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The objective of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Department ofHistory) at Carleton University is to foster interdisciplinary teaching andunderstanding of Latin American and Caribbean-related themes inCanada (website httpscarletoncalacs)
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March 2019
In this Issue
1 Essay - 2019 CALACS Graduate Essay Prize2 Public Event - Mujeres agenciamiento y representacioacuten3 Carleton Event - Cultural Transfers workshop ldquoMusic MemoryImmersionrdquo4 LACS Event (save the date) - Mariano Abarca Trial
1 Essay - 2019 CALACS Graduate Essay Prize2019 CALACS Graduate Essay Prize
Expressions of Intent to Submit due by March 8 2019
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362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
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Final essay due March 22 2019The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS)calls for submissions for the 2019 Graduate Essay Prize to be awarded at the 2019CALACS Congress in Toronto Ontario held May 10 to 12 at York University Thisaward recognizes the most outstanding essay presented by a graduate student atthe 2019 CALACS Congress
Eligibility
Applicants must be registered in a graduate program at a recognized universityand be CALACS student membersApplicants must present their paper at the 2019 CALACS CongressThe paper must be unpublished and not yet approved for publicationCo-authorships will be accepted as long as the students are affiliated withcommunity organizations or are presented together with communityresearchers The co-authors can not be professors or have already obtained aPhDThe recipient is expected to attend Congress and the Award Ceremony Whilestudents are encouraged to apply to CALACS for financial assistance to attendthe Congress through the Congress website these funds are limited and arethus not guaranteedThe applicant may be registered in a masters or doctoral program inside oroutside of Canada Doctoral students must not have defended theirdissertation prior to the submission deadline
Application process
1 An abstract of the paper must first be submitted to and accepted by theCALACS 2019 Congress Organizing Committee respecting the deadlines onthe general Call for Papers
2 Applicants should indicate their intention to submit an essay for considerationby the Awards jury by writing to gradessayprizecan-latamorg Expressionsof interest should be submitted by March 8 2019
3 Papers should be submitted electronically through the CALACS website andshould indicate your program and university affiliation Students may be askedto submit a proof of student status after the essays submission The deadlinefor receipt of final papers is March 22 2019 We will notify participants of theresults on May 1 2019
Guidelines for papers
Papers should be no longer than 20 double-spaced pages includingbibliography footnotes figures and appendices
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 38
Papers should be submitted using standard margins in 12-point font withappropriate referencingPapers will be evaluated following a double-blind review process thus pleasesubmit 1) a title page with your name and affiliation and 2) an anonymous copyof the essayPapers may be submitted in English French Portuguese or SpanishThe evaluation committee will not review papers that do not conform to theseguidelines
Back to Table of Contents
2 Public Event - Mujeres agenciamiento yrepresentacioacuten
En el marco del Diacutea de Internacional de la Mujer la Embajada de Meacutexico en Canadaacute
y el Programa de Espantildeol de la Universidad de Ottawa invitan al coloquio
ldquoMujeres agenciamiento y representacioacutenrdquo Viernes 8 de marzo de 5 pm a 7 pm
Sala SMD 430 60 University Private Ottawa ON K1N 8Z4
Programa
Heroiacutenas de la vida cotidiana el pasado escondido de las mujeresmexicanas Dra Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Carleton University
De invisibles a exoacuteticas las mujeres latinas en la prensa y la cultura popularen Quebec Dra Guadalupe Escalante Rengifo University of Ottawa
Ausencias y presencias la representacioacuten de las mujeres en la publicidad delmezcal Violegravene Dauvois Candidata a doctorado University of Ottawa
Mujeres en el arte mural espacios de hoy conflictos de siempre GabrielaSaacutenchez Candidata a doctorado University of Ottawa
Moderadora Flor de Mariacutea Adriana Diacuteaz Gonzaacutelez Encargada de ProtocoloEmbajada de Meacutexico en Canadaacute
Comiteacute organizador
Cordialmente
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362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
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Luis Abanto PhD
Director of Spanish Undergraduate Studies amp Spanish LanguageProgram Coordinator
Department of Modern Languages amp Literatures University of Ottawa
70 Laurier East Avenue Office MHL 228 Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 CANADA
(613) 562-5800 Ext 3751 - labantoruottawaca
Back to Table of Contents
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 58
