As part of our LALS Speaker Series, we welcome Andrew Bentley, who will present their research to the DePaul community. Please join us on Wednesday, February 15th, in Arts and Letters Hall, Rm 301, from 5:00 - 6:30 pm. 

“Global South Spaces as Told by Guatemalans”

This presentation approaches social media as a critical space of inquiry. I will demonstrate how Instagram posts by Guatemalan photojournalist Esteban Biba (@estebanbiba) and poet Maya Chinchilla (@centromariconadas) represent migration. The constellation of visuals, geotags, hashtags, and public commentary in the posts showcases how a main theme of Latinx thought circulates in our contemporary moment. As a result, I argue, these media platforms establish networks of solidarity that extend beyond their Latinx contexts, in tune with Global South modes of storytelling in the digital age.