2011); Art in General, New York, NY (2004); The Kitchen, New York, NY (2001); Museo Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay (1996); El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY (1995); Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico (1993); and List Visual Arts Center at M.I.T., Cambridge, MA (1991). Retrospectives of his work have been presented at Lehman College Art Gallery in the Bronx, NY (1991); Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany (2003); as well as at the Daros Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, and Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Bogotá, Colombia (2010-2013). His work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions, including Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (2014); Beyond Geometry at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (2005); Dia Foundation, New York, NY (1988); the seminal Information show at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (1970); and Mail Exhibition at the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1969); among others.
Additionally, he has been featured in several international biennials, including the Bienal de la Havana, Cuba; Whitney Biennial, and Documenta 11. Camnitzer’s work is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; TATE, London, UK; and Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina (MALBA), among others. He was the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowships on two occasions, 1961 and 1982. A highly regarded critic and curator, Camnitzer is a frequent contributor to contemporary art magazines. He has authored the publications New Art of Cuba (University of Texas Press: 1994, 2003), Conceptualism in Latin American Art: Didactics of Liberation (University of Texas Press: 2007), and Didáctica de la liberación: Arte conceptualista latinoamericano (Fundación Gilberto Álzate Avedaío, IDARTES: 2012). He taught at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury since 1969, and he continues to serve as professor emeritus.
In 1964 he co-founded The New York Graphic Workshop, along with fellow artists, Argentine Liliana Porter and Venezuelan Guillermo Castillo (1941–1999). For six years until the end of the workshop in 1970, they examined the conceptual meaning behind printmaking, and sought to test and expand the definition of the medium. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Camnitzer developed a body of work that explored language as primary medium, shifting from printing text on paper or walls, such as his Dictionary etchings and the room-size installation, Living Room (both 1969). As his interest in language unfolded, so did his aim to identify socio-political problems through his art. Camnitzer responded in great part to the growing wave of Latin American military regimes taking root in the late '60s, but his work also points to the dynamic political landscape of his adopted country, the United States.
During the 1970s, Camnitzer created a key body of work that blended both language and humor—producing a series of object-boxes that placed ordinary items within wood-framed glass boxes with text printed on brass plaques. In all cases, the printed sentences are also the works’ titles. In many ways, these boxes anticipate one of Camnitzer’s most important works, the Uruguayan Torture Series (1983–84). This photo-etching series epitomizes Camnitzer’s ability to question the social and political roles of an individual in society, while also examining a dimension of human psychology by pairing images and text to create new meaning.
Though Camnitzer never left New York, his practice remains intrinsically connected to his homeland and the whole of Latin America. This consistent dedication cements his place as a key figure in shaping debates around ideas of post-Colonialism, Conceptualism, and pedagogy.
His work has been shown in noted exhibitions and institutions since the 1960s, including individual shows at El Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago, Chile (2013); Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (2011); Art in General, New York, NY (2004); The Kitchen, New York, NY (2001); Museo Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay (1996); El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY (1995); Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico (1993); and List Visual Arts Center at M.I.T., Cambridge, MA (1991). Retrospectives of his work have been presented at Lehman College Art Gallery in the Bronx, NY (1991); Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany (2003); as well as at the Daros Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, and Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Bogotá, Colombia (2010-2013). His work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions, including Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (2014); Beyond Geometry at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (2005); Dia Foundation, New York, NY (1988); the seminal Information show at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (1970); and Mail Exhibition at the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1969); among others.
Additionally, he has been featured in several international biennials, including the Bienal de la Havana, Cuba; Whitney Biennial, and Documenta 11. Camnitzer’s work is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; TATE, London, UK; and Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina (MALBA), among others. He was the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowships on two occasions, 1961 and 1982. A highly regarded critic and curator, Camnitzer is a frequent contributor to contemporary art magazines. He has authored the publications New Art of Cuba (University of Texas Press: 1994, 2003), Conceptualism in Latin American Art: Didactics of Liberation (University of Texas Press: 2007), and Didáctica de la liberación: Arte conceptualista latinoamericano (Fundación Gilberto Álzate Avedaío, IDARTES: 2012). He taught at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury since 1969, and he continues to serve as professor emeritus.
- CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
LUCY ELLIS LOUNGE, FLB
12pm
MARLEEN HABOUD, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del
Ecuador
LINGUISTIC VITALITY OF ECUADORIAN AMERINDIAN LANGUAGES. SOCIOLINGUISTIC
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS TOWARDS LANGUAGE
RECOGNITION AND REINFORCEMENT
According
to UNESCO, it
is estimated that at least half of 6000 plus languages spoken are seriously
endangered and, if nothing is done, they will have died by the end of this
century. With the disappearance of unwritten and undocumented languages,
humanity would lose not only a cultural wealth but also
important ancestral knowledge embedded, in particular, in indigenous
languages (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/endangered-languages/).
Ecuador,
one of the smallest countries of South America (272,045 sq. km.), is known by
its geographic, cultural and linguistic diversity. In addition to Spanish, 13
indigenous languages are still spoken, although some are highly endangered.
