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Latin American Phantasmagorias. Places, Temporalities and Experiences of the Contemporary

Sat, May 28, 2:30 to 4:00pm, TBA

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In his classic 1939 essay "Paris: Capital of the Nineteenth Century", Walter Benjamin proposes the notion of phantasmagoria. This enigmatic and theoretically complex term refers to those economic characteristics of the new forms of life, and technological changes that are recognizable as phenomena of reification of civilization. Considering phenomena as phantasmagorias enables us to look at them from the perspective both of their social impact and of their epistemological dimension, and such analysis is possible, precisely because this objects call into question the very possibilities of sensation and experience. Following Benjamin, this symposium seeks to explore the concept of phantasmagoria, regarding Latin American contexts. What possible figures, temporalities and contemporary experiences in Latin America? What forms of existence and survival acquire the phantasmagorias on this continent? We propose to address these questions from different perspectives and contexts in an open dialogue between social sciences, philosophy and history.

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