CULTURAL AGENTS

II Encuentro Internacional de Editoriales Cartoneras - Costa Rica
2023-07-13 08:30 - 17:00, 2023-07-14 08:30 - 17:00 (America/Costa_Rica)
12, 13 y 14 de julio 2023
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Collaborative Systems for Solving Complex Social Challenges: Mental Health Prevention in Chile
2023-08-25 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Event: Community Resolution of Complex Social Challenges, Mental Health in Chile
On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm, an event titled “Community Resolution of Complex Social Challenges: Mental Health in Chile” will take place at the Thompson Room, Mahindra Humanities Center, located at 11 Prescott Street, Warren House 111. For those interested in attending in person, registration for this event can be completed by clicking here.

The event is part of the Worldwide Week at Harvard. Representatives from Harvard’s Chile Regional Office and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, as part of the Mahindra series Pedagogies for Life, will be discussing collaborative systems for addressing complex social challenges.

The Worldwide Week at Harvard will take place from October 9 to 13, 2023. This event serves as a platform to showcase the extensive global engagement of Harvard University.

The Mental Health Coalition (Coalición de Alto Impacto) unites diverse institutions with a shared goal: crafting sustainable, innovative solutions for mental health in Maipú and Peñalolén, with a focus on women and children. During this session, they will be sharing insights and challenges related to the prevention of mental health issues in Chile.

To address this complex challenge, collaboration is essential. It involves actors across society, academia, government, business, NGOs, and various professions. They work together, guided by trust, knowledge, grassroots experience, and a commitment to proactive solutions.

The Coalition’s impactful work deepens their understanding of prevention and drives innovation for multifaceted mental health challenges.

Throughout Worldwide Week, Harvard Schools, research centers, departments, and student organizations will host academic and cultural events with global or international themes.

Speakers: Claudia Bobadilla, Board Business Member, Founder Puente Social and Senior Fellow, Harvard ALI; Fawwaz Habbal, Former Executive Dean for Education and Research, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics; Carolina Leitao, Major in Peñalolén, Chile; Benjamin Miller, Leader, Speaker, Advocate Empower Program; Doris Sommer, Ira and Jewell Williams Professor, Romance Languages & Literatures, African and African American Studies, Harvard University; Brian Trelstad, Faculty Chair, Advanced Leadership Initiative and Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow, Harvard Business School; Susana Torres, President of the Board of the Chilean-Swiss Chamber of Commerce; Mario Valdivia, Former Dean and Professor, Medical School, Universidad de Concepción; Benjamín Villa, Master’s in Design Engineering, Harvard University, and co-instructor with Professor Habbal; Tomás Vodanovic, Mayor in Maipú, Chile

Presented in collaboration with:
The Mahindra Humanities Center
Cultural Agents
Puente Social
Viñedos Chadwick
Municipalidad de Maipú
Municipalidad de Peñalolén
Universidad de Concepción
Cámara Chileno Suiza de Comercio

Pre-Texts CO: BASF, Shanghai
2024-01-06 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Dora Du and Emma Fang will co-lead a Pre-Texts workshop for children, aged 8-13, of BASF employees. With the support of Clement Chung they explore their parents’ work through art-making.

Pre-Texts Training in Casa Arcobaleno
2024-01-20 10:00 - 12:30, 2024-01-27 10:00 - 12:30, 2024-02-10 10:00 - 12:30, 2024-02-17 10:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Giulia Candeloro and Mara Patricelli will be facilitating a training at Casa Arcobaleno, the point of meeting of all the LGBTQIA+ associations of Pescara, Italy. Its aimed for activists, teachers, and cultural operators.

Pre-Texts Meetings at Fontecchio
2024-02-07 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-02-08 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-02-09 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-02-10 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Fontecchio is a town in Italy with about 300 inhabitants from approximately 15 different communities. Valeria Pica and Giulia Candeloro will lead a series of Pre-Texts meetings to read ‘Ritual’ by Dimitris Xygalatas and discuss social inclusion from the perspective of personal traditions.
It is organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Fontecchio and will be held in the local library.

José Luis Falconi to Lecture at TCNJ Art Gallery
2024-02-12 19:00 (America/New_York)
More information here.

Pre-Texts Workshop in Archivio
2024-02-17 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-23 15:30 - 19:30, 2024-03-02 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-09 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-16 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
The network “Archives and Health” inaugurates in the Archivio di Stato di Modena a workshop of the Pre-Texts whose diffusion in Italy is coordinated by the Universities of Chieti and Pescara, Cultural Agents and Harvard University.

Pre-Texts International Book Launch
2024-02-21 15:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York)

Workshop at the Colombian Consulate in Boston
2024-02-27 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-03-02 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-03-05 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-03-06 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
The Consulate of Colombia invites community leaders to a Pre-Texts training workshop led by Doris Sommer.

Harvard Pre-Texts training
2024-03-20 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-03-21 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-03-25 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-03-26 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
For further details, write to culturalagents@gmail.com.

Opera Trucks
2024-03-22 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Fabio Cherstich, producer of major operas in the Rome Opera House and the Massimo of Palermo also developed “Opera Trucks” to perform in vulnerable neighborhoods. He will be presenting this work for “Pedagogies for Life“, the Seminar of the Mahindra Humanities Center.
He will be joined by Leandro Valiati, cultural economist and co-author with Fabio of a future Case for Culture about the Opera Trucks
For more information, please contact us at 💌 culturalagents@gmail.com.

Event: Roots of Resilience Project
2024-03-25 12:00 - 13:15 (America/New_York)
Roots of Resilience: Art and Heritage as Drivers of Socio-economic Development in the Iron Quadrangle – Brazil
Speaker: Leandro Valiati, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Creative and Cultural Industries, AHCP – Institute of Cultural Practices; Director, MA Creative and Cultural Industries, The University of Manchester.
Moderated by Doris Sommer.

Pre-Texts Workshop in Fondazione La Rocca
2024-03-26 16:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
From March 26th to 29th, Fondazione La Rocca will host a Pre-Texts Workshop for teachers and school directors, as well as for social and health workers/operators and cultural associations that already have experience in cultural interventions with social impact.