These indigenous languages are found in Ecuador’s three natural regions: the
Coast, the Sierra highlands and the Amazon basin as well as in the Galapagos
Islands.
Based on recent community-based
sociolinguistic studies which try to actively
document the languages, this talk provides a general overview of
Ecuadorian indigenous language use patterns and describes current efforts
towards maintenance.
- CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 14
LUCY ELLIS LOUNGE, FLB
1:30pm
GUIDO SANCHEZ, Adjunct Lecturer in Music, Franklin College,
Director of Guitar Studies, World Music Franklin College Music Department
Faculty
DE LA
RAIZ A LA COPA: THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUITAR MUSIC IN LATIN AMERICA
This
lecture-recital focuses in on the origins and development of the Latin American
guitar from the early days of colonial life to the urban cosmopolitan cities of
the 21st century. It features a live performance as well as recordings and
videos that illustrate how the guitar became a vehicle for some of the most
recognizable musical genres of South, Central and North America, as well as the
Caribbean. The purpose of this recital is to introduce the audience not only to
the sounds of the Latin American guitar but to also give them a glimpse of the
culture that produced them.
Please join SDEP & GGIS for the co-sponsored
speaker:
DISMANTLING CASUAL
STRUCTURES OF VULNERABILITY: A POLITICAL PROJECT
PRAKASH KASHWAN
University of
Connecticut
Discussant: Paolo
Gardoni – Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
AT 3:00 PM
Beckman Institute,
Tower Room 2269
Paper
is available by writing to Rea Zaimi at: rzaimi2@illinois.edu
Vulnerability
to climate change is, in part, an outcome of political and economic struggles
for control over natural resources. That being the case, international aid
meant for addressing vulnerability may further exacerbate such struggles, and
by implication, make the most vulnerable groups even more vulnerable. This talk
examines the conditions under which pro-poor policy outcomes are secured amidst
historically entrenched and widespread power asymmetries. To this end, it
examines and explains the cross-sectional and over-time variation in effective
realization of land rights in forested regions of India and Mexico. By
bringing to center stage the political drivers of ‘accountability politics’,
the speaker argues for political and policy reforms that are geared to navigate
the complexities of the actually existing politics of vulnerability and
empowerment.
Prakash Kashwan is
Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of
Connecticut. His research focuses on political economy, comparative and
international environmental policies and politics, and the politics of
international development. His ongoing research includes projects on
comparative analysis of institutional change over time in forest property
rights regimes, national policy outcomes related to international carbon
forestry, and the politics of land acquisitions. Much of Professor
Kashwan's past research pertains to field sites in India, but increasingly his
work explicitly focuses on comparative analyses of outcomes in multiple countries
in the Global South.
* Co-sponsored by
The Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science *
- CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
101
International Studies Building
MARC
HERTZMAN, History
THE
DEATH OF ZUMBI: SUICIDE, SLAVERY, AND SELF-DETERMINATION IN BRAZIL
November
20th is Brazil’s National Day of Black Consciousness. In the 1970s, black
activists selected the date to make a statement. Rather than celebrate
May 13th, the anniversary of the abolition of slavery, they chose the 20th of
November, the date in 1695 that Zumbi died defending Palmares, Brazil’s most
famous quilombo (runaway slave community). Though the date’s importance
is not in dispute, the manner in which Zumbi perished remains a contested
topic. Despite documentary evidence discovered more than a century ago
that shows that he died fighting in battle, multiple parties continue to
reproduce and disseminate a much older legend—that preferring to death to
defeat, Zumbi threw himself off a cliff. This talk traces the history of
the Zumbi suicide narrative and asks why that narrative remains salient and
what it can tell us about the contested meanings and histories of slavery,
suicide, and political self-determination in Brazil.
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OPPORTUNITIES
- FIELD METHODS AND INTERNSHIP TRAINING SEMINAR- PERU
Andean Community response to
Climate and Social Change
The Center for Social
Well Being celebrates 13 years offering our program in interdisciplinary
qualitative field methods, as well as Spanish and Quechua language classes,
with a continued internship option in the Peruvian Andes. This year we
offer our December-January intersession, a 3 week training program after
which students may work and/or pursue their own research objectives in health,
education, agriculture, social development, with municipal institutes and civic
organizations, depending on acquired skills, demonstrated abilities and
interests. Length of the post-training internship is adapted to students’ needs
with respect to academic and professional requirements (usually extends from 2
to 10 months). The
intensive field methods and language component is equivalent to 1 semester of
university study; we provide participants with a qualitative letter of
evaluation and grade. Upon successful
completion of the seminar students formally affiliate with the Center for
Social Being as researchers and outreach workers.
