On 19 May, in our session of Cátedra Al-Andalus, we will count with the participation of Sandra RojoD. in Arabic and Hebrew Cultures from the University of Granada.
Through his presentation, Nostalgia for Al-AndalusThe speaker will deal with a poetic state regarding a mythical past - the Andalusian time - as well as the symbolic and discursive constructions that have been forged around it. We will deal with a certain political exploitation of nostalgiaThe talk will explain how this vision of al-Andalus permeated both Spain and Morocco. In the talk, Dr. Rojo will explain the fieldwork carried out, in order to show the public the current validity of the myth and its interpretative richness.
Sandra Rojo Flores is a Mexican anthropologist and lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Granada. She holds a PhD from the University of Granada and is the secretary of the journal Imago Crítica (Anthropos publishing house), she is also a researcher associated with the Observatory of Cultural Prospective of Granada. She has collaborated in various research projects, both in Mexico and in Spain and Morocco, including: "Shared heritage: the elites of Fez and Granada"; "The Mediterranean city in comparative perspective: Fez and Granada" ; "Three vectors of transition to modernity in Morocco and Andalusia in comparative perspective"; "Oral memory of the Alhambra (1st, 2nd and 3rd phase)" and " The modernisation process in Moroccan arts and crafts and its connections with Andalusia and Spain 1956-201″.
The conference will be held at the Foundation's headquarters, starting at 19.30 hours, with free admission with prior registration at the following address link.
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