October 11th. 2024
Rooted Memories: Mapuche Histories in Focus
Leiden, The Netherlands

Event from 12.30 till 16.30 | WERELDMUSEUM LEIDEN

This event is part of the commemoration of October 12, a date formerly celebrated as "Columbus Day" or "Day of the Race" in various countries of Abya Yala (Latin America), which has increasingly been observed in recent years as "Indigenous, Black, and Popular Resistance Day".

Please be mindful that this event will be hosted in Spanish, but presentation abstracts will be translated to English and dutch and shared during the event.

The Mapuche Speakers are;

Arauco Chihuailaf (France)
Francisca Quilaqueo (The Netherlands)
Lafken Painemilla (UK)
Maria Railaf Zúñiga (The Caribe)
Rafael Railaf Zúñiga (The Netherlands)

Due to limited capacity for the exhibition tour "Mapuche: Indigenous peoples on the move"
Please email olombi.bois@wereldmuseum.nl to reserve a spot.

"Rooted Memories: Mapuche Histories in Focus" invites participants to connect with Mapuche migration histories through an afternoon program of lectures, literature and film screening. The program delves deeper into the making of the current Wereldmuseum Leiden exhibition ''Mapuche'' and offers a platform for discussing its core topics: photography, memory and history writing. "Rooted Memories: Mapuche Histories in Focus" sparks a discussion on the way indigenous histories have been written and represented in the past and how frameworks on diaspora and gender can provide exciting paths to breathe new life into them. Through the sharing of individual and collective journeys, this program thus provides a valuable opportunity to deepen the understanding on the history and current challenges faced by the Mapuche people and the role visual culture plays in this process.

Information about the Mapuche Speakers

12.30 - 13.00 Check-in and possible guided exhibition visit with Carmen Monterroso Rivas

13.00 - 13.10 Program introduction by Valeria Posada and Olombi Bois

13.10 - 13.30 Presentation by Mr. Arauco Chihuailaf

13.30 - 13.55 Film screening "Warriache" by Camila Huenchumil

13.55 - 14.15 Reflection by Leuliñ Chávez and Olombi Bois

14.20 - 14.30 Break

14.35 - 15.15 Presentations by: Mrs. Francisca Quilaqueo & Mrs. Lafken Painemilla

15.20 -15.35 Discussion

15.40 - 16.10 Talk between María and Rafael Railaf Zúñiga (FOLIL) (FOLIL) moderated by Valeria Posada Villada

16.15 - 16.30 Closing: Poetry declamation