African Cultural  Center “Fernando Ortiz”

 The African Culture Center “Fernando Ortiz”, the lecture forum of Afro-Caribbean Studies “Rómulo Lachatañeré”, the Heredia Theatre, the UNESCO Senior Teaching post of Alcalá de Henares University, the main cultural authorities in the province, the Applied Linguistics Center from CITMA, “Imágenes” advertising from CIMEX, and Oriente University summon you to the IX African and Afro-American International Culture Conference, to be held in the city of Santiago de Cuba

 Taking into account the different subjects, the top priority of the conference is to reflect on the main problems regarding the African topics on the past of the specialists and all those interested on it.

The African Cultural Center summons you and all those artists, sociologists, doctors, and persons interested in general, to establish a debate about the following topics.

General topics  

-         Pre- colonial Africa . Economical, political and social structure.

-         Colonial Africa Main European settlement. The formation of countries and nationalities in Africa . Liberation war. Africa and its relationship with the rest of the world.

-         The slave trade all over the Atlantic and its approach at present days.

-          The African factor as a component of the national identity of the American, and Caribbean people.

-         Diacrony and synchrony in linguistics, philosophical, historical and literary studies on Africa , Afro-American and Afro Caribbean.

-         Genre, race and identity having in perspective the different African studies.

-         Multiculturalism, “transculturation”, and reafricanization as modern tendencies

-         The political and cultural relationships among Africa and American people at present.

-         African religions. Its situation in the African context. Evolution and “transculturation” in the New World .

-         Psychiatry and religion.

-         African traditional medicine. Its development and its relationship with other types of traditional medicine in the New World . Tropical Medicine in Africa and in Afro America .

-         Africa in the XXI century. Different modern cultural problems of the African continent.

 
WORKSHOPS

Workshop: “Colour and form”

Devoted to the different branches of Fine Arts,  in which the African trace is shown. All those painters, sculptors, ceramists, engravers, and photographers could participate with theoretical works regarding the following topics:

-         The African trace of  Fine Arts in the New World .

-         Fine Arts and the African continent.

-         .The concept of Artist in Africa

Those concerned could also participate with a sample of their work, having no more than three pieces, which will be shown in a collective salon.

The regulation of the inscriptions will be in accordance with the general regulations of the meeting.

Workshop “Images”

Devoted to the movie and to the video of ethnological type and also to the African movie as such, this workshop will approach the African trace in America .

The participants could show films, videos and they could expound theoretical works regarding the following topics:

-         Literature, movie and video. Treatment to the african descendant in the  mass media.

-         The video of ethnological type. Its contribution to the knowledge of the African culture and to the process of “transculturation” in the New World .

The necessary techniques for the exhibition of the samples must be sent within the limits of the closing date.

Videos and material films will have no move than 30 minutes of duration. Producers, who want to show their works, will have the opportunity to show them in different movies of the city, having the chance to organize a debate about them.

The regulations of the inscriptions will be in accordance with the general regulations of the meeting.

Workshop “The ancestral rhythm”

Devoted to dance and music of African origin and those of the American continent.

Choreographers, musicians, dancers, musicologists and all those persons interested on the subject, could participate regarding the following topics:

-         The African music. History, evolution and present situation of the continent.

-         The African influence in the music and dance of the New World . Analogy, differences, changes, and the process of creation up to the national music.

-         The African factor as a basic element in works of musical and dancing type.

Performances will not last more than 10 minutes, having no more than four dancers. Those groups interested on participate as a whole will have the opportunity to do it in specific stages of the city. Since performances come to be a part of the exhibition they will be developed without payment.

The regulations of the inscription will be in accordance with the general regulations of the meeting.

Summaries

Summaries will provide general information about the main topics of the works. They will have no more than 100 words and they will include: Title, author's name and surname, scientific degree, educational category, institution and country of origin, address, telephone number, fax, e-mail.

Works will be delivered before December 30, 2005

Reports

Reports will have a maximum extension of 5 sheets and the exposition will be developed in no more than 15 minutes. The expositions will be published in only one volume, for which they must be delivered in digital format in accordance with the following requisites: double space, arial word 10 in the case of texts and arial word 9 in the case of bibliography and notes, having in mind that notes will be placed at the end of the document.

Works will be delivered before December 30, 2005 and only those in accordance with the regulations mentioned before will be published. Reports will not be published.

The Organizing Committee has the right to accept or do not accept the reports. In any case, the committee will make know its decision till February 15, 2006 .

Inscription Quota

Reporters and delegates                      150.00 USD

Students                                                80.00 USD

Lodging  

You could ask for a lodging module at low price in some of the hotels of the city by means of Havanatur offices.  

Languages

English, French and Spanish.

Contacts

Dra. Marta E. Cordiés Jackson

Director African Cultural Center “Fernando Ortiz"  
General Coordinator.   IX Conference on African and Afro-American Culture.  

Ave. Manduley No. 106 esq. A 5ta  
Reparto Vista Alegre, Santiago de Cuba, CP: 90400

Telefax: (53–22) 642487

                (53–22) 623893 (at night)

E–mail: ccult.f.ortiz@cultstgo.cult.cu; mcordies@csh.uo.edu.cu; mercy@ictjam.uo.edu.cu

Dr. Luis Beltrán R.

