XVII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
AFRICAN AND AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURE
SANTIAGO DE CUBA
Dedicated to:
Africa and its influence on the countries of the region
From 12th to 16th of April 2018
The Fernando Ortiz African
Cultural Centre, the Romulo Lachatañeré Chair of Afro-Caribbean Studies, the
Provincial Directorate of Culture, the Directorate of International Relations of the CAP, the
Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Oriente and the UNESCO Chair in
Afro-Ibero American Studies of the University of Alcalá, have the pleasure of announce the XVII International Conference on African
and African-American Culture, to be held in Santiago de Cuba from 12th
to 16th of April 2018.
The event proposes to bond
experts, scholars and people interested in African and African American issues,
opening a space for reflection on the most urgent 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 public in general are
convened to establish a debate on the following topics:
I-
GENERAL THEMES
•
Pre-colonial
Africa: social, political and economic structures.
•
The
Atlantic slave traffic. Its treatment in the current historiography. The slave
and forms of manumission. Palenque and maroons.
•
Africans attitude facing the trading.
•
Colonial
Africa. Major European establishments. Creation of countries and nationalities
in Africa. Wars of Liberation. Africa's relationship with the world.
•
The African
contribution as a component of the national identity of the Americas people and
the Caribbean for an acknowledgement of our historical subject.
•
Diachrony
and synchrony in linguistic, philosophical, historical and literary studies on
Africa, Afro-America and Afro-Caribbean.
•
Culture and
identity within the African continent.
•
Gender,
race and cultural identity.
•
Africans
and Afrodescendant in the New World.
•
Multiculturalism,
acculturation and re-Africanization as current trends to provide treat the
African component in the New World.
•
The political
and cultural relationship among Africa and the peoples of the Americas and the
Caribbean.
•
African
religions and its contemporarily en the New World
•
Contemporary
African and American religions.
•
The so
called universal religions in Africa. Catholic, Protestants, Islamic, etc.
•
Current
situation of the African traditional religions in the continent.
•
Africa in
the twenty-first century. The current cultural problems of the continent.
•
Historiography
written by Africans.
II-
WORKSHOPS
A- Workshop, "Color and Shape"
Dedicated to all
manifestations of the visual arts where the African trace. Painters, sculptors,
ceramists, engravers, photographers may participate and attend to theoretical
works about the following topics:
•
The African
influence in the visual arts of the New World. Spheres of contacts and
influence.
•
The visual
arts in the African continent.
•
The
artist's concept in Africa and America.
It may also participate with
an exhibit of their work, with no more than three pieces, which will be displayed
in a collective hall previously coordinated with the management of the event.
Registration regulations comply with the general
regulations of the event.
B- Workshop "Images"
Dedicated to ethnological film
and video, that collects the image and treatment given to the African influence
on American culture, and to the African cinema.
Participants can show films,
videos and present theoretical work on topics such as:
•
Literature,
film and video. Treatment of African descendants by the media.
•
Ethnological
video. Its contribution to the knowledge of African reality and its process of
transculturation in the New World.
•
Audiovisuals
and cinema perspectives in Africa.
Audiovisuals reception will be
until December 15th, 2017. Must include a thematic and technique
summary of the play and the filmmakers data. Videos and other film materials
may not exceed 30 minutes. The Committees decision is unappealable.
Registration regulations comply with the general
regulations of the event.
C- Workshop "The Ancestral Rhythm"
Dedicated to music and dancing
of African origin.
Choreographers, musicians,
dancers, musicologists and scholars in general may participate; they will
discuss the following topics:
•
African
music: history, evolution and current situation in the continent.
•
The African
influence in the music and dancing of the New World. Analogies, differences,
changes and creation process towards the formation of the national music.
•
The African
element as a base for staging musical and dance works.
•
Present
times of the music and dancing in Africa.
Performances not exceeding 10
minutes, with no more than 4 dancers may be presented. In the case of groups
that decide to participate in full, scenic areas of the city will be provided to
perform, being understood that these functions are part of their exposure during
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 the afrodescendant on stage, to a contemporary view.
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.
•
African literature
and its theatrical representation.
In the case of groups that decide to participate in
full, they will be provided scenic areas of the city to perform, 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, which also set intercultural contacts through the
medical channel. A space dedicated to the medicine doctors, where they can
present their experiences, both in the field of medicine, with works of their
specialty and the challenges experienced due to the cultural shock.
Papers could be presented
on:
•
Traditional
African medicine. Its evolution and relationship with others in the New
World
•
Tropical
Medicine in Africa and Afro-America
•
Homeopathic
medicine.
•
The Cuban
medical experience in Africa. Relations among medicine and culture
•
Doctors
without Borders and other similar organisations in their practice of medicine
and culture
•
The World
Health Organization and its role in Africa.
•
Medicine,
medical policies and human relationships.
•
Endemic
diseases in Africa and America.
•
Disease and
ethnicity.
•
Epidemics,
viruses and control of the spread of disease
IVº- GENERAL RULES OF PARTICIPATION
A- Reception of dissertations and communications
The papers should provide general information
includding: 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 his diploma of speaker and a disc with the publication if he pays
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 thesis may have a maximum length of 12 pages - if
this length is exceeded, the paper will not be published - and 15 minutes of
presentation. The papers will be published on a DVD, for which it must be
delivered in digital format: double spacing, Arial 12 for the text and Arial 10
for bibliography and notes (the lastest 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 15 December 2017.
Only the papers that meet the above requirements will
be published. The Organizing Committee is not responsible for the publication
of the works that arrive after the deadlines provided as admission or do not
meet the requirements of this announcement.
The verdict of the Scientific
Committee and the Editorial Department is unappealable and the it will
be informed until the January 15th, 2018.
C-Workshops
In the case of visual artists, they should send a
short CV with no more than two pages and photographs of the exhibit they will
present for inclusion in the Proceedings; also, playwrights and dancers will
accompany the synopsis of their works, with a curriculum no more than one page;
and if it is a group, information about its history no more than three pages
D- Tickets
The Organizing Committee is
not responsible with the transportation from and to their provinces of origin.
E- Registration fee
Speakers and delegates: 200.00
CUC / MN
Students: 100.00 USD / MN
In the case of interested in participating during an
specific moment of the event there will be a different fee coordinated with the
direction of the event.
50.00 MN/CUC per workshop
30.00 MN/CUC per participation of one day during a
work commission.
NOTA, THE PAYMENT IS IN CUCs, NO OTHER CURRENCY
ALLOWED.
E- Accommodation
There will be modules of affordable accommodations in
hotels of the city, which may be requested through the Organizing Committee or
the tour operator Paradiso Agency.
F- Languages
English, French and Spanish
G-
Contacts
Dra. Marta E. Cordiés
Director: Fernando Ortiz African Cultural
Centre
General Coordinator of the XVII
Conference
Ave. Manduley No. 106 esq. A 5ta
Reparto Vista Alegre, Santiago de Cuba,
CP: 90400
Telefax: (53-22) 642487
(53-22) 623893 (nights)
Lic. Maria Liduvina Bergues
Esp. / International Affairs
dayanet@sc.sc.rimed.cu
Lic. Martha Martinez Verges
President Scientific Committee
Dr. Luis Mancha
International coordinator
UNESCO Chair in
Afroiberoamericanos Studies
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.