3 Carleton Event - Cultural Transfers workshopldquoMusic Memory Immersionrdquo Please join us this Friday from 300-430 pm in the ICSLAC seminar room (201D StPatrick Building) for a Cultural Transfers workshop entitled ldquoMusic MemoryImmersionrdquo The presenters will be Professor Ellen Waterman (Helmut KallmannChair for Music in Canada SSAC Music) and Melba Villamizar Rodriguez (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Their abstracts are below Please also mark your calendars for the upcoming Cultural Transfers workshop onFriday March 22 400-530 pm Curatorial Judgement PhotographicRepresentations of Indigeneity in the Context of Difficult Pastsrdquo with Professor CarolPayne (SSAC Art History) and Trina Cooper-Bolam (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Ellen Waterman Klang-Opus aacute la fin de creacutepescule Improvising Place andSpace in the Cape Spear ProjectWhen Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 SoundSymposiummdasha festival of experimental music and sound in St JohnrsquosNewfoundlandmdashhe set out to create a nested environment of recordedsoundscapes improvised music acoustic space and multi-channel sound diffusionThe site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear NationalHistoric Site Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs and theaudience seated outside would receive the resonant echo of those concretechambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by thecomposerrsquos recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape Weatherintervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglicancathedral in town drastically changing both its presentation and its signification This paper considers the ldquocircle of conversationrdquo comprising improvised musictechnological mediation acoustic space place and memory in Klang-Opus aacute la finde creacutepescule Based on documentation of the concert and interviews theperformance is analyzed in relation to acoustic ecology as developed by Schafer andthe World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (eg Westerkamp Jaumlrviluoma Brandt andDrever) problematized through theories of mediation (Ouzounian 2017) andgenerative listening (Voegelin 2011) When we listen we conjure up sonic affect
in the form of feelings memories and associations and this is surely where theperformative force of sound art lies In this paper I turn environmental sound art onits ear and speak instead of the improvisatory and performative nature ofenvironmental listening Melba Villamizar Rodriguez The Institutionalization of Musical Memories of
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 68
the Colombian Armed Conflict The Center for Historical Memory and LasAlabaoras de PogueMusic has played a major role in the construction of collective memory for Afro-Colombian victims of violence and forced internal displacement Within the context ofan ongoing armed conflict between communist guerrillas right-wing paramilitarygroups and the national army the Colombian government created the NationalCenter for Historical Memory (CNMH) in 2005 as a form of reparation for victims ofthe armed conflict through the reconstruction of truth and the right to memory TheCNMH created a website which has allowed for the documentation of local memoryinitiatives through different media such as documentaries plays music andpedagogical materials This institution has played a central role in promoting themusic of Las Alabaoras de Pogue a group of Afro-Colombian women singers fromPogue a community located in the municipality of Bojayaacute in the Colombian Pacificcoast an area where the majority of the population is Afro-Colombian This groupemerged as a response to the Massacre of Bojayaacute (2002) where many civilianswere killed during a battle between guerrillas and paramilitary groups leading to thedisplacement of most of the inhabitants of the town Las Alabaoras de Pogue haverepurposed the traditional funerary genre of alabao to sing their memories ofviolence and displacement Through the analysis of audio and video examples ofmusic composed and performed by Las Alabaoras de Pogue I will explore therelationship between music and memory and I will locate these musical expressionswithin the context of global and local trends on the institutionalization of memory
Back to Table of Contents
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 78
4 LACS Event (save the date) - Mariano AbarcaTrial Mariano Abarca was a Mexican anti-mining activist killed by security guards hired bya Canadian mining firm Latin American and Caribbean Studies in conjunctionwith Mining Watch Canada will be hosting a delegation to talk about economicdiplomacy Marianos legacy and why the case is important and precedent-settingMore information will be posted on the following site httpscarletoncalacsevents
Wednesday March 27
530-900pm Azrieli Theatre room 102
Back to Table of Contents
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For information regarding Latin American and Caribbean Studies at CarletonUniversity and for advising please contact
Dr Mark Anderson
Coordinator of Latin American and Caribbean Studies atMarkAndersoncarletonca
For general information please contact
The Department of History at LACScarletonca
If you would like to list your events requests or share your analytical insights on the Bulletin please contact the
editor LACScarletonca
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 88
The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of CarletonUniversity andor the Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS)
Copyright copy 2019 Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Carleton University All rights reserved
