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Manifestaciones en Periodo de Caza/Demonstration During Hunting Season

Sponsored by:
Dean of Students, Atwater Commons, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Dance, History of Arts and Architecture, The Center for Community Engagement, American Studies, Education Studies, Center for Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity, Latin American Studies, Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies, Food Studies, and Black Studies
In this performance and artist talk, the renowned artistic duo better known as Las Nietas de Nonó will share the visceral motivations of their creative work and artistic practices in recent struggles for equity, visibility, and political change in Puerto Rico and beyond. 

Ilustraciones de la Mecánica takes up the history of medical experimentation and the pharmaceutical industry in Puerto Rico. It considers in particular the violence inflicted on Black women’s bodies in the name of medical research.

Adirondack Coltrane Lounge

Open to the Public

La Perricholi, a Peruvian Historical Icon

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Spanish Department, Latin American Studies, and Comparative Literature
Alonso Cueto, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, will deliver a talk about his forthcoming historical novel (yet untitled) about the famous actress and entertainer María Micaela Villegas y Hurtado de Mendoza, known as La Perricholi, arguably the most famous Peruvian woman of the 18th century. Villegas y Hurtado de Mendoza was known for being the mistress of the Peruvian Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Juniet, but in his novel Cueto attempts to provide a nuanced portrait of this figure in order to shed light on Colonial life in Peru. Cueto’s novel will be released in mid 2019. Dr.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Exhibit by Arpilleras presented by Cecilia Araneda

Sponsored by:
Mahaney Arts Center, Political Science, Spanish Department, and Latin American Studies
A public lecture (4:30 to 5:30 pm) and exhibit opening (5:30 to 7 pm with beverages and hors d’oeuvres) by Cecilia Araneda, educator and textile artist, who will share the work of her group Arpilleras, Sitios Y Memoria. This group began in 2016 with the wish to reflect on human rights violations inflicted against Chilean citizens by the military dictatorship in Chile’s Valparaiso Region. Through textile art depicting the locations of such crimes, survivor-participants invite Chileans to reclaim their public spaces and resist forgetfulness and impunity.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Cinema of the Crisis: Feminist and Queer Filmmaking in Puerto Rico in 2018

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Film & Media Culture, Spanish Department, Latin American Studies, and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
Screening of two short documentaries

“The Feminine Creature Within,” is an experimental short film directed by Lorraine Jones of FemTrap, a project that focuses on feminine empowerment through breaking norms and stigmas. FemTrap is a collective of female artists who came together after Hurricane Maria, and collaborate with other women and men: artists, dancers, photographers, DJ’s, trap singers, and skaters.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public