We invite you to join us for a live podcast with Terrenal.

A conversation with Juan Camilo Cárdenas and Leopoldo Fergusson to understand why inequality matters.

Hosted by: Andrés Mejía and Andrés Caro.

 Date: Thursday, June 18 
 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 
 Location: Mario Laserna Building, ML-C Auditorium | Universidad de los Andes 

 Admission will be granted until capacity is reached.

Next Thursday, November 9, at the University of Medellin, the Territorial Dialogue will bring together a panel of profiles of academics, community leaders, artists, businessmen and public servants to discuss inequality from the perspective of the Colombian coffee region.  
 

The panelists will be challenged to address the inequalities experienced in the four departments of this region: Antioquia, Risaralda, Quindío and Caldas. The discussion will take advantage of the experiences and knowledge of each one to reflect on three central themes: inequality in access to education, in access to decent work and the inequalities faced by young people in the country.  
 

These are the panelists of this second face-to-face Territorial Dialogue:  

• Andrés García, economist and researcher at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá. He is currently the director of the Observatory of Labor Inequality. 
• Andrea Carmona, activist, social manager, bridge builder and storyteller. She is part of the media outlet Le Cuento. She was present in the social outburst of 2019. 
• Yoiner Machado, artist and cultural manager. Creator and director of Unión Latina, an art academy that works from the dance in the commune 13 in Medellín.  

• Daniela Trejo, Secretary of Productivity and Competitiveness of Antioquia. 
• Elkin Echeverri, entrepreneur and businessman. Former director of Planning Ruta N. Director of the Eledé Foundation. He is currently writing a book on innovation and cities. 
• Paula Andrea Valencia, professor and researcher at the University of Medellín.  
• Allison Benson, moderator of the Dialogue. Director Reimaginemos.  

In addition to the discussion, those attending the event will have access to the award-winning Colombian documentary film Indivisible, which has not yet been released. Reimaginemos will also give USD 700 in micro-grants to diverse dialogue initiatives on inequality proposed by those attending the event.  

The Dialogues are unmissable opportunities, as they broaden the vision about inequalities in the different territories of the country. If you are interested in attending the conversation or watching the live transmission, register at this link: https://bit.ly/3FrAIVL 

Find all the information about the 32 Territorial Dialogues at @reimaginemos.colombia

A key element of the TREES Research Lab proposal is to give students the opportunity to learn about new voices and perspectives that broaden their vision of inequalities. This semester, with the Just Energy Transition as a central theme, the TREES Research Lab invites to the discussion “Just Energy Transition: a view from the Wayuu nation”. 

Andrés Álvarez, professor at the Faculty of Economics at Uniandes and director of the GIHPTE seedbed, points out the importance of thinking about the energy transition from particular social contexts, such as the case of the Wayuu indigenous population in La Guajira: “they are populations that will be directly affected by this transition problem”. From his seedbed, they have proposed the need to broaden their vision to new cultural contexts and think about the justice component not only from the “knowledge of economists or Western philosophy, but also from other points of view”.   

For this reason, the Research Lab will have the presence of Weildler Guerra, PhD in Anthropology from the Universidad de los Andes and former director of the Observatory of the Colombian Caribbean, to share with students the cultural perspective of his Wayuu people about the changes brought by the energy transition. The meeting will take place next Monday, October 30, at 5:00 p.m., in room RGD 112-113 of the Universidad de los Andes.  

About Weildler Guerra: Exemplary Colombian Award (2021). National Culture Award in the area of Anthropology. Member of the 2019 International Mission of Wise Men of the Colombian Academy of History and of the Honorary Commission of the Bicentennial.  

A just transition is at the center of Colombia's energy plans, but to what extent does it reflect indigenous visions of energy justice? Download Wayuu Winds, recently published by Weildler Guerra.