Written Arts Program, Spanish Studies, LAIS Program, and Human Rights Program Present

Futures and Language Diversity: Art, Literature, and Aesthetic Manifestations of the Earth

On Monday, April 4 at 6 pm, in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center (RKC), writer and activist Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil will give a talk. Introduced by Nadine Fattaleh, this presentation will address the differences between art, literature, and other poetic manifestations of different Indigenous cultures. The tradition of these Native nations can become the future considering the challenges of climate crisis that humanity is facing. Verónica Mártínez-Cruz, Andrés Block Martínez and Nicole Hazan will be interpreting the subsequent Q&A. 

Born in Ayutla Mixe, Oaxaca, Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil is an Ayuujk linguist, writer, translator, and human rights activist. She has written for a variety of media in Mexico, including Letras Libres, Nexos, and Revista de la Universidad de México. She is a member of COLMIX, a collective of young Mixe people who carry out research on Mixe language, history, and culture. She studied Hispanic Languages and Literatures and holds a Master’s degree in Linguistics from UNAM. 

Nadine Fattaleh is a writer and researcher from Amman, Jordan. Her work focuses on spatial practices through cartography and film. She received a BA in Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies from Columbia University, and a MS in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture at Columbia GSAPP. She previously worked on projects at Columbia’s Center for Spatial Research and Studio-X Amman, as well as the MMAG Foundation, Amman.

Read Yásnaya's work: "A modest proposal to save the world" // "The Map and the Territory"

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For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium

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