Valentina Acuña: INDIGENOUS GEO-SOCIAL PRACTICES AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE ANDES
ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences, Campus Lágymányos (1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Northern Building) 3rd floor, Room 3.67 (Békésy György)
The Latin America Research Centre (Latin-Amerika Kutatóközpont / Centro de Investigaciones Sobre América Latina), the Department of Cultural Anthropology, and the Department of Global and Development Studies of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, have the pleasure of inviting you to the next lecture of the public lecture series "Latin America in the 21st century", titled:
INDIGENOUS GEO-SOCIAL PRACTICES AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE ANDES
Our speaker will be Valentina Acuña, historian and doctoral candidate in sociology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her ethnographic research intersects political geology with perspectives of dwelling the land of indigenous peoples at the Atacama Desert.
In her lecture, she will explore the connection between the indigenous peoples of the Andes and the Earth, using the geothermal field "El Tatio" as a case study. Located 4,290 meters above sea level in the Atacama Desert, this site has witnessed diverse relationships between indigenous communities and the Chilean State. The lecture will focus on the practices and memories of the Atacameños towards this place, in order to understand how the Earth is much more than an inert scenario on which social and political life develops. From affective customs to embodied knowledge transmitted from generation to generation, the lecture will present the surprising vitality that indigenous peoples find in their relationship with the Earth, as well as moments of tension and conflict, exploring how sometimes contradictory practices coexist, including exploitative relationships with the Earth.
An introduction to the lecture will be delivered by Béla Soltész (Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Global and Development Studies).
Venue: Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lágymányos Campus (1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Northern Building, 3rd floor, Room 3.67 (Békésy György)
The event will be held in English, with no translation. The event is free of charge and open to the public. No previous registration is necessary.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at the ELTE Latin America Research Centre’s event!
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Valentina Acuña, 09.05.2024
Valentina Acuña, 09.05.2024
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