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

Date: 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 5:30pm to 6:30pm

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

 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.