The combined undergraduate and graduate level course is held at
the center's rural base, an adobe lodge on an ecological ranch in the
Cordillera Blanca mountain range of the Callejón de Huaylas, 7 hours
northeast of Lima. Coursework provides in-depth orientation to theory and
practice in field investigation that emphasizes methods in Participatory
Action Research and Andean Ethnography centered on themes of Climate
Change with respect to Ecology, Health, Education, Social Justice,
Agrobiodiversity, Community Organization and related topics. Students have
the opportunity to actively engage in ongoing projects and programs with
Quechua communities to develop effective interactive field abilities and
required language skills for placement in appropriate contexts to provide
community support and research. In addition, the training seminar provides
excursions to museums, archaeological sites, glacial lakes and hotsprings;
optional recreational activities include hiking, mountain biking, rafting,
kayaking, rock climbing and trekking. The training program tuition fee is $4000
US dollars that includes all in-country travel, food and accommodations at the
rural center, and course materials. The program is under the direction of Applied
Medical Anthropologist, Patricia J. Hammer, Ph.D., and Flor de María
Barreto Tosi, Ecologist and Field Coordinator.
Program dates:
New
Year InterSession December 28th
2014 through January 17th 2015
For an application: phammer@wayna.rcp.net.pe
For further program information: www.socialwellbeing.org
Be sure to send us any
questions you may have with regard to our 2015 field training programs in Peru.
See
our recent publication on Andean perspectives of Climate Change: http://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/patsa-puqun
Patsa
Puqun
by Patricia J. Hammer, ReVista Harvard Review of Latin America, Spring
2014 Volume XIII, No. 3, Published by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin
American Studies, Harvard University.
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS
Social
Sciences and Humanities, 2015-16
Global Change in a Dynamic World
The University of South Florida is pleased
to announce the 7th year of its Postdoctoral Scholars program in the Social
Sciences and Humanities. The over-arching theme for this program is Global
Change in a Dynamic World. Potential themes include (but are not limited
to) sustainability; sustainable development; hazard and disaster management;
climate change; population changes; technology and information issues;
communication and language development; cultural diasporas; ethnicity, gender,
and aging issues; cultural heritage and histories; citizenship; identity;
health, economic, education, and environmental disparities; political economy;
ethics; human rights; animal rights; peace and conflict studies; injury and
violence; security and surveillance issues. Specific research and geographical
areas are open, and applicants may consider both past and contemporary
perspectives.
Postdoctoral Scholars will: (i) work
closely with distinguished faculty; (ii) participate in an interdisciplinary
project with the cohort of postdoctoral scholars; (iii) teach two courses over
a twelve-month period; and (iv) continue to build an independent research
record and engage in publishing refereed articles and creative
scholarship.
More information can be found at http://www.grad.usf.edu/provostinitiative2015.php
Postdoctoral Scholars
At least four twelve-month postdoctoral
scholarships will be awarded in Spring 2015 with appointments beginning in
August 2015. Appointments are for full time employment (40 hours per week) and
will be continued for a maximum of 2 years contingent upon satisfactory
performance. The salary is $40,000 per year and the University
contributes to a health insurance program for postdoctoral scholars and their
dependents. Support for travel to academic conferences will also be available.
Scholars will be responsible for relocation and housing expenses.
Eligibility
Applicants must have a doctoral degree in
one of the following disciplines: Anthropology; Communication; English;
Geography, Environmental Science and Policy; Government and International
Affairs; History; Philosophy; Sociology, or an affiliated program, earned no
earlier than 2012. Candidates who will have successfully defended their
dissertations by June 1, 2015 will also be considered, however the doctoral
degree must have been conferred prior to the first day of employment. Note:
applicants must have received their doctoral degree from an institution other
than the University of South Florida.
Application
Letters of application and supporting
material must include the following:
- A cover letter stating your interest in this Postdoctoral Initiative. It must provide details on (i) how your research and teaching expertise would contribute to the theme of Global Change in a Dynamic World and the goals and aspirations of the USF Strategic Plan (http://www.ods.usf.edu/Plans/Strategic/docs/USF-Strategic-Plan-2013-2018.pdf (ii)the department with which you would like to be affiliated; (iii) your teaching experience and courses that you would like to offer; and (iv) your long-term goals.
2. A Curriculum Vitae,
3. Two letters of
reference,
4. Scanned copies of
your published papers/scholarly works or book chapters (maximum of 50 pages).
5. Scanned copy of
your current academic transcript from your doctoral-granting institution.
6. Copies of teaching
evaluations from the most recent academic year.
Send all
application materials to: postdoc@usf.edu
Final application
submission deadline is Friday December 5th, 2014.
- THE EDMUNDO O’GORMAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM, Columbia University
The Edmundo O’Gorman Scholars Program provides financing for
short-term (four to eight-week) visits to Columbia by scholars and scientists
from any discipline who are working in Mexican institutions of higher
education. The Program is supported by the National Council on Science and
Technology (CONACYT) of Mexico; its purpose is to strengthen scholarly ties
between Columbia and the academic and research community of Mexico. Its name
honors Edmundo O’Gorman (1906-1995), one of the most influential Mexican
historians of the twentieth century.
The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia
University invites applications for the Edmundo O’Gorman Scholars Program.
Appointments are available for any four to eight-week period in 2016. Preference
will be given to projects that stress collaboration with Columbia faculty and
use of available research resources at Columbia University and in New York
City. Applicants may represent any academic discipline or professional school.
Please see the attached application form for more information on the terms and
conditions. You are invited to forward this form to any scholar in Mexico who
may be interested in applying.
