EFE, La Prensa Latina: La Paz, Jan 16 (EFE).- Casa de Murillo museum in Bolivia’s capital is hosting a show about the origin of Alasitas, a curious heritage festival of miniatures and dreams which has been linked to the indigenous insurrection of 1781. The exhibition features a huge old painting of the uprising depicting Hispanic…
Tag: Culture
Paneles virtuales muestran el arte boliviano en Nueva York – Virtual panels show Bolivian art in New York
Jorge Soruco, Página Siete: La curadora boliviana Carolina Scarborough propone las charlas por internet para dar a conocer las propuestas y creadores ante la comunidad de EEUU. Desde las pinturas rupestres hasta las últimas producciones cinematográficas de Bolivia serán analizadas a profundidad en siete paneles virtuales dirigidos a los académicos de Nueva York. Esta iniciativa…
Confusión – Disarray
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Cultures between two discourses What can Bolivians expect from the new Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization? The act of possession counted on the presence of the deep multicultural and multilingual nation; beautiful fabrics, beautiful music, lots of hugs. The second look is more worrisome: why was Sabina Orellana Cruz named…
Repartijas – Distributions
Claudia Eid, Los Tiempos: Of expenses and “absurd” distributions The one that was the Ministry of Cultures never worked quite well and that is because it is not understood what is the profile of who should lead that portfolio or, in reality, because the Government of the day is not really interested in culture. It…
Bolivian cinema brings 5 films to the Cannes market – El cine boliviano lleva 5 filmes al mercado de Cannes
Pagina Siete reports: Bolivian cinema brings 5 films to the Cannes market The Marché du film film market of the 73rd edition of the Cannes International Film Festival (France) is coming to an end today [06/26/2020] and in total there were five Bolivian films that were part of it: Anomalía, by Sergio Vargas; Tu Me…
‘It really seemed like we were in a movie’: Bridge Year Bolivia, political tumult, and COVID-19
Elise Hogan reports for The Daily Princetonian: A year ago, the world seemed to be waiting for Mia Beams ’24, Chiara Vilna-Santos ’24, and Lauren “Flo” Fahlberg ’24. Tired of traditional education, the three freshly minted high school graduates resolved to spend a year learning outside the classroom, and the University’s Novogratz Bridge Year Program…
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