Thursday, March 03, 2011
Documentary, lecture focus on "Afro-Latin American Identity"
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Wendy Knipe Bredhold Media Relations Specialist, News & Information Services 812/461-5259 Mosquera is associate professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He does research, teaches, and has published work on popular religion, colonial Latin American studies, and history. He has received research grants from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, NEH, and the Mellon Foundation. His work on popular religion explores the convergence of popular Christianity, politics and ethnic identity, and cultures. More specifically, his work focuses on Mexican colonial (Nahua) indigenous communities and the afro-descendent peoples of Choco, Colombia. His documentary, Sanpachando, explores the Afro-ethic, religious, and cultural meaning of a festival honoring Saint Francis of Assisi. Through music, dancing, and firsthand accounts, the documentary vividly encapsulates aspects of the social, religious, and political foundations that hold the festival together. It examines both its material and symbolic expressions from the perspective of a robust Afro-cultural identity. Mosquera's USI visit is co-sponsored by the USI Society for Arts and Humanities, Center for Academic Creativity, Multicultural Center, Spanish Club, Black Student Union, and Latinos Unidos (Hispanic Student Union). |
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