The Institute of Latin American Studies, founded in 1962,
supports research and teaching related to Latin America throughout Columbia
University and serves as the University’s chief point of contact with Latin
America. The Institute provides visiting scholars, students and faculty access
to the resources available through the schools within the University, such as:
the School of International and Public Affairs, the Law School, the Business
School, the School of Public Health, and Teachers College, among others.
For more information contact:
Esteban Andrade eaa2127@columbia.edu
Program Manager
Institute of Latin American Studies & Center for Brazilian Studies
Columbia University
Program Manager
Institute of Latin American Studies & Center for Brazilian Studies
Columbia University
- GRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN MEXICO
The
Institute of International Education (IIE) Office for Latin America works with
various foundations, private corporations, institutions, and governments in
managing scholarship and training programs to provide Latin Americans with more
opportunities for higher education and exchange. IIE offers the opportunity for
graduates from U.S. universities to intern in its Latin America division for a
period of 4-6 monthsduring Fall, Spring and Summer sessions.
The
Institute of International Education in Mexico City is seeking Graduate student
interns for the Spring 2015 semester. For more information and to apply
see: http://www.icontact-archive.com/inioIGAv-D6co1rnZ0mvOJ3tvJ4NS98A?w=2
Intern
Responsibilities
The
Graduate Interns work with IIE/Latin America outreach & scholarships or
Assessment division to assist in:
•
Responding to inquiries about IIE/Latin America scholarship program
opportunities.
•
Managing contact databases and statistical information about grantee cohorts.
•
Assistance in promotional activities.
•
Communication with university representatives and students.
•
Assistance in selection processes and organizing orientation programs for
grantees.
•
Program development initiatives including research and proposal writing.
•
Managing IIE’s website and social media platforms.
•
Completing office tasks and working on other programs as needed
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CONFERENCES/CALL
FOR PAPERS
- II COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL “ COMUNICACION, PODER Y CULTURA EN AMERICA LATINA”
24, 25 y 26 de
febrero de 2015
Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe (CIALC), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México
Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe (CIALC), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México
Description:
Coloquio funcionará bajo la modalidad de conferencias magistrales y ponencias individuales que serán propuestas al Comité Organizador en base a las temáticas señaladas en la presente convocatoria. También se aceptarán propuestas de simposios y mesas redondas realizadas por grupos de investigadores a la Comisión Organizadora. Pueden participar académicos, investigadores e intelectuales de América Latina y el Caribe, así como otras regiones del mundo. Del mismo modo, también podrán participar estudiantes de postgrado (maestría y doctorado) que actualmente desarrollen proyectos sobre el tema. Las propuestas de ponencias individuales, simposios y mesas –con un máximo 750 palabras- se recibirán hasta el 1 de diciembre de 2014, e incluirán: 1) título, 2) resumen, 3) eje temático en el que se inscribe, 4) nombre, grado académico y afiliación institucional del/la autor/a, 5) correo electrónico de contacto, y 6) breve resumen curricular del/la autor/a. Las propuestas deben enviarse al Comité Organizador para su evaluación, a la dirección de correo electrónico: coloquio.cialc@gmail.com y deberán versar sobre alguno de los siguientes ejes temáticos:
Coloquio funcionará bajo la modalidad de conferencias magistrales y ponencias individuales que serán propuestas al Comité Organizador en base a las temáticas señaladas en la presente convocatoria. También se aceptarán propuestas de simposios y mesas redondas realizadas por grupos de investigadores a la Comisión Organizadora. Pueden participar académicos, investigadores e intelectuales de América Latina y el Caribe, así como otras regiones del mundo. Del mismo modo, también podrán participar estudiantes de postgrado (maestría y doctorado) que actualmente desarrollen proyectos sobre el tema. Las propuestas de ponencias individuales, simposios y mesas –con un máximo 750 palabras- se recibirán hasta el 1 de diciembre de 2014, e incluirán: 1) título, 2) resumen, 3) eje temático en el que se inscribe, 4) nombre, grado académico y afiliación institucional del/la autor/a, 5) correo electrónico de contacto, y 6) breve resumen curricular del/la autor/a. Las propuestas deben enviarse al Comité Organizador para su evaluación, a la dirección de correo electrónico: coloquio.cialc@gmail.com y deberán versar sobre alguno de los siguientes ejes temáticos:
- Medios de comunicación y procesos políticos.
- Monopolios y comunicación.
- Cultura y comunicación.
- Educación y comunicación.
- Comunicación alternativa.
- Comunicación pública de la ciencia.
- Identidad, etnia y comunicación.
- Comunicación, crisis y conflicto.
- Género y comunicación.
- Religiosidad y comunicación.
- Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones.
- Comunicación e imagen.
Proposal deadline: 1 de diciembre de
2014
Contact
information:
Email: coloquio.cialc@gmail.com Blog: http://coloquiocomunicacionamericalatina.blogspot.mx/
Email: coloquio.cialc@gmail.com Blog: http://coloquiocomunicacionamericalatina.blogspot.mx/
Additional
information:
coloquio.cialc@gmail.com
coloquio.cialc@gmail.com
- CILCA NEW ORLEANS: XXIII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CENTRAL AMERICAN LITERATURES AND CULTURES
March 11-13. 2014
Tulane and Loyola Universities in New Orleans, La.
