Indigenous History, Languages, & Cultures Week (04.03.23 – 04.06.23)
The Department of Romance Studies and the Center for Latin American Studies present:
Indigenous Languages & Cultures Week 2023
Monday, April 3 • 4 to 5:30 PM (In Person)
Renzo Aroni • Humanities Fellow, Columbia University
“Música testimonial y teatro escolar en la conmemoración de la Masacre de Cayara (Perú, 1988)“
Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road
Reception & Art Presentation to Follow
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Tuesday, April 4 • 4 to 6:30 PM (via Zoom)
José Luis Castro • Professor of Quechua, Cusco, Peru
Karina Guanca Aramayo (Cusco, Peru) • Soprano & Profesor of Music, Cusco, Peru
“Cultura Andina: Canto y Resistencia Quechua“
Conversación con Dina Ananco • Awajun and Wampis Poet (Peruvian Amazon)
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Wednesday, April 5 • 4 to 6:30 PM (via Zoom)
Sandra Nanayna • Actress (Tariana people, northwest Amazon)
“Duas existências: Português e Tukano”
Edson Kayapó • Writer, indigenous scholar & activist (Mebengokré people, Brazil)
“Educação escolar indigena diferenciada: rompendo as amarras de colonialidade”
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Thursday, April 6 • 4 to 6:30 PM (via Zoom)
Valentina Tong • Curator, architect & photographer
“A Luta Yanomami”
Ehuana Yaira • Artist, researcher and Yanomami leader (Brazilian Amazon)
& Ana Maria Machado • Anthropologist & Yanomami translator
Claudia Mattos • Art Historian, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
“Decolonizing the Amazon: Reappropriating Marajoara Legacy in the Marajó iIsland”
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Conveners:
Célia Bianconi, Master Lecturer and head of the Portuguese Language Program
María Datel, Master Lecturer and head of the Spanish Language Program
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Sponsors:
Boston University Center for the Humanities
Boston University Diversity and Inclusion
Boston University Arts Initiative
Department of Romance Studies
Center for Latin American Studies
Register for Monday’s session here:
Register for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday sessions here:
https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_akaRhq1hTGeFII2VghENLw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Information about the speakers may be found here.
