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SUMMARY:Comics and the Latin American City
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DESCRIPTION:Conference of the Leverhulme-funded project. With invited spe
 akers and comics artists from Colombia\, Argentina\, Chile\, Peru\, and 
 the USA.\nAbout this Event\nOver the past couple of decades Latin Americ
 an comics have been undergoing something of a renaissance\, evident in g
 rowing numbers of publications\, festivals\, and digital communities. Th
 ough we still cannot refer to comics industries\, burgeoning transnation
 al comics enterprises are shaping a regional comics discourse\, and ther
 e is increasing international recognition for and collaboration with the
  region’s artists and producers.\n\nIn this conference we will explore h
 ow the region’s comics address the Latin American city. As the world’s m
 ost urbanized region\, Latin America offers a unique opportunity for thi
 nking about how the popular cultural form of comics\, which grew up with
  the modern metropolis\, tackles the challenges posed by urban life char
 acterized by inequality\, social fragmentation\, and precarious infrastr
 uctures.\n\nWe want to ask: how do artists use the comics form to addres
 s urban life? What different approaches to the city are evident in comic
 s across the region? How has the representation of the city in comics ch
 anged over time? Is there something particular about the way that Latin 
 American comics address urban life in comparison to comics from other pa
 rts of the globe? And\, ultimately\, can comics help us imagine and enab
 le alternative urban futures?\n\nProgramme TBC shortly.\n\nThe conferenc
 e is free to attend but registration is required: https://www.eventbrite
 .co.uk/e/comics-and-the-latin-american-city-tickets-62310324859?err=29
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