Tulane and Loyola Universities in New Orleans, La.
Conference focuses on Central American Literatures and Cultures
Proposal deadline: Nov. 31st,
2014
Contact
information:
http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/articles/detail/1568/Congreso-internacional-de-literatura-y-culturacentroamericanas-CILCA-XXIII
Dr. Maureen Shea, mshea@tulane.edu
Dr. Uriel Quesada, uquesada@loyno.edu
http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/articles/detail/1568/Congreso-internacional-de-literatura-y-culturacentroamericanas-CILCA-XXIII
Dr. Maureen Shea, mshea@tulane.edu
Dr. Uriel Quesada, uquesada@loyno.edu
Additional
information:
Keynote speakers are: Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Jacinta Escudos, and Nadia Reiman
Keynote speakers are: Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Jacinta Escudos, and Nadia Reiman
- THE CITY IS OURS, THE BODY IS MINE: URBAN SPATIAL PRACTICES IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA
April 27, 2015
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
In summer 2013, protests against a twenty-cent bus fare increase in São Paulo, Brazil brought thousands of people to the streets. Exploding into a wide range of demands that transcended transit fares, the uprisings combined demonstrations, media-activism, participatory works of art, and spontaneous convivial encounters that emphasized bodily presence in urban space. This engagement with the city as a tool and stage for protest persists not only in Brazil, but also throughout major Latin American cities, from student actions in Chile to escraches in Argentina.
This day-long conference focuses on the potencia of the body and everyday social interactions in the production of Latin American and U.S. Latino urban environments. We ask: What are the possibilities and limitations of creative urban interventions that emphasize the social/the body? Can an emphasis on “lived space” provide an alternative to both the nostalgic retrieval of modernist utopias and overdetermined narratives about the failure of modernism? While we focus on present- day claims to urban space, we also wish to consider the legacies of conflictive spatial politics in the region, from the rise of military dictatorships to the subsequent tensions during so-called processes of democratic transition and aggressive neoliberalism.
Bringing together perspectives from diverse fields such as art and architectural history, urbanism, sociology, and geography, we invite papers by scholars, activists, artists, and advanced graduate students that engage critically in a discussion on the production of lived and/or social space in Latin American cities, from the 1960s to the present.
Proposal deadline: December 5, 2014
Contact
information: citybodyconference@gmail.com
Additional
information:
Potential paper topics may include, but are not limited to:
Potential paper topics may include, but are not limited to:
- The performativity of the street
- Mobility, difference, and the right to the city
- Interventions into high modernist spaces
- The representation and aestheticization of urban protest and poverty
- Reflections on the transdisciplinary nature of activist interventions
- Reevaluations of the neo-vanguardias, in light of contemporary practice
- Feminizing and queering urban spaces
- Liminality, urban border zones, and migrations
- Interconnected ontologies of body and city
- Grassroots cultural production in the neoliberal city
- Comparative approaches to urban space in the Global South
Interested
parties are invited to submit a paper abstract of no more than 400 words along
with a brief biographical statement to citybodyconference@gmail.com by
Friday, December 5, 2014
Convened by Liz Donato, Mya Dosch, and Luisa Valle. Sponsored, in part, by the Rewald Fund of the PhD Program in Art History, The Center for the Humanities, and the Committee for Globalization and Social Change, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Convened by Liz Donato, Mya Dosch, and Luisa Valle. Sponsored, in part, by the Rewald Fund of the PhD Program in Art History, The Center for the Humanities, and the Committee for Globalization and Social Change, The Graduate Center, CUNY
- 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EAST-WEST INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS: “ INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUES AND CROSSINGS AMONG THE EAST, THE AMERICAS, AND THE IBERIAN PENINSULA.”
March 26-27, 2014
Eugene Lang College, The New School For Liberal Arts
Eugene Lang College, The New School For Liberal Arts
Description:
You are invited to present a paper dedicated to one of the following subthemes (other subthemes related to the main theme of the conference will be accepted)
You are invited to present a paper dedicated to one of the following subthemes (other subthemes related to the main theme of the conference will be accepted)
- Western travelers in Japan
- Japanese travelers in the West
- Image of Japan in Hispanic literature and culture
- Image of the Hispanic world in Japanese literature and culture
- Japonisme
- Orientalism and self
- orientalization in Japanese and Nippon-Latin American cultural production
- Hispanic Orientalism in literature and film
- Trans-Pacific Studies
- Travel narratives
- Exoticization and idealization of the Oriental “Other”
- Orientalism and Occidentalism
- Asian and Arab literature and culture in the Hispanic world
- Cooleism
- Asian and Arab testimonials, memoirs, and autobiographies
- Representation of Asian and Arab women in the Hispanic world
- Asian and Arab Diasporas
- Filipino literature in Spanish
- Chinatowns in the Americas
- Asian and Arab religiosity and "witchcraft" in the Americas
- Transculturation and hybridity
- Transnationalism and globalization
- Racialization of Jews in the Hispanic world
- Orientalism and the Asian and Arab presence in the Lusophone world
Proposal deadline:
Please send your abstract via email before December 31, 2014, along with a brief bio-bibliography (maximum of 10 lines) to any of the following emails:
Please send your abstract via email before December 31, 2014, along with a brief bio-bibliography (maximum of 10 lines) to any of the following emails:
Contact
information:
Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo
lopezcalvo@msn.com
Dr. Juan E. de Castro
Eugene Lang College, The New School For Liberal Arts
decastrj@newschool.edu
Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo
lopezcalvo@msn.com
Dr. Juan E. de Castro
Eugene Lang College, The New School For Liberal Arts
decastrj@newschool.edu
Additional
information:
Languages: Papers can be presented in in Spanish or English.
