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September 29

Puerto Rico Mapathon for Hurricane Relief

Columbia University, The Studio (Butler Library 208B) | 2PM-5PM

Columbia's Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities and Columbia University Libraries. Organized by Alex Gil, Manan Ahmed, Dennis Tenen, Juan Saldarriaga, Jeremiah Christensen & Moacir de sa Pereira.


October 4

Unnatural: Environmental Disasters and Domination in the Contemporary Caribbean

Columbia University, Heyman Center | 5PM-7PM

Monxo Lopez, Nastasha Lightfoot, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Michael Ralph, Keisha I. Wiel.


October 5-November 18

Fantasy Island: An Immersive Multimedia Installation

Loisaida Cultural Center | 7PM

Featuring: Shey Rivera, Huascar Robles.


October 12-13

Caribbean Cosmopolis: Timeports of Modernity

Stony Brook University, Humanities Institute

Organizers: Kathleen Wilson, Lena Burgos-Lafuente, Tracey Walters, and Eric Zolov

Featuring: David Scott; Yvonne Fabella, Kristen Block, Anne Eller, Richard Rosa, Esther Whitfield, Kelly Josephs, Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, Elena Schneider, José Quiroga, Trevor Burnard.


October 14

PROMESA: The Fiscal Crisis in Puerto Rico and the Debt of Artists

El Museo del Barrio | 1PM-3PM

Featuring: Yarimar Bonilla, Yasmin Hernández, Celestino Ortiz, and Adrián Viajero Román.


October 20

Bankruptcy and Citizenship: Puerto Rico a 21st Century Colony?

Princeton University

Featuring: Rafael Cox Alomar, Juan Gonzalez, Sergio Marxuach, Efrén Rivera Ramos, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Charles Venator-Santiago, Esther Vicente.


October 21

Fantasy Island: Panel Discussion

Loisaida Cultural Center | 5PM-7PM

Featuring: Shey Rivera, Ed Morales, F. Javier Torres., Huascar Robles


November 6

Hurricane Season: Sovereignty and Catastrophe in the Caribbean

NYU

Featuring Yarimar Bonilla, Sybille Fisher.