LAIS Program, Human Rights Project, Experimental Humanities Program, Written Arts Program, and Center for Human Rights and the Arts Present
On Banana Republics
Monday, November 8, 2021
Online Event
3:00 pm – 4:20 pm EST/GMT-5
3:00 pm – 4:20 pm EST/GMT-5
A lecture by Juanita Solano and Blanca Serrano in conjunction with WRIT 354 Plundering the Americas: On Violence Against Land and Bodies with Valeria Luiselli
Until the end of the nineteenth-century bananas were considered an exotic fruit and were virtually unknown in American consumer culture. Today, they occupy a major role in popular culture and are globally consumed due to their low price and nutritional benefits. But how did bananas become icons of violence, sexual symbols, and representations of underdevelopment? In this presentation Dr. Blanca Serrano Ortiz (Project Director at ISLAA) and Dr. Juanita Solano Roa (Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Los Andes) will uncover the history of this complex fruit through the presentation of Banana Craze, a digital humanities project curated by them. Banana Craze investigates the impact of the banana monoculture in the Americas through the examination of 100 works by contemporary Latin American and Latinx artists.Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/151145885?pwd=QTJvWVBVV2xmSVY0dGJBcHpMY0lpZz09
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/151145885?pwd=QTJvWVBVV2xmSVY0dGJBcHpMY0lpZz09.
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:20 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Online Event