Event Details
The Latin American Studies program will host a symposium engaging hemispheric Indigenous identities March 28-29 that culminates a year-long series of encounters and collaborations. Our symposium reflects on how Indigeneity has been constructed across overlapping colonialities that themselves cross geographical spaces and chronological times. Featuring Keynote by Elizabeth Sumida-Huaman (U.Minn), plenaries from Brenda Nicolás (UC. Irvine) and Sara Garzón (Canal Projects), reflections from students and alums including Leo Corral and Kalei Ganser, artists and co-curators of the Ali'e'e exhibit opening in the Law Warschaw Gallery after spring break, and a live puppet making workshop in collaboration with Pintag Amaru and the Pachaysana Foundation in Ecuador. Co-sponsored by the MNI Indigenizing Initiatives, the KAIGC, the Idea Lab, and Spanish & Portuguese.
Pre Symposium Event: Thursday, March 27, 2025
4:45 - 7 PM, Humanities Interdisciplinary Media Lab (HUM412)
Film Screening: Stepping Softly on the Earth. Followed by a Q&A with Director Marcos Colón.
Symposium Events: Friday, March 28, 2025
4:45 - 6:15 PM, Mairs Concert Hall
Welcome and Keynote Address by Elizabeth Sumida Huaman (UMN).
6:15 - 7:00 PM, Law Warschaw Gallery/Fine Arts Atrium
Reception and opening of Ali’e’ an exhibit by Kalei Ganser ‘25 and Leo Corral ‘25.
Symposium Events: Saturday, March 29 2025 Kagin Commons, Alexander G. Hill Ballroom
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Coffee and Welcome.
9:30 - 11:00 AM
Plenary Session: "Aesthetics of Liberation" with Brenda Nicolás (UC. Irvine) and Sara Garzón (NYC Curator, Canal Projects).
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Artist Talk: Reflections on Ali’e’ with Kalei Ganser ‘25 and Leo Corral ‘25.
1:00 - 1:30 PM
Conversation: Reflections on Puppetry and Native Activism with Jennings Mergenthal '21 and Chris Griffith '92.
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Puppetry Workshop: "Voices of the Land: Ancestral Journeys through Puppetry," a workshop led by Collectivo Pintag Amaru & Fundación Pachaysana (Ecuador)
4:00 - 4:45 PM
Closing Roundtable
