[Commlist] CFP: 2nd Conference: A window onto Latin America

CALL FOR PAPERS:

2nd Conference: A window onto Latin America, a 21st Century 
Resignification of the Never-ending Conquest

Has the colonization of Latin-America really ended? Have we overcome the 
cultural and ideological of the European rule two centuries ago? What 
are the long-lasting consequences of the colonization and how do they 
manifest today?

“A Window onto Latin America: A 21st Century Resignification of the 
Never-ending Conquest” is an interdisciplinary conference within the 
Arts and Humanities, with the aim to raise a discussion about the 
current state of the cultural, ontological, epistemological and 
ideological state of Latin America.

We are inviting scholars and early-career researchers from the Arts and 
Humanities – but without excluding other disciplines – to participate 
with 15 minutes papers in this one-day conference in the University of 
York, England.

We want to generate an encounter between scholars from Latin America and 
Europe to expose and discuss our contradictions as researchers from 
different epistemic paradigms and backgrounds, but that study the same 
subject: the Latin American subcontinent. We propose a discussion around 
this never-ending conquest, to approach the ongoing cultural hegemony 
and identity struggles from a wide range of disciplines within the arts 
and humanities. We want to invite scholars to observe and reflect about 
the ontological and epistemological tensions of studying Latin America 
from a European perspective, either as Latin American researchers formed 
an educated in Europe or under a European paradigm, or as Europeans 
studying a culturally and epistemologically different continent.

Some of the topics included (but not limited to) are:

-   Cultural Syncretism
-   Racial tensions
-   Political consequences of colonialism
-   History of colonialism in Latin America
-   Construction and contradictions of the Latin American identity
-   Western ideas in Latin America
-   Western religions in Latin America
-   Methodological and epistemological concerns in Latin American studies
-   Material culture and materiality
-   Anthropological and archaeological approaches to pre-Columbian cultures
-   Global south and world peripheries

The 2nd conference of A Window onto Latin America encourages the 
application of media and communications' scholars, whose outlook on the 
complex process of colonization, cultural syncretism, and current 
challenges is highly appreciated. In this regard, the topics included 
(but not limited to) are:

-The media in the Global South and it's relations with the Global North.
-Postcolonial phenomenon in television and films (fiction and documentary).
-The role of the social media in postcolonial relations
-Migration narratives
-Latin American narratives in the Global North
-Postcolonial memories in journalistic discourses

Applications must consist of a 250 words abstract and a short bio, 
stating nationality and the represented institution. They must be sent 
to the email (conferenciaventana2019 /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(conferenciaventana2019 /at/ gmail.com)> before the deadline scheduled 
for the 27th of September.

Any questions should be sent to the contact (tgps500 /at/ york.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(tgps500 /at/ york.ac.uk)> or (magc500 /at/ york.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(magc500 /at/ york.ac.uk)>


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