Latin American Political Theory Workshop: The First Theory of Decolonization

Open to the University of Pittsburgh faculty, graduate students, and interested audience, this workshop will be offered by Bolivian philosopher Rafael Bautista as a post-LASA event organized by the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, with the sponsorship of the Center for Latin American Studies, the LASA-Bolivia section, and the Bolivian Studies Journal.  The workshop will be conducted in Spanish, with English translation.

Rafael Bautista (La Paz, 1968) belongs to the youngest generation of Bolivian philosophers currently producing a theory of decolonization in dialogue with indigenous epistemologies.  He is the author of Hacia una fundamentación del pensamiento crítico: un diálogo con Zemelman, Dussel y Hinkelammert (2011); Octubre, el lado oscuro de la luna (2006); and has published some of the most important political writings in today’s Bolivia: El 18 Brumario del Kananchiri; Las venas abiertas del Estado; ¿Qué significa el ‘vivir bien’?; El terrorismo global; Del estado colonial al estado plurinacional; among others.

Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2012  Location: University of Pittsburgh - 1528 Cathedral of Learning / For registration please contact the organizers at bsj@mail.pitt.edu