“Fernando
Ortiz” African
Cultural Center, the
Provincial Head of Culture,
the UNESCO
Afro-Ibero-American
Chair of
Studies of
the University
of Alcalá,
“Rómulo
Lachatañeré”
Afro-Caribbean Chair of Studies,
Applied Linguistics
Center, Heredia
Theatre, University of Oriente,
as part
of the Territorial
Delegation of
Science Technology
and Environment
Ministry (CITMA),
call the
XVth International Conference on African and Afro
American Culture to take place in Santiago de Cuba.
The Conference intends
to gather specialists, scholars and other interested in the African
and afro American subjects to open a reflection space on the most
pressing issues on the topic from a multi- disciplinary view point.
Investigators on the
social sciences, plastic artists, doctors, filmmakers, musicians,
choreographers, dancers, priests and practicing of popular religions
of african roots and other interested in general, to set a debate on
the following items:
1-
GENERAL TOPICS:
ü
Pre- colonial Africa: social, political and economic
structures
ü
Colonial Africa. Fundamental European establishments.
Countries formation and nationalities in Africa. Liberation wars.
Relations of Africa and the world
ü
The Atlantic slave trade, its treatment in the current
historiography. The slave and his manumission ways. Hiding place and
fugitiveness. The slave position before the slave trade.
ü
The African contribution as part of the national
identity of the peoples of America and the Caribbean for a recognition
of our own historic individual
ü
Diachronic and Synchrony in the linguistic,
philosophic, historic and literary studies on Africa, Afro America and
Afro Caribbean
ü
Gender, race and identity
ü
The Africans and afro descendants in the New World
ü
Multiculturalism, Transculturation and re
africanization as current tendencies to treat the african component in
the New World
ü
The politic and cultural relations among Africa and the
American and Caribbean peoples
ü
The religions of African root in their historic and
contemporary development
ü
Africa in the XIXth century. The current cultural
issues of the continent
2-
WORKSHOPS
A-
Workshop ”Color and Shape”
Dedicated to all manifestations of plastic
arts where the African presence is present. Painters, sculptors,
ceramicists, engravers and photographers mat participate with
theoretical works concerning the following topics:
ü
The African print in the plastic arts in the New World.
Contact spheres and influences
ü
The plastic arts in the African continent, History and
Current events
ü
The concept of the artist in Africa and America
They could also take part with
a representation of the personal work, (no more than three samples),
which could be either presented in a collective room or a personal
exposition after previous coordination with the organizers of the
event.
B-
WORKSHOP “IMAGES”
Dedicated to the African filmmaking, films
and ethnological video style gathering the image and treatment given
to the African print in the American culture
The partakers will be able to present
films, videos and to expose theoretical works on topics as:
ü
Literature, films and video. Treatment of the African
descendant in the MEDIA.
ü
The ethnological video style. Its contribution to the
african reality and to its Transculturation process in the New World
The works and necessary technical resources
for the samples should be delivered according to the admission
deadline. Videos and other filming materials could not exceed 30
minutes long. In the case filmmakers wish to present their works, they
will be exhibited in the movie theaters of the town and the
organization of debates will be promoted.
C-
Workshop “Ancestral Rhythm”
Dedicated to the music and dances of
African origin
Choreographers, musicians, dancers,
musicologists and scholars which could take part in the debate of the
following topics:
ü
Music and dance in Africa: History, evolution and
current situation in the continent
ü
The African influence in music and dances of the New
World. Analogies, differences, changes and creation process till the
creation of the national music
ü
The African element as base of the setting of musical
and dancing plays
Presentations not exciding the 10 minutes
and 4 dancers will be accepted. In the case of the participation of
full groups they will be allow to present their work in scenic spaces
of the city, free of charge as part of their exposition in the event.
The regulations of the inscription will be
attended in the event generals. In the cases of full dance or musical
groups, the inscription fee must be negotiated with the Admission
Committee.
D-
Workshop “Mask”
Dedicated to theatre: The African print and
the afro descendants in stage, for their contemporary view
Actors, theatre directors, scene directors
and stage intellectuals are invited to participate. They will have the
opportunity to share an exchange experiences on the following matters:
ü
Presence of African elements in theatrical settings
ü
The Afro descendants on stage as history subjects and
playwriting directors
ü
Theatre in Africa
In the case of groups that decide to
participate integrally, they will have the possibility to perform in
the city scenic spaces. Their presentations will be part of their
exposition in the event and will be free of charge.
In the case of Theatrical groups wishing to
participate after a previous coordination with the Organizing
Committee a special inscription fee will be set.
3-
Symposium “Medicine and Culture”
Space dedicated to the relations set
between the medical sciences and disciplines of the social sciences
from the practice of the Cuban internationalist medicine and other
health organisms which also set contact through international means.
It
is dedicated to doctors so they can expose their experiences in the
medical field with proper presentations on their filed and the
challenges provided by the experience of the cultural experience in
the foreign region.
Works presented on the following subjects
will be accepted:
ü
Psychiatry and religion
ü
Tropical Medicine in Africa and Afro America
ü
Natural Medicine
ü
Cuban Medical experience in Africa. Relations between
Medicine and Culture
ü
Doctors without Boundaries and other similar
organizations in their medical and cultural practice
ü
The Health World Organization and its function in
Africa
ü
AIDS and other epidemic sicknesses in Africa
ü
Sickness and ethnicity in the black population
ü
Medicine, medical policies and human relations
ü
Endemic sicknesses in Africa and America
ü
Epidemics, viruses and the sicknesses spreading control
4-
PARTICIPATION GENERAL RULES
A -Reception Summaries or presentations and
Communications
The summaries up to 2 (two) sheets of paper
should provide general information on the fundamental topic. They will
include: Title, name(s) and last name of the author or authors,
degree, institution, country, address, telephone number, fax, e-mail.
The works will be published translated (into Spanish, English) in the
Notes records of the event therefore they should provide a very clear
idea of the content of the presentation.
In the case of the Workshops, as in the
theoretical and expositions of topographies and plastic arts, the
summaries and information involved should be send in order to be
included into the Conference Records CD.
The information will be received up to
October the 30th, 2015
XV International Conference
on the African and Afro American Culture