Tinker Visiting Professors' Courses

Descolonizar el inconsciente - Tres talleres con Suely Rolnik

Suely Rolnik
Viernes, 2 de octubre, 3:00-6:00pm
Viernes, 9 de octubre, 3:00-6:00pm
Lunes, 12 de octubre, 3:00-6:00pm
Social Sciences Research Building, Sala 201

Los talleres parten por conceptualizar la micropolítica, para en seguida descifrar el régimen del inconsciente que rige en esta esfera, en la cultura occidental moderna, especialmente en su versión actual.

Tal desciframiento incluye tanto la manifestación del referido régimen en la producción del pensamiento como el modo en que dicho régimen toma cuerpo en la escritura teórica, especialmente en el mundo académico.

Los talleres son gratuitos, son abiertos al público en general y serán en español.

Shared Pasts: Collaborative Archaeology in Mesoamerica and the Andes

Bárbara Arroyo
Time TBD

This workshop prepares students with the tools and perspectives necessary for public engagement in interpreting and preserving Mesoamerican and Andean archaeological heritage. Participants will engage in interactive activities to explore the ethics and inclusivity involved in storytelling and outreach.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Define public archaeology and discuss its ethical aspects and objectives, especially in Latin American contexts.
2. Recognize and engage diverse audiences in archaeological interpretation, tailoring content with creativity and enthusiasm for various public settings.
3. Critically examine representations of Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations in museums, media, and tourism.
4. Develop fundamental tools for public engagement, such as exhibit planning, storytelling, and educational programming.
5. Collaborate on dynamic outreach strategies using digital, visual, and participatory methods, encouraging teamwork and innovation.
6. Assess archaeological challenges involving heritage preservation, Indigenous rights, and community involvement.
7. Design and present a compelling public archaeology project tailored to a specific context, community, or educational need, highlighting participants' unique ideas and passion.

Workshop Structure: The workshop will last for two days. Each day has four segments. Each segment will be 1½ hours long, with breaks for coffee and lunch.

Locating the History of the Anthropocene: The Case of Brazil

LACS
José Augusto Pádua
Time TBD

Although the debate on the Anthropocene has been suspended within the International Union of Geological Sciences, the concept continues to be used extensively in the sciences and environmental humanities. One reason for this is that it fills a certain conceptual void, since concepts such as modernity and globalization fail to capture the consequences of the dramatic change in the scale of human presence on the planet, especially since the mid-20th century. This new historical and environmental reality, however, has been discussed mainly at a high level of aggregation. In general, global trends regarding population, energy consumption, etc. are analyzed. The problem is that, contrary to the perspective of geological stratigraphy, major global historical transformations do not happen all at once and in a globally uniform manner. Nor are they ever spontaneous or automatic. They occur differently in different places, involving concrete social actors, decisions, and institutions. These transformations spread through exogenous and endogenous movements, producing conflicts, adherence, and resistance. Historical analysis, therefore, allows us to examine in a situated manner the socioeconomic and cultural processes that converged in the making of the global phenomenon of the Anthropocene. The challenge is connecting the macro view of the Anthropocene with the diverse concrete realities of human history, discussing how specific regions participated in the construction of this global change and experienced its consequences.

The course aims to discuss the case of Brazil as a concrete example of how a Latin American country fits into the broader history of the Anthropocene. Among the points to be examined are 1) the environmental history of the colonial making of its territory, marked by an archipelago of regional occupations surrounded by gigantic areas of wilderness; 2) the formation of regional economies based on the destructive exploitation of its biological and mineral diversity; 3) its initially marginal participation in the world of industrial revolutions, except as a supplier of occasionally relevant natural products; 4) its strong entry into the so-called Great Acceleration after 1945, both as an exporter of primary resources and through the rapid and unbalanced transition of its society to patterns of production and consumption identified with the formation of the Anthropocene; 5) The concrete prospects for the country's presence in the future of the Anthropocene, taking into account the ecological wealth of its territory and the contradictory social and cultural trends that can be detected today. Each topic of the course will discuss the actors, policies, conflicts, interests, and cultural factors present in the major changes that have taken place. These changes, especially since the 19th century, are complexly connected to the global transformations that have produced the historical condition now identified by the concept of the Anthropocene.

Organizational Solutions

LACS
Julio Saguir
Time TBD

Organizational Solutions examines how public organizations design and implement policies under real-world constraints. Drawing from case-based experiences in the Government of Tucumán, Argentina, the course explores challenges of strategic planning, inter-agency coordination, data governance, civil society engagement, and internal management within the public sector. Rather than prescribing managerial tools, the course invites students to analyze how institutional contexts, political incentives, and administrative capacities shape implementation outcomes. Through cases, discussion, and reflective exercises, students engage with broader questions about how governments build organizational capacity, learn, and innovate from within.