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 28
Final essay due March 22 2019The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS)calls for submissions for the 2019 Graduate Essay Prize to be awarded at the 2019CALACS Congress in Toronto Ontario held May 10 to 12 at York University Thisaward recognizes the most outstanding essay presented by a graduate student atthe 2019 CALACS Congress
Eligibility
Applicants must be registered in a graduate program at a recognized universityand be CALACS student membersApplicants must present their paper at the 2019 CALACS CongressThe paper must be unpublished and not yet approved for publicationCo-authorships will be accepted as long as the students are affiliated withcommunity organizations or are presented together with communityresearchers The co-authors can not be professors or have already obtained aPhDThe recipient is expected to attend Congress and the Award Ceremony Whilestudents are encouraged to apply to CALACS for financial assistance to attendthe Congress through the Congress website these funds are limited and arethus not guaranteedThe applicant may be registered in a masters or doctoral program inside oroutside of Canada Doctoral students must not have defended theirdissertation prior to the submission deadline
Application process
1 An abstract of the paper must first be submitted to and accepted by theCALACS 2019 Congress Organizing Committee respecting the deadlines onthe general Call for Papers
2 Applicants should indicate their intention to submit an essay for considerationby the Awards jury by writing to gradessayprizecan-latamorg Expressionsof interest should be submitted by March 8 2019
3 Papers should be submitted electronically through the CALACS website andshould indicate your program and university affiliation Students may be askedto submit a proof of student status after the essays submission The deadlinefor receipt of final papers is March 22 2019 We will notify participants of theresults on May 1 2019
Guidelines for papers
Papers should be no longer than 20 double-spaced pages includingbibliography footnotes figures and appendices
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 38
Papers should be submitted using standard margins in 12-point font withappropriate referencingPapers will be evaluated following a double-blind review process thus pleasesubmit 1) a title page with your name and affiliation and 2) an anonymous copyof the essayPapers may be submitted in English French Portuguese or SpanishThe evaluation committee will not review papers that do not conform to theseguidelines
Back to Table of Contents
2 Public Event - Mujeres agenciamiento yrepresentacioacuten
En el marco del Diacutea de Internacional de la Mujer la Embajada de Meacutexico en Canadaacute
y el Programa de Espantildeol de la Universidad de Ottawa invitan al coloquio
ldquoMujeres agenciamiento y representacioacutenrdquo Viernes 8 de marzo de 5 pm a 7 pm
Sala SMD 430 60 University Private Ottawa ON K1N 8Z4
Programa
Heroiacutenas de la vida cotidiana el pasado escondido de las mujeresmexicanas Dra Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Carleton University
De invisibles a exoacuteticas las mujeres latinas en la prensa y la cultura popularen Quebec Dra Guadalupe Escalante Rengifo University of Ottawa
Ausencias y presencias la representacioacuten de las mujeres en la publicidad delmezcal Violegravene Dauvois Candidata a doctorado University of Ottawa
Mujeres en el arte mural espacios de hoy conflictos de siempre GabrielaSaacutenchez Candidata a doctorado University of Ottawa
Moderadora Flor de Mariacutea Adriana Diacuteaz Gonzaacutelez Encargada de ProtocoloEmbajada de Meacutexico en Canadaacute
Comiteacute organizador
Cordialmente
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 48
Luis Abanto PhD
Director of Spanish Undergraduate Studies amp Spanish LanguageProgram Coordinator
Department of Modern Languages amp Literatures University of Ottawa
70 Laurier East Avenue Office MHL 228 Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 CANADA
(613) 562-5800 Ext 3751 - labantoruottawaca
Back to Table of Contents
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 58
3 Carleton Event - Cultural Transfers workshopldquoMusic Memory Immersionrdquo Please join us this Friday from 300-430 pm in the ICSLAC seminar room (201D StPatrick Building) for a Cultural Transfers workshop entitled ldquoMusic MemoryImmersionrdquo The presenters will be Professor Ellen Waterman (Helmut KallmannChair for Music in Canada SSAC Music) and Melba Villamizar Rodriguez (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Their abstracts are below Please also mark your calendars for the upcoming Cultural Transfers workshop onFriday March 22 400-530 pm Curatorial Judgement PhotographicRepresentations of Indigeneity in the Context of Difficult Pastsrdquo with Professor CarolPayne (SSAC Art History) and Trina Cooper-Bolam (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Ellen Waterman Klang-Opus aacute la fin de creacutepescule Improvising Place andSpace in the Cape Spear ProjectWhen Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 SoundSymposiummdasha festival of experimental music and sound in St JohnrsquosNewfoundlandmdashhe set out to create a nested environment of recordedsoundscapes improvised music acoustic space and multi-channel sound diffusionThe site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear NationalHistoric