Hoy: La vanguardia somática: vuelta a la naturaleza y experimentación corporal en Argentina
Hoy: La vanguardia somática: vuelta a la naturaleza y experimentación corporal en Argentina
Hoy: interdisciplinary approaches to the present welcomes Fernando Degiovanni. Fernando holds a doctorate in Spanish Languages and Literatures from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is currently the president of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature (IILI). He joined The Graduate Center from Wesleyan University, where he was an Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Chair of the Latin American Studies Program. Fernando is a literary scholar and cultural critic who specializes in modern Latin America. His current research focuses on issues of performativity, embodiment and spectacularization in early twentieth century Argentina.
Fernando will present a conference titled "La vanguardia somática: vuelta a la naturaleza y experimentación corporal en Argentina" on Friday, September 29th, at 4 PM in the Multipurpose room. This talk will explore how avant-garde artists discussed and embraced practices of corporeal alteration as a way to confront emerging forms of political and technological engagement in the 1930s and 1940s.