*Registration:
Languages: Papers can be presented in in Spanish or English.
*Registration:
- USA/Asia: $100 Graduate students - USA/Asia: $75
- Europe: 80 euros Graduate students - Europa: 60 euros
- Latin America and Africa: $60
Please send a check
signed to University of California Regents. The address is the following:
Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo
SSHA
University of California, Merced
5200 North Lake Road
Merced, CA. 95343
Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo
SSHA
University of California, Merced
5200 North Lake Road
Merced, CA. 95343
- BRANDING LATIN AMERICA
8-9th April, 2015
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Description:
Branding is the deliberate projection of a consciously-constructed image or identity, the marketing of the self to the other, the selling of specificity. The emergence of nation branding as a concept in the mid-1990s (Simon Anholt, 1996) corresponds with an attempt to reassert control over the perception and production of the nation, carving out a niche in which a supposed specificity will protect the nation from being subsumed by the amorphous forces of globalization, as well as allowing it to compete in the international neoliberal marketplace. Competitive nation branding can thus be seen as both a part of and response to the processes of globalisation variously theorised by Arjun Appadurai, Néstor García Canclini and Walter Mignolo, amongst others.
Today, nation branding surrounds us in the form of tourism brochures, national logos and festivals promoting particular nations’ images and, perhaps more importantly, goods. But in Latin America, the specificities of creation and promotion can hardly be dated so recently nor confined so narrowly to the tourism sector. Whether it be the ‘boom’ of Latin American fiction in the 1960s, the image of the ‘latino lover’ still propagated by various film industries or the reputation for drug-trafficking and violence attributed to numerous Latin American nations in turn, the political, economic and cultural history of Latin America calls for a broader understanding of branding. These examples prompt us to ask: Who is branding whom, how is this branding achieved, and why?
Branding is also a painful act of marking, a declaration of possession and an enduring assignation of value. Bringing to mind both the tactics of globalised capitalism and the literal stamping of slaves by their owners, the concept of branding unwittingly carries within itself the trace of violence and pain by which it is arguably inevitably accompanied. This conference thus also aims to consider: What scar tissue is formed? What might be the unintended effects of and unexpected responses to branding?
The branding of a nation involves an ongoing struggle over economic, political, cultural and affective capital between multiple parties, from both inside and outside the nation. Examples of such struggles in literature include the Mexican Crack Generation, which points us towards movements of reaction and resistance to branding and complicates the one-way model of the culture industry traditionally depicted by theorists such as Adorno and Horkheimer. Meanwhile, the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon draws our attention to the workings of branding in the creation and consumption of 'World Music', showing how branding can result from international economic and cultural exchanges which may be collaborations, but also imaginings and impositions.
Scholarly work on the topic of branding has typically focussed on issues relating to marketing and PR. This conference seeks instead to adopt an interdisciplinary approach in order to interrogate the aims, functioning, effects of and resistance to branding in Latin America. We welcome contributions from postgraduate researchers and scholars working in or across various disciplines and academic fields, including but not restricted to: Politics, International Relations/Development, Economics, Sociology, Tourism, Geography, Literature and Languages, Music, Visual Arts, Film, Photography, and Cultural Studies.
Branding is the deliberate projection of a consciously-constructed image or identity, the marketing of the self to the other, the selling of specificity. The emergence of nation branding as a concept in the mid-1990s (Simon Anholt, 1996) corresponds with an attempt to reassert control over the perception and production of the nation, carving out a niche in which a supposed specificity will protect the nation from being subsumed by the amorphous forces of globalization, as well as allowing it to compete in the international neoliberal marketplace. Competitive nation branding can thus be seen as both a part of and response to the processes of globalisation variously theorised by Arjun Appadurai, Néstor García Canclini and Walter Mignolo, amongst others.
Today, nation branding surrounds us in the form of tourism brochures, national logos and festivals promoting particular nations’ images and, perhaps more importantly, goods. But in Latin America, the specificities of creation and promotion can hardly be dated so recently nor confined so narrowly to the tourism sector. Whether it be the ‘boom’ of Latin American fiction in the 1960s, the image of the ‘latino lover’ still propagated by various film industries or the reputation for drug-trafficking and violence attributed to numerous Latin American nations in turn, the political, economic and cultural history of Latin America calls for a broader understanding of branding. These examples prompt us to ask: Who is branding whom, how is this branding achieved, and why?
