Thursday 2/18, 3:30 pm Pacific Time

Panel Discussion
Decolonizing Epistemology: A Conversation with Latinx Philosophers

In honor of Argentine philosopher Maria Lugones, this round table will discuss the politics of epistemological decolonization, particularly concerning philosophical and spiritual thought. The dialogue will engage a deeper understanding of how the project of multiple/plural philosophies/worldviews/ways of knowing directly contribute to a classroom, campus, and, more broadly, the national climate of knowledge and respect for POC cultures and existence.

The video of the presentation is courtesy of the Latinx Research Center of UC Berkeley.

PJ DiPietro is an assistant professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Syracuse University who works at the intersection of decolonial feminisms, women of color thinking, Latinx studies, and trans* studies.

Mariana Ortega is an associate professor of Philosophy and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Penn State, where she researches Latina and women of color feminisms, phenomenology (Heidegger), philosophy of race, and aesthetics.

Chela Sandoval is a professor of Chicana Studies at UC Santa Barbara, and a noted theorist of postcolonial and third world feminism. She teaches about Indigenous texts, de-colonial feminism, liberation philosophy, and semiotics.

Gabriela Veronelli is an affiliated researcher at Binghamton University and Universidad Nacional de San Martin (Argentina), focusing on the relation between language and power in colonial situations from a decolonial lens.

Presented by The Decolonial Knowledges Research Initiative and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, the Latinx Research Center, the Chicano/a Studies Program, Dr. Ivonne Del Valle, and the Social Studies Matrix.

Zoom event: REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. You will receive a confirmation email with the link and password to the event. If you require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Abraham Ramirez at a_ramirez@berkeley.edu.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time
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Thursday 2/18, 4 pm Pacific Time

Radical Kinship Series
Afro-Latinx Feminisms in the URL & IRL Spheres

This roundtable discussion looks at Afro-Latinx feminist practices as they play out in online and offline spaces. This roundtable asks: How has social media expanded the ways Black Latinxs see themselves alongside others in the Black diaspora? What might a Black future look like if we merge Afro-Latinx URL with Afro-Latinx IRL spaces? And, who are the Black feminists in Latin America and the Caribbean redefining their own thinking?

Zahira Kelly-Cabrera is an AfroDominicana writer, musician and artist, known for advocating for LatiNegra visibility and rights on social media and for her unfiltered social critique.

Janel Martinez is an entrepreneur and multimedia journalist. A Honduran-American of Garifuna descent, she is the founder of “Ain’t I Latina?” an online destination geared toward Afro-Latinas.

Moderator: Alan Pelaez Lopez is a Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley, as well as an Afro-Indigenous poet and artist from a coastal Zapotec community in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Presented by the Center for Race and Gender and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, the Multicultural Community Center, the Womxn of Color Initiative, the Graduate Women’s Project, and the Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkeley. Zoom event: REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. You will receive a confirmation email with the link and password to the event. This event will be recorded.

If you require accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Ariana Ceja at aceja@berkeley.edu.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 4:00 pm Pacific Time
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Thursday, 2/25, 12:30 pm Pacific Time

AfroLatinx Voices Series
Re-Writing Black Religions in the Atlantic World:
A Conversation with Andrea Mosquera-Guerrero

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How might we re-write the history and historiography of religion, race, and art in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world? Prof. Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera will discuss the role of historians in uncovering and debating ideas about the past of people of African descent during the colonial period. She invites us to consider the ways art, material culture and performance can help us understand how people lived and experienced different forms of religiosity in the past.

Dr. Andrea Mosquera-Guerrero is a researcher at the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (National System of Researchers, Mexico) and co-founder of the Iberoamerican Network of Female Historians. She specializes in Afro-Latin American cultures in the Atlantic world during the colonial period, focusing on issues related to race and art.

Moderator: Andreína Soto is a Ph.D. candidate in History at UC Santa Barbara who specializes in African diaspora, legal and religious history, and digital humanities methods.

Zoom event: REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. You will receive a confirmation email with the link and password to the event. This event will be in Spanish and English interpretation will be available through the Zoom interpretation feature. This event will be recorded. If you require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Janet Waggaman at clas@berkeley.edu

Presented by the Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean (BLAC) Working Group, and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies.

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 12:30 pm Pacific Time
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Serie AfroLatinx Voces
Re-escribiendo las religiones negras en el mundo atlántico: Una conversación con Andrea Mosquera-Guerrero

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¿Cómo podríamos re-escribir la historia y la historiografía sobre religión, raza y arte en América Latina, el Caribe y el mundo atlántico? Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera discutirá el papel de los historiadores en el descubrimiento y el debate sobre el pasado de las personas afrodescendientes durante el período colonial. Nos invita a considerar las formas en que el arte, la cultura material y el performance pueden ayudarnos a comprender cómo las personas vivían y experimentaban diferentes formas de religiosidad en el pasado.

Dra. Andrea Mosquera-Guerrero es investigadora del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (México) y es co-fundadora de la Red Iberoamericana de Historiadoras. Se especializa en las culturas afro-latinoamericanas en el mundo atlántico durante el período colonial.

Moderadora: Andreína Soto es candidata de doctorado en historia en UC Santa Barbara. Andreína se especializa en estudios de la diáspora africana, historia de las leyes y la religión, así como métodos de humanidades digitales.

Evento por Zoom: SE REQUIERE REGISTRO. Recibirá un correo electrónico de confirmación con el enlace y contraseña para el evento. Este evento será en español, y habrá interpretación en inglés a través de la funcionalidad de interpretación de Zoom. Si necesita una adaptación para participar plenamente en este evento, comuníquese con Janet Waggaman clas@berkeley.edu.

Presentado por el Grupo de Trabajo la Negritud en América Latina y el Caribe (Blackness in Latin America, BLAC) y copatrocinado por el Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos.

Jueves 25 de febrero del 2021, 12:30 pm Hora del Pacífico
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Coming in March: DocuLatino

Children in a boat, from Érase una vez en Venezuela, Congo Mirador. (Photo by John Márquez.)

DocuLatino
Érase una vez en Venezuela, Congo Mirador
(Once Upon a Time in Venezuela)
Directed by Anabel Rodríguez (Venezuela, 2020)

We provide the film; you provide the popcorn! Join CLAS for a virtual film screening.

On Lake Maracaibo, beneath the mysterious silent Catatumbo lightning, the village of Congo Mirador is preparing for parliamentary elections. This once-prosperous fishing community is now sinking into the sediment, unraveling after years of criminal pollution and government neglect – a reflection of all the flaws of contemporary Venezuela. Focusing on two fierce, independent women who epitomize opposing sides of this vulnerable community, Rodríguez Ríos’s film is a stunning microcosm of a global battle to safeguard cultural heritage and retain political relevancy. 99 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.

Venezuela’s Candidate for the 2021 Oscar Academy Awards.

English film trailer

Please note: Only available to watch in the United States.

REGISTER HERE for your free ticket. You will receive the link and password to watch the film on Vimeo on Saturday, March 6 at 4:30 pm Pacific Time. You can start the movie any time between 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Pacific Time. At 10:40 pm, the link and film will no longer be available.

If you require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact clas@berkeley.edu

Saturday, March 6, 2021, 5:00 – 9:00 pm Pacific Time
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