Creative Ecologies in the Changing Cultural Landscapes of Latin America

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

Creative Ecologies. How does one define and expand the notion of ecologies in a multidisciplinary and expansive way through the lens of culture and literature? What new spaces exist between environmental, technological, ethical, political, economic and cultural systems? How do we examine a notion of creative ecologies in relation to the human experience? Is there life beyond the polarization of resources, androcentric vs. animality? Following this series of animating questions, the panel seeks to analyze intersections and/or contaminations of systems and processes in an interdisciplinary exploration of the changing landscapes of Latin America.

Sub Track

• Film, Performance, and Culture

Session Organizer

• Julia A Kushigian, Connecticut College

Chair

• Julia A Kushigian, Connecticut College

Individual Presentations

• Creative Ecologies: Apocalyptic Visions of Nature’s Monsters and Heroes in the Latin American Novel - Julia A Kushigian, Connecticut College

• The Wrath of Nature: Pieces of Aguirre and other Doomed Expeditions - Beatriz Riverabarnes, Pennsylvania state university

• Water, Oil, Animals: Creative Ecologies in Sarmiento’s Facundo, Bracho Montiel’s "Guachimanes", and González Prada’s "Grafitos" - Scott DeVries, Manchester University