Tertulia de Literatura y Cine: Charla con Carolina Baltan Salazar

This month,Tertulia has the honour of having Carolina Baltan Salazar talking about the Truth Commission in Colombia. She will be having an informal conversation about the peace accord signed in Colombia in 2016 between the Colombian Government and FARC,  the creation of the Truth Commission and the construction of a historical memory in Colombia. We will also be discussing the short story La tierra que habitamos written by Colombian writer Álvaro Lozano Gutiérrez in the context of the talk given by Carolina. 

This event is organised by the ‘Tertulia de Literatura y Cine’ series run by María Muradás-Taylor (Lecturer in Spanish) at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. During the Tertulia, participants take part in a guided discussion in Spanish about social, historical and political aspects of the Spanish speaking world through literature and films, with the occasional guest speaker. Each event starts off with a reading session (short stories or poetry) or the viewing of a film in Spanish language. It then comes to a close with a tutor-led audience interaction aimed to stimulate a discussion on the historical, political and social realities linked to the stories.
Tertulia is an event for people who are currently studying Spanish (intermediate to advanced levels), as well as for people who want to practice their Spanish. 

Colombia: Comisión de la Verdad - el acuerdo de paz entre las FARC y el gobierno de Juan Manuel Santos

Carolina enfocará su charla sobre el acuerdo de paz firmado entre las FARC y el Gobierno de Juan Manuel Santos, de donde surge la Comisión de la verdad, en qué consiste el Sistema Integral de Verdad, Justicia, Reparación y no Repetición y en específico, cómo funcionó la Comisión de la Verdad, lo que representó la construcción de memoria histórica y cúal es el contexto actual de Colombia. 

Carolina Baltan Salazar graduated from University of Cauca with a degree in Political Sciences. Has a Masters Degree in Rural Development  from the Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia. Throughout her professional and academic career she has worked on issues of armed conflict, peacebuilding, agrarian and environmental territorial conflicts; and as a mediator in dialogue scenarios between rural communities, business actors and government. Working with rural communities, especially Afro-descendant and peasant communities, has been one of  her main focuses and interests.

The discussion will be entirely in Spanish.