Site Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs and theaudience seated outside would receive the resonant echo of those concretechambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by thecomposerrsquos recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape Weatherintervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglicancathedral in town drastically changing both its presentation and its signification This paper considers the ldquocircle of conversationrdquo comprising improvised musictechnological mediation acoustic space place and memory in Klang-Opus aacute la finde creacutepescule Based on documentation of the concert and interviews theperformance is analyzed in relation to acoustic ecology as developed by Schafer andthe World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (eg Westerkamp Jaumlrviluoma Brandt andDrever) problematized through theories of mediation (Ouzounian 2017) andgenerative listening (Voegelin 2011) When we listen we conjure up sonic affect
in the form of feelings memories and associations and this is surely where theperformative force of sound art lies In this paper I turn environmental sound art onits ear and speak instead of the improvisatory and performative nature ofenvironmental listening Melba Villamizar Rodriguez The Institutionalization of Musical Memories of
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 68
the Colombian Armed Conflict The Center for Historical Memory and LasAlabaoras de PogueMusic has played a major role in the construction of collective memory for Afro-Colombian victims of violence and forced internal displacement Within the context ofan ongoing armed conflict between communist guerrillas right-wing paramilitarygroups and the national army the Colombian government created the NationalCenter for Historical Memory (CNMH) in 2005 as a form of reparation for victims ofthe armed conflict through the reconstruction of truth and the right to memory TheCNMH created a website which has allowed for the documentation of local memoryinitiatives through different media such as documentaries plays music andpedagogical materials This institution has played a central role in promoting themusic of Las Alabaoras de Pogue a group of Afro-Colombian women singers fromPogue a community located in the municipality of Bojayaacute in the Colombian Pacificcoast an area where the majority of the population is Afro-Colombian This groupemerged as a response to the Massacre of Bojayaacute (2002) where many civilianswere killed during a battle between guerrillas and paramilitary groups leading to thedisplacement of most of the inhabitants of the town Las Alabaoras de Pogue haverepurposed the traditional funerary genre of alabao to sing their memories ofviolence and displacement Through the analysis of audio and video examples ofmusic composed and performed by Las Alabaoras de Pogue I will explore therelationship between music and memory and I will locate these musical expressionswithin the context of global and local trends on the institutionalization of memory
Back to Table of Contents
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 78
4 LACS Event (save the date) - Mariano AbarcaTrial Mariano Abarca was a Mexican anti-mining activist killed by security guards hired bya Canadian mining firm Latin American and Caribbean Studies in conjunctionwith Mining Watch Canada will be hosting a delegation to talk about economicdiplomacy Marianos legacy and why the case is important and precedent-settingMore information will be posted on the following site httpscarletoncalacsevents
Wednesday March 27
530-900pm Azrieli Theatre room 102
Back to Table of Contents
Share Tweet +1 Forward to Friend Share
For information regarding Latin American and Caribbean Studies at CarletonUniversity and for advising please contact
Dr Mark Anderson
Coordinator of Latin American and Caribbean Studies atMarkAndersoncarletonca
For general information please contact
The Department of History at LACScarletonca
If you would like to list your events requests or share your analytical insights on the Bulletin please contact the
editor LACScarletonca
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 88
The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of CarletonUniversity andor the Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS)
Copyright copy 2019 Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Carleton University All rights reserved
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 38
Papers should be submitted using standard margins in 12-point font withappropriate referencingPapers will be evaluated following a double-blind review process thus pleasesubmit 1) a title page with your name and affiliation and 2) an anonymous copyof the essayPapers may be submitted in English French Portuguese or SpanishThe evaluation committee will not review papers that do not conform to theseguidelines
Back to Table of Contents
2 Public Event - Mujeres agenciamiento yrepresentacioacuten
En el marco del Diacutea de Internacional de la Mujer la Embajada de Meacutexico en Canadaacute
y el Programa de Espantildeol de la Universidad de Ottawa invitan al coloquio
ldquoMujeres agenciamiento y representacioacutenrdquo Viernes 8 de marzo de 5 pm a 7 pm
Sala SMD 430 60 University Private Ottawa ON K1N 8Z4
Programa
Heroiacutenas de la vida cotidiana el pasado escondido de las mujeresmexicanas Dra Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Carleton University
