Latin American Studies holds Seminar “Training of the Arts in Latin America”

The Latin American Studies powered by Ibrachina held its second seminar, with the theme “Arts Training in Latin America”, this Tuesday (29). The event was streamed online.

At the opening, Thomas Law, president of Ibrachina, emphasized that for the Institute it is an honor to promote an event with relevant names in the arts. “Here we begin a debate on topics that will be part of the Latin American Studies book. Thus, being able to promote new, quality material for students from Latin America and China.”

He also said that the Seminar contributes a lot to the mission of Latin American Studies, which proposes to “break down prejudices, show identities and differences and reveal Latin America to foreigners from an internal perspective. Thus, we contribute to international university education, highlighting knowledge about countries that form, with Brazil, a bloc with relationships, origins and interests in common”.
Then, Víctor Gabriel Rodríguez, cultural director of Ibrachina, made a brief presentation on the scope of work of Latin American Studies, a knowledge production program for the dissemination of Latin American themes.

“We will produce a book, with versions in Portuguese, Spanish and Mandarin. Our project already brings together more than 20 countries, involving 60 authors. All are specialists in their fields and work on topics such as history, geopolitics, anthropology, arts and law,” he stressed.

Four lectures were presented during the Seminar. In the first table, “The Formation of Modernity in Latin America” was debated, moderated by Professor Víctor Gabriel Rodríguez.

Ivonne Pini, professor at the National University of Colombia, spoke about “Latin America The 1920s: Intercrossings between Modernidad Y Vanguardia”. Next, Lisbeth Rebollo Gonçalves, president of AICA Internacional and professor at ECA/USP, spoke about “The Week of Modern Art in Brazil and its Impacts on Latin American Cultural Modernity”.

The theme of the second panel was “Latin American Aesthetics”, with Lisbeth Rebollo as moderator. Visual Arts professor at UFRGS, Maria Amélia Bulhões, discussed “Contemporary Art in Latin America: Between Subversion and Recognition”, while Alessandra Simões Paiva, from the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB/Brazil), spoke about “Aesthetics and Cosmopolitics: The Relations between Contemporary Art and Indigenous Art in the Brazilian Context”.
The 2nd Latin American Studies Seminar is supported by Grupo Editorial Tirant lo Blanch, the Brazilian Association of Art Critics (ABCA), the Graduate Program in Latin American Integration – (PROLAM/USP) and the Graduate Program Interunits in Aesthetics and Art History (PGEHA/USP).