“Writing the “Homeland” & Its Borders: of Meaningless Passwords, Poetic Transparencies & Photosynthesis in Latin Amrc"
LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series
Event Details
Date
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
Description
What does it mean to think about ecology from a poetic perspective (saber poético)?
For contemporary Latin American artists such as Plascencia Ñol, the Uruguayan poet Silvia Guerra and the Argentine visual artist Nicolás Janowski, to render ecology as an instrument of poetic and artistic knowledge means to rearticulate concepts and realities such as “nation-state”, “homeland” or “border lands”.
Presented by Dr. Sarli Mercado, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UW-Madison
For contemporary Latin American artists such as Plascencia Ñol, the Uruguayan poet Silvia Guerra and the Argentine visual artist Nicolás Janowski, to render ecology as an instrument of poetic and artistic knowledge means to rearticulate concepts and realities such as “nation-state”, “homeland” or “border lands”.
Presented by Dr. Sarli Mercado, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UW-Madison
Cost
Free
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Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-0616 or email skripp@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Tuesday, March 3, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.