Dear all,
You are invited to 5Y PEACE? COLOMBIA
Register:
Tuesday, March 1 | Film: Bajo Fuego (Under Siege) live streaming (at the day and time) – http://duke.zoom.us/j/96390493516
In November 2016, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the office of President Juan Manuel Santos signed the Colombian peace deal. Many hoped this would mark an end to 52 years of armed conflict. For farmers in the coca-growing region of Cauca however, this "peace" has proven to be short-lived. Bajo Fuego follows "cocaleros" as they mobilize to protect their livelihoods after the government instructs them to destroy their crops as part of the "war on drugs." As new armed groups arise, the promised peace turns out to be an illusion for these farmers whose lives are threatened and who are displaced from their homes. Bajo Fuego exposes the lived reality behind the politics, that has left many Colombians in a continued state of war. "What was signed were just agreements, they did not sign peace. We still have to build peace." Farmer, Bajo Fuego.
March 23 | What Comes Next in the Colombia Peace Process?
https://duke.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ucu2qqz8jGd1xZA0Ww1U4nGP5xc7ZCV32
Gabriella Levy and Mateo Villamizar-Chaparro. Duke Political Sciences.
Five years after Colombia’s peace deal, the FARC is no longer on U.S. terrorist group lists. But Colombia’s peace is far from secure. The peace agreement outlined plans to transform the FARC from an armed group into a peaceful political party, created transitional justice institutions to address wartime atrocities and established programs for rural development. Five years later, Colombia has achieved several milestones in the FARC’s reintegration into civil life — and there’s less violence. But Colombia’s peace agreement still polarizes politicians and the public, and implementation is slow. Both ex-combatants and noncombatants in many parts of the country are facing insecurity.
March 30 | Embodied Enactments. Human Rights and Cultural Production in Colombia
https://duke.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcO2vpzMvHNQzLol5gicxK5_1e2LdRT6V
Book presentation with editors Kevin Guerrieri (UC San Diego) and Carlos Gardeazabal-Bravo (Rhodes College). With autors: Daniel Coral (UC Davis), Carolina Sánchez (Rutgers), Miguel Rojas-Sotelo (Duke University).
This volume explores how Colombian cultural production seek to enact—to perform, to stage, to represent—human rights that are otherwise enacted discursively, that is, made public or official, in juridical and political realms. Through a wide range of disciplinary lenses, the different chapters explore counter-hegemonic concepts of human rights and enacted justice via art and cultural production, amplifying the discourses of human dignity and emancipation within and beyond academia.
Miguel Rojas Sotelo. PhD
Duke University
PC. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Director NC Latin American Film Festival
Narrating Nature: Documentaries for Environmental Studies. DOCTS/ENVIRO 315S
Sustainable Development in Colombia. ENVIRO 982
https://duke.academia.edu/MiguelRojasSotelo
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