Afro-Latinidades Symposium

AFRO-LATINIDADES IN THE UNITED STATES
Wege Auditorium, Science Center
Saturday, November 5, 2016

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

 8:00–9:00  am LIGHT BREAKFAST (ECO CAFÉ)

 9:00–9:30  am WELCOME

 9:30–11:00 am SESSION I

Jennifer Jones, “From Nuyoricans to Afro-Mestizos: Making the Invisible Visible and the Importance of Afro-Latino Diasporas.”

Sebastián Pérez, “Aesthetics of the Get Down: New York Rican Photography at the Origins of Hip Hop.”

11:00–11:15 am BREAK

11:15–12:45 pm SESSION II

Omaris Z. Zamora, “Alright Ladies Now Let’s Get In (Trance)Formation: The Performativity & Production of AfroLatina Feminist Knowledge in Josefina Baez’s Levente No. Yolayorkdominicanyork, La Bella Chanel and Cardi B

Petra Rivera-Rideau, “Introducing Enrique Iglesias, artista urbano”: (Re)Constructing (Afro)Latinidad in Latin Urban Music”

12:45–2:15 pm LUNCH BREAK

 2:15–3:30  pm DIALOGO

Carlos Alamo-Pastrana and Ginetta Candelario, Past, Present, and Future of Afro-Latina/o Studies

 3:30–3:45  pm BREAK

 3:45–5:00  pm READING

Nelly Rosario, “Of RGB, DNA, and Other Codes: A Mixed Genre Reading”