This meeting will bring together academics, politicians, and activists from Spain and Latin America to discuss the experiences of transition to democracy in various Ibero-American countries. Through critical reflection, the discussion will delve into the implications of remembering these experiences in shaping the present, particularly in the areas of human rights, political life, and civic engagement.

PROGRAM
26.10.09
Conference Transitional justice and development Pablo de Greiff 17:00 > 19:00
Roundtable Democratic transitions and historical change Manuel Antonio Garretón, Luis Tapia and Alberto Acosta (to be confirmed)
19:30> 21:30
Moderator: Juan Carlos Monedero

27.10.09
Conference Memory, truth and justice. The Argentine experience Eduardo Duhalde 17:00 > 19:00
Roundtable Justice and human rights in transition Francisco Soberón, José Antonio Martín Pallín and Juan del Granado 19:30 > 21:30
Moderator: Emilio silva

28.10.09
Conference Movements and governments in the new political cycle in Latin America Emir Sader 17:00 > 19:00
Roundtable Civil society, social movements and citizenship Jesús "Chucho" García, Humberto Cholango (to be confirmed) and Pablo Sánchez León 19:30 > 21:30
Moderator: Ariel Jerez

29.10.09
Conference Viewing and thinking about racial mixing and conflict from the perspective of media culture Rossana Reguillo 17:00 > 19:00
Roundtable Culture, media and memory policies Felipe Pigna, Guadalupe Cajías and Francisco Ferrandis 19:30 > 21:30
Moderator: Alfons Martinell

ORGANIZE
Contamíname Foundation for Cultural Hybridity
Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory

COLLABORATE
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (AECID)
Ministry of the Presidency
Complutense Institute of International Studies (ICEI/UCM)
Círculo de Bellas Artes

More information:
www.contaminame.org