De invisibles a exoacuteticas las mujeres latinas en la prensa y la cultura popularen Quebec Dra Guadalupe Escalante Rengifo University of Ottawa
Ausencias y presencias la representacioacuten de las mujeres en la publicidad delmezcal Violegravene Dauvois Candidata a doctorado University of Ottawa
Mujeres en el arte mural espacios de hoy conflictos de siempre GabrielaSaacutenchez Candidata a doctorado University of Ottawa
Moderadora Flor de Mariacutea Adriana Diacuteaz Gonzaacutelez Encargada de ProtocoloEmbajada de Meacutexico en Canadaacute
Comiteacute organizador
Cordialmente
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 48
Luis Abanto PhD
Director of Spanish Undergraduate Studies amp Spanish LanguageProgram Coordinator
Department of Modern Languages amp Literatures University of Ottawa
70 Laurier East Avenue Office MHL 228 Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 CANADA
(613) 562-5800 Ext 3751 - labantoruottawaca
Back to Table of Contents
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 58
3 Carleton Event - Cultural Transfers workshopldquoMusic Memory Immersionrdquo Please join us this Friday from 300-430 pm in the ICSLAC seminar room (201D StPatrick Building) for a Cultural Transfers workshop entitled ldquoMusic MemoryImmersionrdquo The presenters will be Professor Ellen Waterman (Helmut KallmannChair for Music in Canada SSAC Music) and Melba Villamizar Rodriguez (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Their abstracts are below Please also mark your calendars for the upcoming Cultural Transfers workshop onFriday March 22 400-530 pm Curatorial Judgement PhotographicRepresentations of Indigeneity in the Context of Difficult Pastsrdquo with Professor CarolPayne (SSAC Art History) and Trina Cooper-Bolam (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Ellen Waterman Klang-Opus aacute la fin de creacutepescule Improvising Place andSpace in the Cape Spear ProjectWhen Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 SoundSymposiummdasha festival of experimental music and sound in St JohnrsquosNewfoundlandmdashhe set out to create a nested environment of recordedsoundscapes improvised music acoustic space and multi-channel sound diffusionThe site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear NationalHistoric Site Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs and theaudience seated outside would receive the resonant echo of those concretechambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by thecomposerrsquos recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape Weatherintervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglicancathedral in town drastically changing both its presentation and its signification This paper considers the ldquocircle of conversationrdquo comprising improvised musictechnological mediation acoustic space place and memory in Klang-Opus aacute la finde creacutepescule Based on documentation of the concert and interviews theperformance is analyzed in relation to acoustic ecology as developed by Schafer andthe World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (eg Westerkamp Jaumlrviluoma Brandt andDrever) problematized through theories of mediation (Ouzounian 2017) andgenerative listening (Voegelin 2011) When we listen we conjure up sonic affect
in the form of feelings memories and associations and this is surely where theperformative force of sound art lies In this paper I turn environmental sound art onits ear and speak instead of the improvisatory and performative nature ofenvironmental listening Melba Villamizar Rodriguez The Institutionalization of Musical Memories of
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 68
the Colombian Armed Conflict The Center for Historical Memory and LasAlabaoras de PogueMusic has played a major role in the construction of collective memory for Afro-Colombian victims of violence and forced internal displacement Within the context ofan ongoing armed conflict between communist guerrillas right-wing paramilitarygroups and the national army the Colombian government created the NationalCenter for Historical Memory (CNMH) in 2005 as a form of reparation for victims ofthe armed conflict through the reconstruction of truth and the right to memory TheCNMH created a website which has allowed for the documentation of local memoryinitiatives through different media such as documentaries plays music andpedagogical materials This institution has played a central role in promoting themusic of Las Alabaoras de Pogue a group of Afro-Colombian women singers fromPogue a community located in the municipality of Bojayaacute in the Colombian Pacificcoast an area where the majority of the population is Afro-Colombian This groupemerged as a response to the Massacre of Bojayaacute (2002) where many civilianswere killed during a battle between guerrillas and paramilitary groups leading to thedisplacement of most of the inhabitants of the town Las Alabaoras de Pogue haverepurposed the traditional funerary genre of alabao to sing their memories ofviolence and displacement Through the analysis of audio and video examples ofmusic composed and performed by Las Alabaoras de Pogue I will explore therelationship between music and memory and I will locate these musical expressionswithin the context of global and local trends on the institutionalization of memory
Back to Table of Contents
