DISSONANT NOTES RESEARCH ON HOW CULTURAL JOURNALISM ACTED AGAINST DICTATORSHIPS, IMPERIALISM, COLONIALISM AND ECONOMIC LIBERALISM IN LATIN AMERICA
DISSIDENT NOTES — the decolonial action of cultural journalism and the arts
This symposium proposes the interdisciplinary study of cultural journalism, the arts and decoloniality in Latin American countries. Just as artists from the most diverse artistic and cultural expressions raised their voices against dictatorial violence, economic liberalism, colonialism and imperialism, cultural journalism has also constituted itself as an active voice of resistance in the face of the changes that have occurred throughout Latin American history.
We invite articles and papers investigating various forms of cultural journalism in Latin America, whether texts on the visual arts, cinema, photography, theater, telenovelas, dance, architecture, or the most varied types of music, such as traditional music, Argentine rock, Chilean protest song, Mexican rap, Brazilian samba, or Cuban son. The hypothesis is that journalists who write about culture also use their pen to critique the political and|or economic changes occurring on the continent in their reporting, thereby promoting, even if unintentionally, decoloniality and the appreciation of Latin American arts. If art can be a form of protest, criticism about art also reproduces its ideals, its prejudices, and the qualities and flaws of its artistic sphere.
Researchers working in an interdisciplinary manner in the humanities, the arts, journalism, or other disciplines related to the symposium’s proposal are invited to participate with texts and|or papers.
