Central Americanist Articulation or Isthmus
Central Americanist Articulation O Istmo – Testimonies
From Thursday, July 25th to Saturday, July 27th, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, CLACSO hosted the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the “Central Americanist Articulation O Istmo,” a gathering featuring roundtables on topics related to Central American identity and its popular struggles. Sociopolitical debates and discussions also took place, focusing on the region's cultural production.
Interview to Carmen Elena Villacorta y Aleksander Aguilar, members of the CLACSO Working Group “The Central American Isthmus: Peripheral Epistemological Perspectives”.
Thursday 25 – 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM – At the CLACSO Headquarters – 1168 Estados Unidos Street – Marielle Franco Room.
-Welcome words: Pablo Vommaro, Academic Director of CLACSO.
-Isthmian perspective – View, concept, movement and production of the Central Americanist Articulation or Isthmus
Participating: Aleksander Aguilar-Antunes, Carmen Elena Villacorta, Denia Román, Amaral Palevi, Andrés Kozel and Juan Francisco Martínez.
-Book presentation
Central America in Isthmian Perspective Series
Vol. 1 History, current events and questions about the region in its bicentennial
EACH/USP, CLACSO, O ISTMO (2022)
Vol. 2 Peoples, Movements, Knowledge and Migrations in the Central American Isthmus
EACH/USP, CLACSO, O ISTMO (2023)
Participants: Aleksander Aguilar-Antunes, Carmen Elena Villacorta, Salvador García and Gustavo Menon.
Friday 26 – 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM – At the CLACSO Headquarters – 1168 Estados Unidos Street – Marielle Franco Room.
-Central America from the South. Central Americanism in Brazil and Argentina
Projection of photographs of a Miskito community in Nicaragua
Presentation and dialogue with photographer and anthropologist Lole García
-Panel: Central Americanism?
Participants: Aleksander Aguilar-Antunes, Carmen Elena Villacorta, Julieta Rostica, Lucrecia Molinari and Lole García.
Saturday 27 – 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM – At the Floreal Gorini Cultural Center of Cooperation – Corrientes Avenue 1543.
-Book presentation. Racism and genocide in Guatemala. A long-term perspective
Julieta Rostica. [Author] – CLACSO. IEALC, 2023
Commentary by: Paula Cuellar, Ana González and Team O Istmo
-Film screening and talk: Indigo (documentary, 62 min, 2023)
Paula Cuellar [Executive Producer of the documentary]
Dialogue with the researcher whose work has originated the script of this Mexican-Salvadoran production.
Organized by: CLACSO Working Group “The Central American Isthmus: Peripheral Epistemological Perspectives”. Supported by O Istmo and the Floreal Gorini Cultural Center for Cooperation
IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES WITH LIVE STREAMING
This event kicks off a series of three activities that will continue later in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Mexico, and in San José in Costa Rica.
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