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memory usage and the future of democracy in Latin America

I share information seminar in Buenos Aires on Political use of the memory and the future of democracy Latin America, where I will be participating as a speaker on Monday. For if this is interesting and can anyone be there in those days ...

Anyway, I also agree with the aim of inviting them to discuss the proposed topic, which I think is of crucial interest to our region, in this blog space.

Political use of the memory and the future
of democracy in Latin America

27 and September 28, 2010 from 17 to 21 hours.

Museum

Roca, Vicente Lopez 2220, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

www.museoroca.gov.ar

Organizers: Democratic Platform ( www.plataformadmeocratica.org ) Citizenship & Democracy ( www.ciudadaniaydemocracia.org )

and Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America. ( www.cadal.org )

Free admission with advance registration

Registration: eventos@cadal.org Telephone: 4313-6599 or 4312-7743

order will be delivered A certificate of attendance

democratic processes in South America are crossed by different narratives rote exercise that combines the protest of the past often illusory in an effort to think about the future. This seminar aims to discuss the tension between the political use of the past and imagine the future possibilities for regional. From this perspective there is the realization of debates with personalities that pose the problem and multiply the discussion. There will be four panels representing public life in order to interpret the strictly political dimension, the presence of civil society, media and intellectual experience. This is one of the most relevant topics to assist in thinking about the future democracy and the extension of the idea of \u200b\u200bcitizenship in South America.

Monday, 27 September

17:00. Accreditation.

17:30. Panel I: "Civil society and the future of democracy"

The role that civil society organizations have the time to describe reality and setting the agendas of problems. Many of these associations are, at least in Argentina, a direct relationship to the historical memory since they were born to deal with the problems of our recent history and thus become important parts of a new way of looking at democracy.

Exhibitors:

Graciela Fernandez Meijide, former Secretary of CONADEP. Carlos
March, Executive Director of Avina.
Sorj Bernardo, Director of the Edelstein Center for Social Research / Democratic Platform.

Moderator:

Waserman Martin, Director of Wingu / Citizenship & Democracy.

19:00. Café

19:30. Panel II "Thinking the Future of Democracy"

intellectual reflection accompanies the transformation of common sense and social practices. This table will be devoted to thinking about the future of democracy trying to remove the tension between the historical destiny marked by the political use of the past and the potential of a discourse, practices and policies for the future.

Exhibitors :

Adolfo Zaldivar, Ambassador of Chile in Argentina.
Pablo Romero García, Catholic University of Uruguay - Magazine arche. Aurelia
di Berardino, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Samuel
Cabanchik, U.S. Senator.

Moderator:

Facundo Calegari, Metropolitan Forum Citizenship / Citizenship & Democracy.

21:00. Close first day.

Tuesday, 28 September

17:00. Accreditation.

17:30. Panel III "media, new media and transformations public space in Latin America "

Democracy needs freedom of information and media are central pieces of this size and also among the first critical lines of our social life. With the addition of new media, the situation becomes more complex in the deployment of a plurality as healthy as chaotic. The board will suggest to the participants to discuss the relationship between the state and the media and on the ideals and values \u200b\u200bthat come into play at every description of the world.

Exhibitors:

Martín Becerra, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes.
Alejandro Alfie, a daily newspaper Clarin.
Fernando Ruiz, Universidad Austral.

Moderator:

Gastón Vega, Canal K (no continuity) / Citizenship & Democracy.

19:00. Café

19:30. Panel IV "memory challenged. Past, present and future of democracy in South America "

policy is the realization of collective aspirations. Public policy, both executive and legislative, are the result of invidious relationship between citizens and the professional political class. The board convenes representatives of various political forces to discuss the relationships between past, present and future to redesign our democracy and put it in regional and global perspective.

Exhibitors:

Diana Maffia, Legislator Civic Coalition. Martin
Hourest, Legislator Social Equality. Margarita
Stolbizer, National Representative, GEN.
Norma Morandini, National Senator, PN.

Moderator :

Gabriel Palumbo, Citizenship & Democracy / UBA.

21:00. Honor Wine