Sunday, March 1 at 4:00 p.m.

As an opening to the workshop Creación y Crítica, curated by Sebastián Eduardo Dávila and part of the Active Epistemologies series, this public conversation explores the notion of contemporary creation through the practices of weavers, jewelers, and visual artists from Wallmapu and Guatemala. Contrary to the idea of contemporary art as a rupture with the past—and of Indigenous art as immobile and unchanging—their creations connect the past with the political and everyday present.

Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta belongs to the Mapuche people of Chile. She is a social worker and holds a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology from the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) in Oaxaca, Mexico, where she studied childbirth care for Mapuche women in an intercultural hospital in Mapuche territory. She has worked in public service as a health program coordinator for Indigenous communities and as a university lecturer in Chile. Catalina is currently a Fulbright fellow. In her doctoral studies, she examines the processes of healing colonial wounds among Indigenous peoples through contemporary Indigenous creation.

Milvian Aspuac Cón is a Kaqchikel Maya woman from Guatemala, recognized as a human rights defender, therapist, and weaver. She is a central figure in safeguarding the cultural legacy of the Maya People, of which she is a part, by coordinating the National Movement of Maya Weavers of Guatemala and serving as a member of the Council of Ancestral Authorities of Santiago Sacatepéquez. Through her leadership as Executive Director of the Asociación Mujeres de AFEDES (Asociación Femenina para el Desarrollo de Sacatepéquez), Milvian Aspuac has promoted educational and advisory processes focused on the recovery of ancestral knowledge. Her work centers on strengthening identity, economic development, and the physical and emotional health of Indigenous women and youth, with the goal of contributing to utz k’aslemal (a life in fullness). One of her most significant contributions is her advocacy for the safeguarding and protection of intellectual property rights over Maya textiles and dress. Her lifelong commitment is the struggle for a dignified life for Indigenous women and peoples.

Free event. To reserve your spot: info@lanuevafabrica.org or via WhatsApp: +502 7882-4612