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On October 14, 2021,<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>Center for Latin American Studies<\/a> (CLAS), an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University (BU), hosted an event on the book “The Cuban Hustle: Culture, Politics, Everyday Life<\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>\n Author Sujatha Fernandes, Professor of Sociology at the University of Sydney, discussed the collection of essays about Cuban life that make up the book. The essays coalesce around the idea of \u201chustle,\u201d a word arising out of the Cuban vernacular of \u201cluchar,\u201d describing the various ways Cubans have improvised and invented in order to navigate daily life in uncertain sometimes desperate conditions. She focuses particularly on art and music and how Cuban work through sociopolitical issues through the arts.<\/p>\n The conversation was moderated by Michael Birenbaum Quintero, Associate Professor of Music and Chair of Musicology & Ethnomusicology at BU\u2019s College of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n A recording of the event can be viewed below.<\/p>\n