Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
Hawkins-Conard Student Center Auditorium
The Ashland
University College of Arts and Sciences' Symposium Against Indifference:
Engaging Latin America and the Caribbean hosts OSU's Distinguished
Humanities Professor Abril Trigo to lead a discussion about
the effect of globalization on Latin America. Dr. Trigo will present
his recent findings at a public discussion on Wednesday, February 19 at 7
p.m. in the Hawkins-Conard Student Center Auditorium. The event is
free and open to the public.
In his latest work,
Professor Trigo analyzes the operation of globalization and the place of Latin
America within this economic regime while asking: What do we mean when we talk
about globalization today? What is the meaning of
globalization in Latin America and for Latin
Americans? In his presentation he will discuss some of the economic, political,
and cultural effects of globalization on Latin American everyday life, such as
the impact of global pop culture, the informal economy, narco-trafficking,
transnational migrancy, the new ethnic and social movements, and the
ongoing struggle for the nation-state.
Dr.Trigo's
areas of specialization include Latin American Cultural Studies, literary and
cultural theory, theater, film, and popular culture. He has published
extensively on Latin American cultural studies, with particular emphasis on the
historical formation of national imaginaries and their articulation to popular
culture (rock, graffiti, candombe, soccer, etc.). Currently, he is working
on A Critique of the Political-Libidinal Economy, a theoretical
inquiry on the formation of value and subjectivity. 