March '12

Latin American Awareness Week: March 12 - March 16th

Artistic Practices and Consumer Culture in Latin America

Monday, March 12th
4:30 pm
Semans Lecture Hall, Belk Visual Arts Center (Lecture Hall in the VAC)
Lecture and Discussion with Professor Cesar Barros

Latin American Study Abroad Experiences

Tuesday, March 13th
6:00 pm
Union Room 302
Come hear students discuss their study abroad experiences in Latin America. Leah Baldasare, Marcus Pierre, Will Hamilton, and Molly Dolinger speak of their experiences in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile , respectively, last semester.  Food will be provided.

OLAS General Meeting: The Afro-Bolivian Experience

Wednsday, March 14th
4:30 pm
Multicultural House Basement
Leah Davis '12 narrates her experience on her study abroad experience & research in Bolivia, leading to the publication of her children's book. Food will be provided.

Embodied Politics: Bodies and New Media in the Americas

Friday, March 16th
4:30 pm
Semans Lecture Hall, Belk Visual Arts Center (Lecture Hall in the VAC)
A lecture by Dr. Marcela Fuentes on recent uses of performance in which activists and artists used new media to intervene in conflictive political scenarios in Latin America and the U.S