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 78
4 LACS Event (save the date) - Mariano AbarcaTrial Mariano Abarca was a Mexican anti-mining activist killed by security guards hired bya Canadian mining firm Latin American and Caribbean Studies in conjunctionwith Mining Watch Canada will be hosting a delegation to talk about economicdiplomacy Marianos legacy and why the case is important and precedent-settingMore information will be posted on the following site httpscarletoncalacsevents
Wednesday March 27
530-900pm Azrieli Theatre room 102
Back to Table of Contents
Share Tweet +1 Forward to Friend Share
For information regarding Latin American and Caribbean Studies at CarletonUniversity and for advising please contact
Dr Mark Anderson
Coordinator of Latin American and Caribbean Studies atMarkAndersoncarletonca
For general information please contact
The Department of History at LACScarletonca
If you would like to list your events requests or share your analytical insights on the Bulletin please contact the
editor LACScarletonca
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 88
The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of CarletonUniversity andor the Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS)
Copyright copy 2019 Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Carleton University All rights reserved
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 48
Luis Abanto PhD
Director of Spanish Undergraduate Studies amp Spanish LanguageProgram Coordinator
Department of Modern Languages amp Literatures University of Ottawa
70 Laurier East Avenue Office MHL 228 Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 CANADA
(613) 562-5800 Ext 3751 - labantoruottawaca
Back to Table of Contents
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 58
3 Carleton Event - Cultural Transfers workshopldquoMusic Memory Immersionrdquo Please join us this Friday from 300-430 pm in the ICSLAC seminar room (201D StPatrick Building) for a Cultural Transfers workshop entitled ldquoMusic MemoryImmersionrdquo The presenters will be Professor Ellen Waterman (Helmut KallmannChair for Music in Canada SSAC Music) and Melba Villamizar Rodriguez (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Their abstracts are below Please also mark your calendars for the upcoming Cultural Transfers workshop onFriday March 22 400-530 pm Curatorial Judgement PhotographicRepresentations of Indigeneity in the Context of Difficult Pastsrdquo with Professor CarolPayne (SSAC Art History) and Trina Cooper-Bolam (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Ellen Waterman Klang-Opus aacute la fin de creacutepescule Improvising Place andSpace in the Cape Spear ProjectWhen Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 SoundSymposiummdasha festival of experimental music and sound in St JohnrsquosNewfoundlandmdashhe set out to create a nested environment of recordedsoundscapes improvised music acoustic space and multi-channel sound diffusionThe site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear NationalHistoric Site Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs and theaudience seated outside would receive the resonant echo of those concretechambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by thecomposerrsquos recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape Weatherintervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglicancathedral in town drastically changing both its presentation and its signification This paper considers the ldquocircle of conversationrdquo comprising improvised musictechnological mediation acoustic space place and memory in Klang-Opus aacute la finde creacutepescule Based on documentation of the concert and interviews theperformance is analyzed in relation to acoustic ecology as developed by Schafer andthe World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (eg Westerkamp Jaumlrviluoma Brandt andDrever) problematized through theories of mediation (Ouzounian 2017) andgenerative listening (Voegelin 2011) When we listen we conjure up sonic affect
in the form of feelings memories and associations and this is surely where theperformative force of sound art lies In this paper I turn environmental sound art onits ear and speak instead of the improvisatory and performative nature ofenvironmental listening Melba Villamizar Rodriguez The Institutionalization of Musical Memories of
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 68
the Colombian Armed Conflict The Center for Historical Memory and LasAlabaoras de PogueMusic has played a major role in the construction of collective memory for Afro-Colombian victims of violence and forced internal displacement Within the context ofan ongoing armed conflict between communist guerrillas right-wing paramilitarygroups and the national army the Colombian government created the NationalCenter for Historical Memory (CNMH) in 2005 as a form of reparation for victims ofthe armed conflict through the reconstruction of truth and the right to memory TheCNMH created a website which has allowed for the documentation of local memoryinitiatives through different media such as documentaries plays music andpedagogical materials This institution has played a central role in promoting themusic of Las Alabaoras de Pogue a group of Afro-Colombian women singers fromPogue a community located in the municipality of Bojayaacute in the Colombian Pacificcoast an area where the majority of the population is Afro-Colombian This groupemerged as a response to the Massacre of Bojayaacute (2002) where many civilianswere killed during a battle between guerrillas and paramilitary groups leading to thedisplacement of most of the inhabitants of the town Las Alabaoras de Pogue haverepurposed the traditional funerary genre of alabao to sing their memories ofviolence and displacement Through the analysis of audio and video examples ofmusic composed and performed by Las Alabaoras de Pogue I will explore therelationship between music and memory and I will locate these musical expressionswithin the context of global and local trends on the institutionalization of memory
