{"id":13524,"date":"2024-04-26T14:17:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/?p=13524"},"modified":"2024-04-26T14:28:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:28:03","slug":"experiencing-cuba-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/2024\/04\/26\/experiencing-cuba-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing Cuba 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professors Michael Birembaum Quintero and Ana Mar\u00eda Reyes led the course <strong>CAS AA306E\/CFA MH563 \u2013 Experiencing Cuba: History, Culture and Politics,<\/strong>\u201d during the 2024 Spring Break. The course was sponsored by The African American &amp; Black Diaspora Studies (AFAMBDS) Program, the History of Art &amp; Architecture Department, the Political Science Department, the College of Fine Arts, and the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate and graduate students travelled to Havana to study the music, religion, arts, and history of this island-nation with a focus on Afro-Cuban history and practices. The group was able to learn about the rich artistic and architectural history of the city, as well as enjoy the delicious Caribbean cuisine and dance to a variety of different music genres. \u00a0Students were given the rare and privileged opportunity to learn about Afro-Cuban religious practices from leaders and practitioners themselves, including a visit to the important basilica of the Virgen of Regla and the Regla Cabildo. Some of the highlights of the week included visits to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Callej\u00f3n Hamel, Instituto Superior de Arte, the Instituto de Amistad de los Pueblos, Memorial de la Denuncia, and the Fabrica de Arte. The group also met with premier artists including the Prima Ballerina Liliet Orozco, the Conjunto de Baile Folkl\u00f3rico Nacional, as well as famed artists Manuel Mendive and Alexis Esquivel. Overall, it was a transformative experience for all who participated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container cuba-2024 autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-13537\" data-slideshow-name=\"cuba-2024\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-13537\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5591-1-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"Students outside the Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_6149-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_6552-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_6542-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_6158-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5820-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5963-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_7\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5910-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_8\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_6327-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-13537_9\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/afam\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_6147-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-13537\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-10\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professors Michael Birembaum Quintero and Ana Mar\u00eda Reyes led the course CAS AA306E\/CFA MH563 \u2013 Experiencing Cuba: History, Culture and Politics,\u201d during the 2024 Spring Break. The course was sponsored by The African American &amp; Black Diaspora Studies (AFAMBDS) Program, the History of Art &amp; Architecture Department, the Political Science Department, the College of Fine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6520,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13524"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13541,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13524\/revisions\/13541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}