April, 2023

Rostros migrantes: Humanizing Migrants’ Voices through Art and Narrative

Derli Romero

Musical Pastiche, Nostalgia, and the Shaping of Latinx Identity in Popular Streaming Media

Jacqueline Avila , University of Texas, Austin

This presentation examines the soundscapes and compositional techniques utilized by the EDM group the Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS) and its founder Camilo Lara in the 2021 album DF and in Netflix’s Latinx-focused dramady Gentefied (2020-21). The music created for both the album and the series feature musics of the past either sampled or referenced into a modern musical pastiche that evokes various forms of nostalgia.

The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Movement: Perspectives from the U.S., Spain and Latin America

Dr. Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada, Yvonne Yen Liu, Euclides Mance, & Dr. Eric Griego Montoya

AfroMundo Festival Resistance & Creativity

What Color is my identity?

Dr. Linda García Merchant

Low Frequency Trio's Nueva Músicas Latinoamericanas

José Luis Hurtado, Associate Professor of Music Theory, University of New Mexico; Antonio Rosales, Professor of Bass Clarinet, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Juan José García, Professor, Anáhuac University and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Brazilian Writers Speaker Series, Discussion 3

Natalia Borges Polesso , Brazilian author and journalist

Sons of Mezcal Documentary Screening + Q&A Session

Marsella Macias , LAII Master's Student

Chinese engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean

R. Evan Ellis, PhD

Warriors of Afro-Peruvian Music, AfroMundo Festival 2023

Charo Goyonehe, Rosa Guzmán, Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón, Yuri Juárez

The Hitchcock-Kelly Fund for Human and Indigenous Peoples' Rights

S. James Anaya