Lecture: "Sumagsisa, Beautiful Flower"

Room 112, Center for Innovation & Growth (CIG)

Join Dr. Karen Barahona for a discussion of her research on the indigenous women from the Chilcatotora community in Ecuador. A reception will follow in the CIG Atrium.

For further information, contact Associate professor, Dr. Karen Barahona at kbarahon@bw.edu or Brenda Lennox at blennox@bw.edu in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures at (440) 826-2244.

Photo Exhibition and Sale

Photos featuring the indigenous women from the Chilcatotora community in Ecuador will be on sale with all proceeds going to the Chilcatotora women. For more information on prices, contact Dr. Karen Barahona at kbarahon@bw.edu or 440-826-2244.

Exhibit Schedule:
January 10 - February 17 at the Center for Innovation & Growth (CIG)
February 22-25 in the Lobby of the Kleist Center for Art & Drama

Dance Concert

BW choreographers are also using movement to explore and illustrate Dr. Barahona's research in a dance concert titled "fyoo zh en '23: Sumagsisa, Beautiful Flower." The show runs Wednesday-Saturday, February 22-25, at 7:30 p.m.

About Dr. Karen Barahona

Dr. Barahona is an associate professor of Spanish at Baldwin Wallace University. Her area of expertise is Latin American literature of the 20th-21st centuries with a focus on studies of testimony, gender, identity, memory and revolution in women's fiction.

Recent publications include the articles: "Organización de mujeres Sumagsisa: Dinámica del feminismo 'desde abajo.'" Hispanic Journal. Vol. 42, (1), Spring 2021; "La representación de la mujer como sujeto histórico cultural en No me agarran viva de Claribel Alegría y La mujer habitada de Gioconda Belli." Obra Digital, Núm. 18, febrero - agosto 2020 and "Género, memoria e identidad política en la narrativa de Gioconda Belli." Universidad Verdad: Revista Científica de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas. No. 75 enero-junio 2019. p. 21-29.

This event is made possible with the support of the Baldwin Wallace Spanish Club.