The Caribbean that Unites Us
International Coloquium
29th Caribbean Festival Dedicated to the culture of Pernambuco and Curacao

The Casa del Caribe, the Ministry of Culture and the International Commitee for the Caribbean Festivals are convening the 30th Caribbean Festival to be held in Santiago de Cuba on 3-9 July, 2010.
The Caribbean Festival is an academic and cultural space to reflect on our peoples' history and culture, and to bring together the rich heritage of our region. The Festival thus becomes an expresion of solidarity, diversity and friendship among the peoples for their right to be.
Consistent with such ideas the Casa del Caribe convenes the "The Caribbean that Unites Us" International Coloquium to be held in Santiago de Cuba on 3-7 July, 2010.

The topics of the Colloqium are:

- Subject, power and hegemony in the contemporary world
- Migration processes, diasporas and popular cultures
- History, culture and identity of the peoples of the Caribbean
- Intra-Caribbean relations: Cuba, Pernambuco and Curacao
- Resistance cultures in the Caribbean
- The Caribbean languages and the identity-building processes
- Hegemony and proposals for regional integration in the Caribbean
- Trans-Caribbean discourses, modernity and cultural processes in the Caribbean
- Caribbean thought and identity processes in the Caribbean
- Artistic creation and identity-building processes in the Caribbean
- Social projects, cultural policies and popular cultures in the Caribbean
- Cultural democracy in the 21st century: social movements and participation in the contemporary world
- Traditional knowledge, oral tradition, religion and natural traditional medicine
- Governance, social participation and popular cultures
- Popular cultures from a generational and gender perspective
- Social projects, cultural policies and popular cultures
- Popular cultures and tourism

Special Commissions, Workshops and Meetings

- Workshop on popular religions
- Workshop on Popular Traditional Medicine
- Poetry in the Caribbean
- Oral tradition in the Caribbean
- Music in the Caribbean

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

The programme will include lectures, plenary sessions, discussion panels, oral presentations and posters.

PAPER PRESENTATION

The proposals for academic participation should include a one-page abstract. The organizing committee will notify the acceptance of the papers to their respective authors. The paper admission deadline is May 15, 2010.

WORKING LANGUAGES

The official language of the colloqium is Spanish. The organizing committee should be notified of any need for translation services.

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS

The participants should inform the organizing committee about their need for audiovisual aids, specifying the technical requirements of same.

Organizational Staff:

- Orlando Verges Martinez - Director, Casa del Caribe
- Manuel Ruiz Vila - Coordinator, International Relations
- Kenia Dorta Armaignac - Deputy Director for Research
- Lorenzo Jardines - General Coordinator of the Festival
- Gonzalo Gonzalez - Press and Publicity Coordinator
- Antonio Perez - Art Director

PRICE INCLUDES

- Private transfer from Holguin Airport to Hotel Sol Rio de Luna y Mares in Playa Esmeralda
- 3 nights at Hotel Sol Rio de Luna y Mares (AI)
- Private transfer from Hotel Sol Rio de Luna y Mares to Hotel Casagranda
- 8 nights at Hotel Casagranda or Similar (BB)
- Private transfer from Hotel Casagranda or similar to Santiago Airport
- Private transfer from Havana Airport T1 to Hotel Plaza
- 2 nts at Hotel Plaza (BB)
- Private transfer from Hotel Plaza to Havana Airport 3

PRICE EXCLUDES

• - Direct Scheduled Flights from London to Holguin and from Havana to London and airport taxes (CU401/CU400)
  - Internal Flight Santiago - Havana (CU445)
  - Cuba Departure Tax
  - Tourist visas
  - Anything that has not been explicitly mentioned before