Rights Talk
With authoritarianism, nationalism, and xenophobia on the rise, gaping global wealth disparities, and the accelerating climate emergency, human rights appear increasingly fragile. Rights Talk is devoted to engaging contemporary challenges around the world across the human rights spectrum of civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; and solidarity rights, including to a safe and healthy environment. The podcast invites critical perspectives and questions the future of rights in the twenty-first century. __________________________________________________ Music Carefree by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefreeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights Talk
E21: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Activism, and Film with CCNY Prof. Carlos Aguasaco and NMAI's Cindy Benitez
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CCNY Downtown
This episode focuses on the grave human rights challenges confronted by indigenous peoples throughout the Americas, activism, and film, and more specifically the Americas Film Festival of New York (TAFFNY). It features Carlos Aguasaco, Associate Professor of Latin American Cultural Studies and Spanish and in coming department chair, at City College’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, and Cindy Benitez, film curator and scholar specializing in Native and indigenous film and Film Program Manager for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). For further information about the film festival, please visit: https://www.taffny.com/