Branding is also a painful act of marking, a declaration of possession and an enduring assignation of value. Bringing to mind both the tactics of globalised capitalism and the literal stamping of slaves by their owners, the concept of branding unwittingly carries within itself the trace of violence and pain by which it is arguably inevitably accompanied. This conference thus also aims to consider: What scar tissue is formed? What might be the unintended effects of and unexpected responses to branding?
The branding of a nation involves an ongoing struggle over economic, political, cultural and affective capital between multiple parties, from both inside and outside the nation. Examples of such struggles in literature include the Mexican Crack Generation, which points us towards movements of reaction and resistance to branding and complicates the one-way model of the culture industry traditionally depicted by theorists such as Adorno and Horkheimer. Meanwhile, the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon draws our attention to the workings of branding in the creation and consumption of 'World Music', showing how branding can result from international economic and cultural exchanges which may be collaborations, but also imaginings and impositions.
Scholarly work on the topic of branding has typically focussed on issues relating to marketing and PR. This conference seeks instead to adopt an interdisciplinary approach in order to interrogate the aims, functioning, effects of and resistance to branding in Latin America. We welcome contributions from postgraduate researchers and scholars working in or across various disciplines and academic fields, including but not restricted to: Politics, International Relations/Development, Economics, Sociology, Tourism, Geography, Literature and Languages, Music, Visual Arts, Film, Photography, and Cultural Studies.
Proposal deadline: 1st December 2014
Contact
information: BrandingLatinAmericaConference@gmail.com
Additional
information: Abstracts
and presentations can be written and delivered in English, Spanish or
Portuguese. Each paper will be limited to 20 minutes.
Convenors: Dunja Fehimovic (University of Cambridge), Rebecca Ogden, Par Kumaraswami (University of Reading)
Convenors: Dunja Fehimovic (University of Cambridge), Rebecca Ogden, Par Kumaraswami (University of Reading)
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IN THE MARKET
Assistant Professor -Departments of Social and Cultural Analysis & Spanish and Portuguese, New York University, Arts and Science
Fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese required. In addition to undergraduate teaching, the candidate hired will teach and advise graduate students.
Contact Information:
To apply, see the NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis website http://sca.as.nyu.edu. Instructions can be found under the homepage link “Employment Opportunities”.
Assistant or Associate Professor in the Social Sciences-University of Florida
The appointment will be made jointly between the Center for Latin American Studies and the appropriate disciplinary department within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The Center offers a Masters of Arts in Latin American Studies (MALAS), graduate and undergraduate certificates, an undergraduate minor, a joint law degree, and an interdisciplinary specialization in Latino Studies. The Center is linked to departments with strong PhD programs including those where the faculty member for this position will be tenure-track. More information about the Center can be found at: http://www.latam.ufl.edu/. The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) is UF’s largest college and encompasses the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences, which includes the Departments of Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology and Criminology & Law (www.clas.ufl.edu). All three of these departments have MA and PhD training programs with faculty who employ diverse theoretical perspectives and methodologies. Social science faculty in CLAS frequently work collaboratively across disciplinary boundaries and are active in research and practice in many countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Deadline: For full consideration, all application documents must be submitted by December 15, 2014, when the search committee will begin reviewing applications and continue until the position is filled.
Minimum Requirements: Candidates should have their Ph.D. in hand or near completion at the time of hiring.
Documents Required:
Applications must include the following: (1) a letter of interest (indicating research and teaching interests); (2) current vitae; (3) three current letters of reference. Applicant will provide names/emails of references and the application system will send automated emails to references requesting that they upload their letters of reference directly to the application website. For full consideration, all application documents must be submitted by December 15, 2014, when the search committee will begin reviewing applications and continue until the position is filled.
Contact Information:
Applications must be submitted on-line http://jobs.ufl.edu/postings/58423.
- Outreach Coordinator- Center for Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University
The Center for Latin American Studies at
Vanderbilt University seeks an Outreach Coordinator to 1) organize educational
workshops and programs for K-12 teachers in Tennessee and throughout the
region; 2) develop curricular materials related to Latin America; 3) maintain
partnerships with local organizations and minority-serving institutions in the
region; and 4) coordinate social media and publicity.
We are looking for an energetic candidate
with strong organizational and communication skills, the ability to build
relationships and work with multiple constituencies, and the ability to manage
multiple projects at once. The successful applicant will join a dynamic
and growing academic center that is designated by the Department of Education
as a Title VI National Resource Center.
Key Functions and Expected Performances:
- Developing, coordinating and coordinating curriculum development for educational outreach programs which promote understanding of Latin America to the educational community (K-12, 4-year and community colleges, and Minority Serving Institutions).
- Designing and providing outreach programs to the general public, media and business community interests, and local community organizations. Ideal candidates will have curriculum development experience.
- Maintaining relationships with on and off campus organizations (museums, schools, businesses) who work on Latin America.
- Representing CLAS at various regional and national conferences, such as LASA, AATSP, TFLTA.
- Facilitating collection of data for grant reporting of outreach evaluation.
