Cycle de séminaires Los Ultimos Jueves de l'OPALC en hommage à la revue cubaine Temas qui organise depuis 2002 des débats publics tous les derniers jeudis de chaque mois à La Havane.

Intervenant :
Olivier Dabène*, Sciences Po-CERI, auteur de Street Art and Democracy in Latin America (Palgrave, 2019)

Discutant :
Yves Sintomer, Université de Paris 8.

"Street Art and Democracy in Latin America",  Olivier Dabène, Palgrave, 2019

This book explores street art’s contributions to democracy in Latin America through a comparative study of five cities: Bogota (Colombia), São Paulo (Brazil), Valparaiso (Chile), Oaxaca (Mexico) and Havana (Cuba). The author argues that when artists invade public space for the sake of disseminating rage, claims or statements, they behave as urban citizens who try to raise public awareness, nurture public debates and hold authorities accountable. Street art also reveals how public space is governed. [...]

* Entretien avec Olivier Dabène