Back to Table of Contents
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
httpsmailchimp64e338716474lacs-bulletin-october-2269437 78
4 LACS Event (save the date) - Mariano AbarcaTrial Mariano Abarca was a Mexican anti-mining activist killed by security guards hired bya Canadian mining firm Latin American and Caribbean Studies in conjunctionwith Mining Watch Canada will be hosting a delegation to talk about economicdiplomacy Marianos legacy and why the case is important and precedent-settingMore information will be posted on the following site httpscarletoncalacsevents
Wednesday March 27
530-900pm Azrieli Theatre room 102
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The Department of History at LACScarletonca
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3 Carleton Event - Cultural Transfers workshopldquoMusic Memory Immersionrdquo Please join us this Friday from 300-430 pm in the ICSLAC seminar room (201D StPatrick Building) for a Cultural Transfers workshop entitled ldquoMusic MemoryImmersionrdquo The presenters will be Professor Ellen Waterman (Helmut KallmannChair for Music in Canada SSAC Music) and Melba Villamizar Rodriguez (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Their abstracts are below Please also mark your calendars for the upcoming Cultural Transfers workshop onFriday March 22 400-530 pm Curatorial Judgement PhotographicRepresentations of Indigeneity in the Context of Difficult Pastsrdquo with Professor CarolPayne (SSAC Art History) and Trina Cooper-Bolam (CulturalMediations PhD candidate) Ellen Waterman Klang-Opus aacute la fin de creacutepescule Improvising Place andSpace in the Cape Spear ProjectWhen Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 SoundSymposiummdasha festival of experimental music and sound in St JohnrsquosNewfoundlandmdashhe set out to create a nested environment of recordedsoundscapes improvised music acoustic space and multi-channel sound diffusionThe site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear NationalHistoric Site Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs and theaudience seated outside would receive the resonant echo of those concretechambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by thecomposerrsquos recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape Weatherintervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglicancathedral in town drastically changing both its presentation and its signification This paper considers the ldquocircle of conversationrdquo comprising improvised musictechnological mediation acoustic space place and memory in Klang-Opus aacute la finde creacutepescule Based on documentation of the concert and interviews theperformance is analyzed in relation to acoustic ecology as developed by Schafer andthe World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (eg Westerkamp Jaumlrviluoma Brandt andDrever) problematized through theories of mediation (Ouzounian 2017) andgenerative listening (Voegelin 2011) When we listen we conjure up sonic affect
in the form of feelings memories and associations and this is surely where theperformative force of sound art lies In this paper I turn environmental sound art onits ear and speak instead of the improvisatory and performative nature ofenvironmental listening Melba Villamizar Rodriguez The Institutionalization of Musical Memories of
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the Colombian Armed Conflict The Center for Historical Memory and LasAlabaoras de PogueMusic has played a major role in the construction of collective memory for Afro-Colombian victims of violence and forced internal displacement Within the context ofan ongoing armed conflict between communist guerrillas right-wing paramilitarygroups and the national army the Colombian government created the NationalCenter for Historical Memory (CNMH) in 2005 as a form of reparation for victims ofthe armed conflict through the reconstruction of truth and the right to memory TheCNMH created a website which has allowed for the documentation of local memoryinitiatives through different media such as documentaries plays music andpedagogical materials This institution has played a central role in promoting themusic of Las Alabaoras de Pogue a group of Afro-Colombian women singers fromPogue a community located in the municipality of Bojayaacute in the Colombian Pacificcoast an area where the majority of the population is Afro-Colombian This groupemerged as a response to the Massacre of Bojayaacute (2002) where many civilianswere killed during a battle between guerrillas and paramilitary groups leading to thedisplacement of most of the inhabitants of the town Las Alabaoras de Pogue haverepurposed the traditional funerary genre of alabao to sing their memories ofviolence and displacement Through the analysis of audio and video examples ofmusic composed and performed by Las Alabaoras de Pogue I will explore therelationship between music and memory and I will locate these musical expressionswithin the context of global and local trends on the institutionalization of memory
