Conference: Colonized Temporalities · Event Summary and video
On February 27, OLA held an in-person event as part of its program “2084: Imagined Futures from the South”. The keynote speaker was Carmen Ibañez Cueto, an interdisciplinary social scientist from Bolivia currently teaching at the Freie Universität in Berlin. The title...
Lecture: Colonized Temporalities, with Carmen Ibáñez Cueto
The Observatory on Latin America invites you to the lecture: COLONIZED TEMPORALITIES, by Bolivian Anthropologist and Researcher from the Freie Universität Berlin, Carmen Ibáñez Cueto. Lecture: Carmen Ibáñez Cueto – Anthropologist, Researcher, Freie Universität...
Blue Heart – Film Screening
The Observatory on Latin America extends an invitation to the screening of the film “Blue Heart” (Corazon Azul), followed by a discussion with the director, Cuban filmmaker Miguel Coyula and actress Lynn Cruz. SYNOPSIS: In an alternate reality, Fidel...
4th. Conversation · online · Andean Temporalities and Ancestral Futures · Event Summary
On May 4th, 2023, the Observatory on Latin America hosted a conversation on “Andean Temporalities and Ancestral Futures” which brought together participants from diverse backgrounds to explore Andean understandings of time and its significance in shaping the present...
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