Apr 18
Foro Latinoamericano 2020
Each year, students, faculty and alumni of the Latin American Studies Program convene to share in an academic experience that brings to the fore and to campus a major topic, event, and country of Latin America. Originally designed as a capstone experience for the students of the program, we have expanded the Foro to include our alumni and the program’s entire faculty in order to give it a truly communal sense. The Foro will also provide the Carleton community at large with the opportunity to participate in a major event involving Latin America.
The constructed national identities throughout the Latin American region often conflicted with the reality of the racial make-up of these societies. Any attempt to understand the region must include the evolution of racial ideas in these societies. This year’s Foro will examine the social, political, and cultural constructions of race in Latin America. Our fundamental question will be: How did different Latin American societies construct and interpret racial identities and ideologies? This year’s Foro speakers will explore various constructions of Blackness in Latin America through music, literature, and history.