Afro-descendants

Fluid geographies: Marine territorialisation and the scaling up of local aquatic epistemologies on the Pacific coast of Colombia

Paula Satizábal, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia y Simon PJ Batterbury, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

“May the afro be a part of the Argentinean nation”: state resignifications of black memories

Abstract: The questioning on national narrative by subaltern sectors has revealed its heterogeneous, conflictive and historical character, weakening the assumed legitimacy of the hegemonic narrative. This has made silenced narratives to be re-memorized and, therefore, “new” memories under dispute to emerge. This paper is therefore focused on the recent processes of visibilization and remembrance of […]

To make visible what is invisibilized —Discourses from Afrodescendant institutions and African migrant in Argentina

Abstract: This research inquires for current portrayals of black, African and Afro-descendant alterities in Argentinian society, where these groups have been historically invisibilized. Here we present the results of a critical analysis of discourse in representative institutions gathering together Afro-Argentines, Afro-descendant migrants from Latin American countries, and African migrants from Sub-Saharan region, which are based in […]