Culture in motion: Antiracist and Antifascist Festival
In a context where collective organization becomes fundamental, culture emerges not only as an artistic expression, but also as a tool for political and social transformation. Under this premise, the following was developed: Antiracist and Antifascist Festival, an event that invited people to inhabit the territory from a place of solidarity and critical debate.
Organized by DIAFAR (African Diaspora of Argentina) and accompanied by a network of allied institutions, the festival was proposed as a space of resistance and encounter to build community in the face of hate speech.
The festival was designed to be a holistic experience, combining deep thinking with cultural enjoyment:
☑ Dialogues and Critical Rounds: Spaces for debate to reflect on the current reality and strengthen activism networks.
☑ Live Music and Art: Culture as a political engine through artistic performances that celebrate diversity.
☑ Children's Space: A proposal designed so that children can also experience the festival in a safe and creative environment.
☑ Fair and networking: A meeting point between organizations, publishers and independent collectives.
📆 Saturday, January 31 – From 14:00 PM UTC-3
📍C Art Media – Av. Corrientes 6271, CABA, Argentina
In-person event with free admission (Advance booking required)
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A collective construction
This event was supported and co-organized by Página/12, Malunga, Negrx and CLACSO, together with various institutions that are committed to cultural action as a political response
Dialogues
When the State Kills: Institutional Violence and Anti-Black Genocide.
Presented by: Jeremías Pérez Rabasa (DIAFAR).
Participants:
Dina Sánchez (UTEP).
Agustín Lao Montes (MALUNGA Network).
Maria del Carmen Verdú (CORREPI).
Angela Da Silva Juscelino (É Tudo Nosso – Brazil).
Jimena Frankel (Monitor of repressive state and para-state responses of the IEF – CTA).
Hate speech: Denialism and insurgent memories.
Presented by: Federico Pita (DIAFAR).
Panelists:
Maria Rachid (FALGBT).
Pablo Vommaro (CLACSO).
Aram Mouratian (Armenian National Council).
Nicolás Trotta (National Deputy – Union for the Fatherland).
Maricruz Rivera Clemente (COPI – Puerto Rico).
Antiracism, Antifascism and popular resistance.
Presented by: Agustín Laó-Montes (MALUNGA Network).
Participants: Atilio Borón (Cultural Center of Cooperation), Elina Malamud (Argentine Jewish Appeal), Federico Pita (DIAFAR), Ochy Curiel (GLEFAS) and Esteban Paulón (National Deputy – United Provinces).
Invitation from Pablo Vommaro to the Festival
ORGANIZER: FEDERICO PITA
He holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He is the founder and president of the Afro-Argentine organization African Diaspora of Argentina (DIAFAR). In academia, his work focuses on race, racism, racial inequality, and Afro-descendants. He is the Director of the Center for Studies on Racism and Inequalities at the Metropolitan University for Education and Labor (UMET). He also edits the Negrx section of the prestigious newspaper Página/12, the first anti-racist space in the Argentine print media. He has participated as a speaker in international forums on issues of historical reparations, Afro-descendants, race, and racism.
DISTINGUISHED INTERNATIONAL GUESTS
AGUSTÍN LAÓ-MONTES (Puerto Rico): General Coordinator of the MALUNGA Network. PhD in historical sociology from Binghamton University in New York and an Afro-Puerto Rican intellectual and activist. He is a professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, where he is also a researcher at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and coordinator of the postgraduate program in African Diasporas within the PhD program in Afro-American Studies. He has published several books and numerous articles on topics such as globalization, social movements, urban issues, ethnic and racial identities and racism, Caribbean and Afro-diasporic critical thought, decolonial theory, African studies, and intercultural education. He has lectured at universities in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the United States, and Europe. Among his most recent works are: “Du Bois on Latin America and the Caribbean: Trans-American Pan-Africanism and Global Sociology”, State University of New York Press, 2020. "Diasporic Counterpoints. Political Cartographies of Our Afro-America", Universidad del Externado, 2020. “Beyond Civil Society: Activism, Participation, and Protest in Latin America”, Duke University Press, 2017. “Decoloniality of power, crisis of Western capitalist civilization, and anti-systemic movements”University of the Earth, Chiapas, 2012.
OCHY CURIEL (Dominican Republic): One of the most powerful, challenging, and radical voices in contemporary Latin American feminism. She is a singer-songwriter, activist, and theorist of autonomous, lesbian, anti-racist, and decolonial feminism in Latin America and the Caribbean. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology, is also a specialist in Social Sciences, and a Social Worker. Currently, she teaches at the National University of Colombia and is a co-founder of the Latin American Group for Feminist Study, Training, and Action (GLEFAS). Her research and numerous articles explore the intersection of racism, sexism, classism, and the regime of heterosexuality from a decolonial perspective. Some of her notable works include: “Decolonization and depatriarchalization of and from the feminisms of Abya Yala” (with María Galindo); “Dissident feminisms of Latin America and the Caribbean” (Ochy Curiel, Sabine Masson and Jules Falquet. (comps)); “The patriarchy laid bare. Three materialist feminists” (Ochy Curiel and Jules Falquet (comps.)).
