Monday March 15, 2010
concluded today in San Jose de las Lajas critic of Cuba Centre IV
A space for discussion and joint projects
By Jimmy Roque Martinez
Despite the difficulties, circumvented by the organizers of the event, began the morning session, with the planting of a tree nursery in San Jose. Workers involved in planting and small circle of the community. The planting was followed by games, not competitive, the project The little train. This perhaps was the most fun event where children and adults interact.
was followed in the House of the Young Creator, the panel "Impacts and dynamic media" with presentations by Isbel Diaz Torres on the impact of collective projects and Critical Monitoring Network, where they could observe the actions of the Centre and its interaction and support to other projects. Followed the presentation of Liubis González "Renunciation of image: social mediations in the symbolic representation of Che Guevara", a topic that aroused much debate about the use meaningless commodity fetishism and the image of Che.
The afternoon session, which was preceded by lunch, went to the panel presentation and self-management experiences of cultural projects, where projects were presented "Green Development in Electrical Distribution," by Erasmo Calzadilla , Ahimsa and The Ranger.
The next exhibition is about the interesting experiences Urban Task Force (GAU) of Santa Clara with the panelists Juan Camilo Quiñones, Roberto Fernández Blanco and Cardenas Lester, a group that has struggled against censorship, bureaucracy and racism the province. Tato Quiñones also gave details about the formation and actions of the Brotherhood of Negritude. These interventions sparked an interesting discussion of racial issues.
Near the end of the evening was the presentation of the "skiff. Post-event session Digital Media and Culture ", where in addition to presenting the magazine did a small sketch of the difficult preparation for the event Digital Media and Culture, held last December. Significantly Blackhat presentation of the project here, an idea that development aid of computer literacy and encourages the creation of socially useful applications.
ended activities in this House of the Young Creator with an audiovisual presentation on the project The train, as the event ended while we were on the bus back, with the presentation by Pedro Campos Santos of your digital project SPD (Participatory and Democratic Socialism) .
This experience demonstrates the necessity and possibility of increased coordination among all projects, but above all, do not stop.