XVI INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
AFRICAN AND
AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURE
SANTIAGO DE CUBA
Dedicated to: Africa
and its influence on the countries of the region
From 12 to 16 April
2017
The Fernando Ortiz African Cultural Centre, the
Romulo Lachatañeré Chair of Afro-Caribbean Studies, the Provincial Directorate
of Culture, the DirectorateÑ International Relations of the CAP, the Centre for
Applied Linguistics, University of Oriente and the UNESCO Chair in Afro-Ibero
American Studies ofthe University of Alcalá, announce the XVI International Conference
on African and African-American Culture, to be held in Santiago de Cuba
from 12 to 16 April 2017.
The event aims to bring together experts,
scholars and people interested in African and African American issues, open a space
for reflection on the most pressing problems of the subject, from a
multidisciplinary perspective.
Researchers from the social sciences, artists,
doctors, filmmakers, musicians, choreographers, dancers, priests and
practitioners of folk religions of African origin and the general public are
called upon to establish a discussion on the following topics.
I- GENERAL
THEMES
ü Pre-colonial Africa: social,
political and economic structures.
ü Colonial Africa. Major European
establishments. Formation of countries and nationalities in Africa. Wars of
Liberation. Africa's relations with the world.
ü The Atlantic slave trade. Its
treatment in the current historiography. The slave and forms of manumission.
Palenque and maroons. African attitude to trafficking.
ü The African contribution as a
component of the national identity of the peoples of the Americas and the
Caribbean for recognition of our historical subject.
ü Diachrony and synchrony in
linguistic, philosophical, historical and literary studies on Africa, Afro-America
and Afro-Caribbean.
ü Gender, race and identity.
ü Africans and people of African
descent in the New World.
ü Multiculturalism, acculturation and re-Africanization
as current trends to provide treatment to the African component in the New
World.
ü The political and cultural relations
between Africa and the peoples of the Americas and the Caribbean
ü Contemporary African and American
religions.
ü Africa in the twenty-first century.
The current cultural problems of the continent.
ü African Diaspora in the Caribbean. Diachrony
and synchrony of the African presence
II- WORKSHOPS
A- Workshop,
"Colour and Shape"
Dedicated to all manifestations of the visual
arts in which the African influence becomes apparent. Painters, sculptors,
ceramists, engravers, photographers may participate with theoretical works
about the following topics:
ü The African influence in the visual
arts of the New World. Spheres of contacts and influence
ü The visual arts on the African
continent.
ü The artist's concept in Africa and
America.
They may also participate with an exhibit of their
work, with no more than three pieces, which will be displayed in a collective hall.
Or, prior coordination with the management of the event, they may participate
with a personal exhibition.
Registration regulations comply with the
general regulations of the event. For these cases, the application must be made before 30 October 2016 and pictures of the proposed pieces must be
sent.
B- Workshop
"Images"
Dedicated to ethnological film and video, to
collect the image and treatment given to the African influence on American
culture and African cinema.
Participants can show films, videos and present
theoretical work on topics such as:
ü Literature, film and video.
Treatment of African descendants in the media.
ü Ethnological video. Its contribution
to the knowledge of African reality and the process of transculturation thereof
in the New World.
Participants must enter on the deadline for
submission of papers, the technical means necessary for their exhibits. Videos
and other film materials may not exceed 30 minutes. In the case of producers
who wish to present their works, they will be exhibited in theatres in the city
and debates on them may be organised.
Registration regulations comply with the
general regulations of the event.
C- Workshop
"The Ancestral Rhythm"
Dedicated to the music and dances of African
origin.
Choreographers, musicians, dancers,
musicologists and scholars in general may participate; they will discuss the
following topics:
ü African music: history, evolution and
current situation on the continent.
ü The African influence in the music
and dances of the New World. Analogies, differences, changes and creation
process up to the creation of national music.
ü The African element as a basis for
staging musical and dance works.
Performanes not exceeding 10 minutes, with no
more than 4 dancers may be presented. In cases of groups that decide to
participate in full, they will be provided scenic areas of the city to perform,
it being understood that these functions are part of their exposure in the
event and will not be charged.
Registration regulations comply with the
general regulations of the event.
D - Workshop
"Mask"
Dedicated to the theatre. The African influence
and African descendants on stage, for a contemporary view thereof.