International Coordinator
Director Cátedra UNESCO de Estudios Afroiberoamericanos.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Alcalá

E-28801 Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. España.

Tel. (34 91) 8854202

Fax: (34 91) 8854239

E-mail: luis.beltran@uah.es

El Centro Cultural Africano FERNANDO ORTIZ y la Catedra de Estudios Afrocaribenos ROMULO LACHATANERE, convocan al V Taller ORTIZ-LACHATANERE a celebrarse en Santiago de Cuba del 5-9 de abril de 1999. Coauspiciado por la Comision Cubana de la UNESCO, la Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Espana y el Departamento de Linguistica de la Delegacion Territorial de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba; el Taller propone una cercamiento a las lineas de investigaciones que iniciaron ambos investigadores, para constatar la vigencia de su pensamiento, el desarrollo y su estado actual en Cuba, America Latina y el Caribe.

Podran participar todos los interesados en debatir sobre las siguientes tematicas:

-Los Estudios Etnologicos en Cuba, America y el Caribe.
-Genero, Raza e Identidad Cultural
-Antropologia Cultural. Sus campos de accion
-El Africano en los estudios linguisticos y literarios
-Estudios criticos sobre la Obra de Ortiz y Lachatanere

Cuota de inscripcion: $US50
Resumenes en original y copia hasta una pagina
Fecha tope 15 Marzo 1999
Ponencias: de 10-20 paginas en original y copia
Fecha tope 30 Marzo 1999

II BIENAL INTERNACIONAL DE ORALIDAD
IV SIMPOSIO TEORICO

La asociacion de Artistas Escenicos de la UNEAC, con el coauspicio del Centro Cultural Africano FERNANDO ORTIZ, la Catedra de Estudios Afrocaribenos ROMULO LACHATANERE, la coordinadora de Festivales de Oralidad y otras instituciones cubanas e internaionales convocan a la II BIENAL INTERNACIONAL DE ORALIDAD y IV SIMPOSIO TEORICO, que se efectuara en Santiago de Cuba del 19-25 de octubre de 1999

Una fiesta en celebracion de la palabra, que reune importantes narradores orales de tres continentes y a estudiosos e investigadores de la oralidad para compartir el fuego de las ideas.

En terminos culturales la Bienal y el Simposio que la acompna se proponen:

-Contribuir a la extension y al estudio de todas las formas del complejo de la oralidad
-Promocionar la oralidad como alternativa de trabajo comunitario y educacion popular
-Dar a continuidad al os eventos de oralidad que forman parte del patrimonio de la ciudad de Santiago de Cuba e incorporarlos al circuito de festivales iberoamericanos.

Podran participar narradores orales, antropologos, etnologos, sociologos, psicologos y todas aquellas personas interesadas en el estudio o conocimiento del tema, independientemente de su profesion u oficio.

-La BIENAL preve espacios escenicos donde podran verse
-Presentaciones de cuenteros en todas sus modalidades
-Representaciones teatrales basadas en la oralidad en formas narrativas derivadas de ella
-Encuentros de conversadores
-Recitales de Poetas

Presentaciones de otras formas de narracion (cancion trovadoresca, danza, clown, etc)

SIMPOSIO: ORALIDAD Y SIGLO XXI

Este evento se proyecta como un encuentro teorico que aborda las siguientes lineas tematicas:

TEMATICAS GENERALES:

-Nuevas concepciones de la Oralidad: actualidad y perspectiva
-Oralidad como resistencia cultural
-Discurso oral de las minorias: tradicion y nuevas visiones.

Los temas del SIMPOSIO seran tratados en ponencias y comunicaciones. Los
interesados deberan enviar un resumen de una pagina antes del 31 de julio
1999
Ponencias de 10-25 paginas en original y copia hasta el 31 de Julio 99

Cuota de Inscripcion US$ 60

SIMPOSIO SOBRE CULTURA CUBANA
Identidad y Nacionalidad

Se celebrara en Santiago de Cuba del 22 al 25 de Diciembre de 1999

Los problemas de la identidad y la nacionalidad han originado entre nuestros
estudiosos poletimas conceptuales que permiten organizar este encuentro para
propiciar el intercambio, la reflexion y profundizacion del ema.
Podran participar todos los interesados en la tematica desde la optica de
diferentes disciplinas

TEMAS GENERALES

-Transculturacion y Mestizaje en los procesos formativos de la Identidad Cultural
-Los conceptos de Identidad y Nacionalidad
-Los factores de la Cubanidad
-El componente Africano. Su carga en la identidad latinoamericana y caribena

Cuota de Inscripcion: $US 40
Resumen en original y copia (una pagina)
Fecha tope: 20 Nov. 1999
Ponencias (papers) : entre 10-20 paginas, en original y copia
Fecha tope: 30 Nov.1999

Contactos:

Carlos Padron Montoya
Jesus Lozada Guevara
UNEAC
Calle 17 # 351 Esq. H
Vedado, Ciudad Habana
tel. 53 7 323184 fax 53 7 33358

Edgardo Lora Crespo
Director Centro Cultural Africano FERNANDO ORTIZ
Coordinadora: Dra Marta Cordies Jackson
Jefa de Investigaciones
tel 53- 226 23893
email: human@csh.uo.edu.cu