This episode of Hybrid Atlanta features Argentinean artist Maria Korol. She talks about her upbringing during the Argentina’s military dictatorship, her artistic influences from Brazil, her multilayered creative process, and Atlanta’s “unpretentious” artistic scene. Hybrid Atlanta is a video series of interviews with local artists and creatives whose work establishes […]
Read MoreHow did the pandemic impact Mexico’s culture and independent art? (Video column by Adela Goldbard)
From the militarization of the citizens to socially committed art, Mexican artist and professor Adela Goldbard helps us understand Mexico’s situation and challenges after the pandemic. This video column is part of our series on Reimagining Latin America After the Pandemic. Adela Goldbard is an interdisciplinary artist/educator/scholar from Mexico City. […]
Read MoreMental Health, Latin American Poetry, Anxiety, and Other Demons: A Podcast
In a context of mental health global crisis in our pandemic world, Jaime Rodriguez Z., a Peruvian journalist living in Madrid, writes and narrates “Informe de los Bosques” [Report of the Forests], a podcast in Spanish about “anxiety and other darkness.” Historical, academic, statistical, and poetic references complement an intense […]
Read MoreHow did the pandemic impact Chile’s democracy and media? (Video column by Sebastián Valenzuela)
From the illusion of Chile being a role model to the new forms of media emerging in the country, Chilean journalist and professor Sebastián Valenzuela describes the political landscape Chile is experiencing after the pandemic. This video column is part of Polivision’s series on Reimagining Latin America After the Pandemic. […]
Read MoreLatin American Alternative Indie from Spain [MUSIC REVIEW]
The songs of Temporada de Pesca [Fishing Season], the latest album by Martin Guerra, will probably appear on exquisitely curated playlists of Indie Alterlatino. Martin Guerra, a Peruvian musician based in Madrid, has produced an experimental and hybrid album that combines Latin American musical traditions—the Afro-Peruvian being a crucial one—with […]
Read More[ONLINE CONFERENCE] Re-imagining Latin America in the Pandemic: Media, Culture, and Democracy: PERU
Polivision, the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Tech, and the Atlanta Global Studies Center present “Reimagining Latin(o) America in the Pandemic: Media, Culture, and Democracy,” a series of video presentations/interviews with public intellectuals, journalists, politicians, and cultural producers of the region who have covered and/or addressed the crisis in […]
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