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Talk Gramáticas de la escucha y lo inaudito

Within the framework of the sound installation Fosil acustico and the celebration of World Listening Day, this lecture offers an exceptional opportunity to reflect from philosophy and art on the way we listen to and understand the narratives of conflict, sensitivity toward the environment, and toward human stories.

About Maria Del Rosario Acosta

Colombian philosopher who addresses topics such as aesthetics, politics, and corporeality within the framework of the Colombian armed conflict, proposing an approach called the grammars of listening, which asks about the ethical, aesthetic, and epistemological challenges we face when seeking to listen to the testimonies of victims of violence in their own terms. Drawing from her work with the Centro Nacional de Memoria Historica with survivors of paramilitary violence in Colombia and survivors of police torture in Chicago (USA), and in conversation with the work Fosil acustico, Maria del Rosario Acosta presents the concept of the unheard: both what has not (yet) been listened to (and has been silenced, muted, erased, or strangled), as well as that which outrages us. It is then necessary to inquire about the grammars that would allow the unheard to become audible and therefore credible. To be heard as to be believed: that is the fundamental ethical task at stake when we are listening. She is currently a professor at the University of California in Riverside (USA).

The event will have an initial lecture-talk by Maria del Rosario Acosta, followed by a conversation with the artists Santiago Reyes Villaveces and Daniel Villegas, the latter connected online.