At a time when the world is facing an unprecedented pandemic, all aspects of human life in this year 2020 are deeply affected. The disease designated as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has not only…
De Souza Santos, A. A. (October 2019) “The Politics of Memory: Urban Cultural Heritage in Brazil”, London: Rowman & Littlefield International. Who decides which stories about a city are remembered? How do…
Ecuador, like so many other countries in the world is heavily affected by the COVID19 pandemic. We remain in a state of emergency though given the added economic difficulties we’ve begun to see some relaxations in our…
The Jamaican government has used its ‘Emergency Powers Act’ many times since independence. Recently, bursts of violence, involving attempts by gangs to grasp control of the illegal drug trade on the island, have led to…
The IGCCC is organising a workshop on THE LANDSCAPE OF NEW BRAZILIAN CINEMA with scholar – and now filmmaker – Lúcia Nagib and others, on Tuesday, 30 June 2020. Participants will be invited to see, in advance, Lúcia…
Durante las primeras noches de la emergencia, las ambulancias pasaban continuamente ante nuestra casa, como el lamento interminable de la ciudad enferma. Sus luces urgentes exigían atención, pero nos habíamos fijado,…
Covid 19 virus has now reached Xingu in Brazil. FACTUM ARTE in Spain have launched a campaign at the request of the Wauja to try and raise funds for medical supplies and to create quarantine stations across the area.…
Photo: Luis Repetto, Karen Brown and Jaime Brown Thoughts and solidarity go to the family and friends of Luis Repetto Málaga, b. 1953 who passed away in Lima, Peru on 9th June 2020. Luis was the Peruvian Principal…
Among the many myths about the coronavirus, one of the strangest circulated on Twitter is the belief that snorting cocaine could ward off the illness. But unfortunately for the would-be consumer, as travel has ground…