197 Migration and Cultural Citizenship in Contemporary Iberia

Nomadic Subjects in 21st Century Iberian Culture
Thursday, July 9, 2015: 4:00 PM-5:45 PM
J201 (13 rue de l'Université)
This session will examine the implications of immigration for reimagining the cultural identity of the Global South. The papers address this issue from a variety of angles, with a primary focus on vulnerable bodies, political agency, and a critique of the social, economic, and arquitectural structures that underpin European modernity.
Chair:
Gema Pérez-Sánchez
Discussant :
Jill Robbins
Multi-Ethnic Lisbon: From Foreign Land to Global City
Sonia Roncador, The University of Texas at Austin
Architectural Representations of Migration and Interculturality in Mouraria
Catalina Iannone, The University of Texas at Austin
Cultural Responses to Terrorism: The March 11, 2004 Bombings in Madrid
Jill Robbins, The University of Texas at Austin
Digital Poetics and Saharawi Immigrant Culture in Spain
Debra Faszer-McMahon, Seton Hill University