Politics of Culture in Latin America (POCLAT)
Interdisciplinary Network for Latin American Research in Tromsø

Politics of Culture in Latin America is an interdisciplinary local network constituted for researchers of the University of Tromsø-Artic University of Norway, which has the function of meeting arena for the collaboration, exchange and diffusion of research projects and issues about Latin America. According the different disciplines of the group members (Politic, Sociology, Anthropology, Religion, Linguistic, Literature, Education, etc.), this network has established a collective research framework, accessible to receive academic contributions from each one of them: the Politic and Cultural praxis in a multicultural society.
Activities
Events
2017
Seminar
13.10. 2017
Depictions of Indigenous Identities in the North and the South
Seminar
Practices of Consultation with Indigenous Peoples in Indigenous/Latin America
Tuesday 19 September, at Guovssu (TEO-H2 2.228), Centre for Sami Studies, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway
Past events
2016
29.10. 16 (kl. 13.00-15.00)
Fiesta No Siesta -Tromsøs Latin Festival (Sted: Prelaten Kro & Scene)
Samfunn, kultur og politikk i Latin Amerika
Kl. 13.00 Presentasjon av forskningsprosjekter om Latin Amerika
v/UIT Forksningsgruppe: Politics of Cultures in Latin-America –POCLAT og Carlos Cabanillas (Inst. for språk og kultur) Bjørn Ola Tafjord (Inst. for historie og religion) Marcela Douglas (Regionalt kunnskapssenter for barn og unge- Nord)
Kl.13.30 "Venezuela og Latin-Amerika: et land i krise, en region i endring"
v/Leiv Marsteintredet (Førstamanuensis Universitetet i Oslo)
15.09.2016
Gjesteforelesning:
prof. Esperanza López Parada (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spania)
"Tesoros de Indias: procesos de apropiación y expropiación en el archivo material americano"
LInk
11.05.2016
International seminar
Persistence of the Indigenous myths and religions during the Christianisation of Latin America
14.04.2016
Violence, Memory and Collective Trauma in Latin America - See more at: https://uit.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/sub?p_document_id=428388&sub_id=433468#sthash.bANLUnCU.dpuf
International seminar
Violence, Memory and Collective Trauma in Latin America
2015
15.10.2015
Seminario internacional:
Dirigido por Bjørn Ola Tafjord (IHR)
16.10.2015
Conversatorio:
Metodologías indígenas contextuales: acercamientos bribris.
Dirigido por Bjørn Ola Tafjord (IHR)
1.10.2015
Seminar:
The Indigenous communities in Mexico during the 20th Century. A cultural heritage
by María Fernanda González Rojas (Brown-bag seminar, Centre for Sami Studies)