Discipline of Spanish introduces Roberta Bacic lecture on ‘Arpilleras: Textile Language of Testimony, Resistance and Memory’

November 17, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Moore Institute Seminar Room G010 Ground floor The Hardiman Research Building

Arpilleras: Textile Language of Testimony, Resistance and Memory. Roberta Bacic will introduce the popular art form of ‘arpilleras’, pictures made from scraps of cloth, employed in Chile under Pinochet as a means of documenting human rights abuses by the regime, and  bearing witness to censored acts of resistance. Her talk will follow the journey of … Continue reading Discipline of Spanish introduces Roberta Bacic lecture on ‘Arpilleras: Textile Language of Testimony, Resistance and Memory’