Conference Program

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Cartonera Publishers: Recycling Latin American Bookscapes
University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 8-9, 2009

NOTE: All presentations will be given mostly in Spanish and a couple in Portuguese. There will be a translator present during the questions and answer period at the end of each session.

Day 1: Thursday October 8, 2009

9:00am – 9:15am Morning Coffee

Location: Memorial Library, first floor west corridor

9:15am – 9:30am Welcome by Ksenija Bilbija, Director of Latin American Caribbean and Iberian Studies, and Paloma Celis Carbajal, Bibliographer for Ibero-American Studies Collection
Location: Memorial Library, Room 126

9:30am – 10:00am Inauguration and opening remarks by Guido Podestá, Associate Dean of International Studies, and Ken Frazier, Director of the General Library System
Location: Memorial Library, Room 126

10:00am-12:00pm Session 1: Presentations of Cartonera Publishers Projects
Presenters: Eloísa Cartonera, Sarita Cartonera and Javier Barilaro
Moderator: Ksenija Bilbija
Location: Memorial Library, Room 126

NOTE: There will be 30 min. for each presentation plus 30 min. for questions and answers. All presentations will be in Spanish with a translator for Q&A.

12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break

2:00pm-4:00pm Session 2: Continuation of Presentations of Cartonera Publishers Projects
Presenters: Yerba Mala Cartonera, Animita Cartonera, Mandrágora Cartonera
Moderator: Craig Epplin
Location: Memorial Library, Room 126

NOTE: There will be 30 min. for each presentation plus 30 min. for questions and answers. All presentations will be in Spanish with a translator for Q&A.

4:00pm-4:30pm Coffee Break

4:30pm-6:30pm Session 3: Continuation of Presentations of Cartonera Publishers Projects
Presenters: Dulcinéia Catadora, Yiyi Jambo, La Cartonera
Moderator: Paloma Celis Carbajal
Location: Memorial Library, Room 126

NOTE: There will be 30 min. for each presentation plus 30 min. for questions and answers. Two presentations will be in Spanish and one in Portuguese with a translator for Q&A.

6:30pm-7:30pm Exhibition of Cartonera Books and Space for Sale and Exchange of Materials
Location: Memorial Library, first floor west corridor

Day 2: Friday October 9, 2009

9:00am-1:00pm Community Workshops

1:00pm-2:30pm Lunch Break

2:30pm-5:30pm Printing Workshop for the Cartonera Publishers with Tracy Honn

8:00pm-9:00pm Presentation of the Book Akademia Cartonera: A Primer of Latin American Cartonera Publishers at the Wisconsin Book Festival
Location: Promenade Hall, Overture Center, 201 State Street
NOTE: This presentation will be in English.

Download the program flyer with the schedule (in PDF format) here.