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4 LACS Event (save the date) - Mariano AbarcaTrial Mariano Abarca was a Mexican anti-mining activist killed by security guards hired bya Canadian mining firm Latin American and Caribbean Studies in conjunctionwith Mining Watch Canada will be hosting a delegation to talk about economicdiplomacy Marianos legacy and why the case is important and precedent-settingMore information will be posted on the following site httpscarletoncalacsevents
Wednesday March 27
530-900pm Azrieli Theatre room 102
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For information regarding Latin American and Caribbean Studies at CarletonUniversity and for advising please contact
Dr Mark Anderson
Coordinator of Latin American and Caribbean Studies atMarkAndersoncarletonca
For general information please contact
The Department of History at LACScarletonca
If you would like to list your events requests or share your analytical insights on the Bulletin please contact the
editor LACScarletonca
Subscribe Past Issues Translate
362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
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362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
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the Colombian Armed Conflict The Center for Historical Memory and LasAlabaoras de PogueMusic has played a major role in the construction of collective memory for Afro-Colombian victims of violence and forced internal displacement Within the context ofan ongoing armed conflict between communist guerrillas right-wing paramilitarygroups and the national army the Colombian government created the NationalCenter for Historical Memory (CNMH) in 2005 as a form of reparation for victims ofthe armed conflict through the reconstruction of truth and the right to memory TheCNMH created a website which has allowed for the documentation of local memoryinitiatives through different media such as documentaries plays music andpedagogical materials This institution has played a central role in promoting themusic of Las Alabaoras de Pogue a group of Afro-Colombian women singers fromPogue a community located in the municipality of Bojayaacute in the Colombian Pacificcoast an area where the majority of the population is Afro-Colombian This groupemerged as a response to the Massacre of Bojayaacute (2002) where many civilianswere killed during a battle between guerrillas and paramilitary groups leading to thedisplacement of most of the inhabitants of the town Las Alabaoras de Pogue haverepurposed the traditional funerary genre of alabao to sing their memories ofviolence and displacement Through the analysis of audio and video examples ofmusic composed and performed by Las Alabaoras de Pogue I will explore therelationship between music and memory and I will locate these musical expressionswithin the context of global and local trends on the institutionalization of memory
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362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
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4 LACS Event (save the date) - Mariano AbarcaTrial Mariano Abarca was a Mexican anti-mining activist killed by security guards hired bya Canadian mining firm Latin American and Caribbean Studies in conjunctionwith Mining Watch Canada will be hosting a delegation to talk about economicdiplomacy Marianos legacy and why the case is important and precedent-settingMore information will be posted on the following site httpscarletoncalacsevents
Wednesday March 27
530-900pm Azrieli Theatre room 102
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Dr Mark Anderson
Coordinator of Latin American and Caribbean Studies atMarkAndersoncarletonca
For general information please contact
The Department of History at LACScarletonca
If you would like to list your events requests or share your analytical insights on the Bulletin please contact the
editor LACScarletonca
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362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
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4 LACS Event (save the date) - Mariano AbarcaTrial Mariano Abarca was a Mexican anti-mining activist killed by security guards hired bya Canadian mining firm Latin American and Caribbean Studies in conjunctionwith Mining Watch Canada will be hosting a delegation to talk about economicdiplomacy Marianos legacy and why the case is important and precedent-settingMore information will be posted on the following site httpscarletoncalacsevents
Wednesday March 27
530-900pm Azrieli Theatre room 102
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Dr Mark Anderson
Coordinator of Latin American and Caribbean Studies atMarkAndersoncarletonca
For general information please contact
The Department of History at LACScarletonca
If you would like to list your events requests or share your analytical insights on the Bulletin please contact the
editor LACScarletonca
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362019 LACS Bulletin - March 2019
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