#  CANCELLED: Instituto Cervantes: Conversations in the Observatorio: Occupy and Indignant Movements in Spain and USA 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 10, 2015** 

 05:30PM - 06:30PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Observatorio. 2 Arrow St. 4th fl. Cambridge, MA. 02138**  



 

 



 

**Speaker: Professor Francisco Moreno-Fernández**

(University of Alcalá, Spain, and Executive Director of the Observatorio at Harvard University).

 **Introduction: Diana Sorensen**

(Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Director of the Observatorio).

**RSVP:** [**info-observatory@fas.harvard.edu**](mailto:info-observatory@fas.harvard.edu)

 In recent years, a number of Indignant Citizens Movements have arisen around the world. They are known in Spain as the Spanish Revolution, the Indignants Movement, the 15M Movement, or the Movement of Outrage; and in the US as Occupy Wall Street or Occupy different cities. This social protest expresses public outrage at an unequal economic system, an unrepresentative political party system, and a social structure perceived to undermine individual freedoms. This essay analyzes the demonstrations with a focus on the importance of language and communication at the origin, development, consolidation and expansion of the Movement. The analysis shows that the Indignant Movement was built on a linguistic and communicative foundation which evolved horizontally rather than vertically.

*En los últimos años, una serie de movimientos ciudadanos de indignación han surgido en todo el mundo. En España son conocidos como* Spanish Revolution*, movimiento indignado o movimiento 15M, y en los Estados Unidos como* Occupy Wall Street*,* Occupy Movement or Movement of Outrage*. Esta protesta social expresa la indignación pública por un sistema económico desigual, un sistema de partidos políticos poco representativo y una estructura social percibida como limitadora de las libertades individuales. En este encuentro se analiza el movimiento indignado enfatizando la importancia del lenguaje y la comunicación en el origen, desarrollo, consolidación y expansión de este fenómeno social. El análisis muestra que el movimiento indignado se construye sobre una base lingüística y comunicativa de evolución horizontal.*



 

 



 

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