Actors, theatre directors, set designers and
students of theatre in general may participate; they can exchange experiences
from the following topics under discussion:
♠
Presence of African elements in theatrical productions
♠
African descent on stage, both as subjects of history and as playwrights
♠ The
theatre in Africa
In cases of groups that decide to participate
in full, they will be provided scenic areas of the city to perform, it being
understood that these functions are part of their exposure in the event and
will not be charged. Registration regulations are those general regulations of
the event. In the case of theatre groups who wish to participate and prior
coordination with the management of the event, a special registration fee may be
established per group.
III- SYMPOSIUM:
Medicine and Culture
A space dedicated to the relationships
established between the medical sciences and disciplines of social sciences
from the practice of the Cuban internationalist medicine and other health agencies
on the African continent, which also set intercultural contacts through the
medical channel. This space allows to present their experiences both in the
field of medicine with works of the specialty and the challenges that the
experience that the culture shock provided them with.
Papers could be presented on:
ü Psychiatry and religion
ü Traditional African medicine. Its
evolution and relationship with others in the New World
ü Tropical Medicine in Africa and
Afro-America
ü The Cuban medical experience in Africa.
Relations between medicine and culture
ü Doctors without Borders and other
similar organisations in their practice of medicine and culture
ü The World Health Organisation and
its role in Africa
ü AIDS and other epidemic diseases in
Africa
ü Disease and ethnicity in the black
population
ü Medicine, medical policies and human
relations
ü Endemic diseases in Africa and
America
ü Epidemics, viruses and control of
the spread of disease
IVº- GENERAL RULES OF PARTICIPATION
A- Reception of Abstracts of papers and communications
Abstracts up to 2 pages should provide general
information on the main topic of the papers and will include: title, full name
of the author or authors, scientific degree, educational category, institution
and country of origin, address, phone, fax, e-mail.
The papers may not have more than two authors
and they may not appear in more than two publications.
The author or co-author who cannot attend the
event will receive their diploma of speaker and their disc with the publication
if they pay the registration fee.
In the case of the workshops, both theoretical
works and photographs of art exhibitions, abstracts and records of filmic works
and data of the exhibit must be submitted for inclusion in the Proceedings of
the Conference.
They will be received no later than 30 October
2016.
B-Presentations
They may have a maximum length of 10 pages – if
this length is exceeded, the paper will not be published – and 15 minutes of presentation.
They papers will be published on a CD, for which they must be delivered in
digital format: double spacing, Arial 12 for the text and Arial 10 for
bibliography and notes (the latter will be placed at the end of the document
and its extension does not count in the number of pages).
Papers will be
accepted until 30 December 2016.
Only the papers that meet the above
requirements will be published. The Organising Committee is not responsible for
the publication of the works which, despite being accepted, arrive after the deadlines
provided as admission or do not meet the requirements of this announcement.
C-Workshops
Participants in the workshops. In the case of
visual artists, they should send a short CV of no more than two pages and
photographs of the exhibit that they will present for inclusion in the Proceedings;
also, playwrights and dancers will accompany the synopsis of their works, if
they will submit them, with a curriculum no more than one page; and if it is a
group, information about its history no more than three pages.
The Organising Committee reserves the right to
accept the papers or not. In all cases, it will inform the interested parties
on the matter until 15 January 2017.
D- Registration fee
Speakers and delegates 200.00 USD / MN
Students 100.00
USD / MN
It will be paid at the time of their accreditation
upon arrival at the event.
E- Accommodation
There will be modules of affordable
accommodations in hotels in the city, which may be requested through the Organising
Committee or the tour operator working for the event.
F- Languages
English, French and Spanish
G- Contacts
Dra. Marta E.
Cordiés
Director: Fernando
Ortiz African Cultural Centre
General Coordinator of the Ninth Conference
Ave. Manduley No. 106 esq. A 5ta
Reparto Vista Alegre, Santiago de Cuba, CP: 90400
Telefax: (53-22) 642487
(53-22) 623893 (nights)
E-mail: martacordies@gmail.com
Lic. Maria Liduvina Bergues
Esp. / Relaciones
Internacionales
Lic. Martha Martinez Verges
President Scientific Committee
Dr. Luis Mancha
International coordinator
UNESCO Chair in Afroiberoamericanos Studies
E-mail: luis.mancha@uah.es
Professional Congress Organizer (PCO):
Paradiso
Commercial
Specialist
Paradiso
turismo cultural
Santiago de Cuba
Phone: 53 22 620214/654814
Note: Please send communications and
acknowledgment through the three e-mail addresses to facilitate prompt
communication.
