Due to the consolidation of a multipolar world order in a context of global interconnectedness after the election of Donald Trump for its second mandate, it is imperative to observe and analyze the changes in the framework of interaction between regions worldwide. Thus, this colloquium has as its main objective to analyze changes and continuities in the relations, human mobility and arts between the continental regions of Africa and the Americas.
Circuito Mario de la Cueva, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Ciudad de México, CDMX
| Panel | Time | Speaker | Institute | Title of participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynote | 9.30-11.00 AM | Howard Stein | Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan | Africa in a Multipolar Interconnected World: The Role of Financial Flows |
| José Luis Gázquez | Center for International Relations, School of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM | Commentator | ||
| Opening | 11.15-11.45 AM | OPENING CEREMONY | ||
| Panel African migrations in the Americas |
12.00-14.00 PM | Bruno Miranda | Institute for Social Research, UNAM | Contemporary black-African diasporas: instability and acceleration in the Americas |
| Alethia Fernández de la Reguera | Institute for Legal Research, UNAM | The Militarisation and Encroaching of Borders in Mexico | ||
| Gisele Kleidermacher | Sociology Department, University of Buenos Aires | African migrations in Argentina during the 20th and 21st centuries | ||
| Elizabeth Sweet | School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston | Mexican Migrant Communities in the US: Afro-descendancy and competing idea of racial formation | ||
| End of Day 1 | ||||
| Panel Africa and South-South Cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean |
09.30-11.30 AM | Verónica Gómez | School of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM | Rethinking green energy policies from the South: Mexico and Egypt |
| Agustina Marchetti | School of Political Science and International Relations, National University of Rosario | South-South cooperation between Latin America and Africa. A snapshot | ||
| Panel AfroAmerican Contemporary Arts |
11.45-13.45 PM | Adriana Franco | Center for International Relations, School of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM | Can Diasporas Dream of Utopian Futures? Caribbean Science Fiction, Resistance and African Links |
| Onyeka Nwelue | Independent | Bridges and Barricades: On the Line to Understanding the Afro-Mexican Cultures | ||
| David Hundeyin | Journalist | Show, Don't Tell: Creating a New Pan-African Reality Through Targeted Diaspora Action | ||