An interdisciplinary exploration in which art, anthropology, and archaeology examine the relationship between ceramics, time, and power.

This roundtable discussion will approach ceramics as active historical agents, carrying systems of knowledge, belief, and power across time. The dialogue brings into relation pre-Columbian cosmologies, colonial ruptures, the rise of modernity, and contemporary artistic practice, resisting linear art-historical narratives in favor of a shared inquiry into material culture as lived and contested experience.

Panel Speakers

• Guillaume Kientz, Director & CEO, The Hispanic Society Museum and Library
• Lucía Durán, Executive Director, Museo de Arte Precolombino Casa del Alabado
• Inma Barrero, Artist

Keynote Speaker

• Richard Burger, Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Yale University

Program:

2:00 – 4:00 PM: Roundtable Discussion

4:00 – 5:00 PM: Guided Visit of Sandy Rodriguez: Tierra Insurgente