- Working with local and regional organizations, institutions, and partner universities (requires some travel).
- Coordinating on and off-campus media relations.
- Editing newsletter, website and social media.
- Managing graduate student workers.
Basic Qualifications
- Job requires Bachelor's and 1 year of experience or the equivalent.
- Preferred Education, Skills, and Experiences:
- Background in education and/or Latin America
- Experience working with websites
- Strong communication and public speaking skills
- Willingness to collaborate with community partners on initiatives
- Conversational and reading proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese highly preferred
To apply: https://vanderbilt.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=1412466&lang=en&sns_id=mailto
- Program Coordinator- Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University
The
Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) has Program Coordinator position
vacant to start immediately. The program coordinator will provide support for
the Center’s academic program and coordinate the Center's events and
communications. The position emphasizes student and faculty services, event
coordination, public relations, and website content editing/updating. The
position reports to the Associate Director of the Center for Latin American
Studies, while maintaining close contact with the Director and other staff
members.
Please
apply online at https://stanford.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=64813&lang=en&s
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Latin American Development Planning -The University of New Mexico
The Planning Program is seeking a tenure track assistant professor in the area
of Latin American development planning. Teaching requirements will include a
graduate seminar in Latin American Development Planning, and may include
Cultural Aspects of Planning, Regional Community Development, planning studios
and practicums, Indigenous Planning in Latin America, Sustainability Planning
in a Latin American Context, and topical courses in his or her area of
specialization. The successful candidate will be familiar with Latin American
development theory and practice, community economic development, application of
sustainability and indigeneity principles in Latin American Planning, and methods
of collaborative planning and consensus building. The candidate should be
grounded in the discourse on identity and place and community-based approaches
to development in community and regional settings. The program is particularly
interested in seeking candidates with research and/or practice in areas such as
Indigenous Planning and Planning for Sustainability.
Deadline:
Short-listed candidates will be asked to submit copies of selected work. For
best consideration apply by January 15, 2015; the position will remain open
until filled.
Minimum
Requirements:
1) Master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning or a terminal professional degree in planning or a related field; 2) demonstrated teaching experience; and 3) research or practice experience in community development planning or a related field.
1) Master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning or a terminal professional degree in planning or a related field; 2) demonstrated teaching experience; and 3) research or practice experience in community development planning or a related field.
Preferred
Qualifications:
1) demonstrated expertise in Latin American development planning theory and practice; 2) ability to teach at undergraduate, masters’ and doctoral levels; 3) a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities, and 4) direct experience with community based practice in Latin American settings. 5) Candidates should have the ability to work in interdisciplinary and collegial settings. 6) Preferred candidates will have a Ph.D. in Community and Regional Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, Economics or a related field. 7) Preferred candidates will show promise for distinguished scholarship and applied research or professional practice.
1) demonstrated expertise in Latin American development planning theory and practice; 2) ability to teach at undergraduate, masters’ and doctoral levels; 3) a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities, and 4) direct experience with community based practice in Latin American settings. 5) Candidates should have the ability to work in interdisciplinary and collegial settings. 6) Preferred candidates will have a Ph.D. in Community and Regional Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, Economics or a related field. 7) Preferred candidates will show promise for distinguished scholarship and applied research or professional practice.
Documents Required:
All interested candidates must submit a letter of intent, CV and contact information, including addresses, telephone numbers, and emails, for four references online.
All interested candidates must submit a letter of intent, CV and contact information, including addresses, telephone numbers, and emails, for four references online.
Contact
Information:
Apply to posting #0827720 at https://unmjobs.unm.edu.
Apply to posting #0827720 at https://unmjobs.unm.edu.
Additional
Information:
Short-listed candidates will be asked to submit copies of selected work. For best consideration apply by January 15, 2015; the position will remain open until filled.
Short-listed candidates will be asked to submit copies of selected work. For best consideration apply by January 15, 2015; the position will remain open until filled.
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OUTREACH
- MOSTRA 2014 – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH
You
are invited to attend the MOSTRA Brazilian Film Series on November 10th, with
the screening of the film Olhos Azuis (Blue Eyes).
5:30pm
- Screening at Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL
61801
7:30pm
- Panel with actress Cristina Lago, Jerry Dávila and Fábio Durão
8:00pm
- Reception at The Bread Company
This
event is Sponsored by the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, The
Luso-Brazilian Association and Partners of the Americas.
For
more information on the MOSTRA, please visit www.brazilianfilmsinchicago.com
- MAYA IMAGES : 1978 TO 1986
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 16,
2:00
PM
In celebration of
the exhibit Artists of the Loom: Maya Weavers of Guatemala, guest
curator Margot Blum Schevill and ethnographic photographer Jeffrey Jay Foxx
will present a program of reflection upon images, memories, and knowledge
gained in more than three decades of work among the Maya. As Jeffery states:
"My mission has been to document the Maya and their way of life, not to
turn them into my art form. That said, I tend to show the moments of beautiful
light and gesture." A reception follows the talk.
This event is
sponsored by the Spurlock Museum Guild Performance and Lecture Series in honor
of the World Heritage Museum Guild. Free admission.
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