Event Date
Counter-Pedagogies of Forgetting: An Itinerant Gathering of Literature, Documentary Film, and Photography on Memory and Justice in Peru
Coordinators: Mara Uriol and Sandra Pulido
March 3-4
Counter-Pedagogies of Forgetting (Peru, 1980–2000) is an itinerant cultural and
educational gathering that aims to open public conversations through literature,
documentary film, photography, and dialogue about memory and justice in response to
the political violence Peru experienced between the 1980s and 2000s and its impact on
Peruvian society today.
Event Schedule: University of California, Davis
Photo exhibition Ausencias Presentes by Historian and Photographer Percy Rojas
(Quechua/Spanish/English)
Mar 3–4 | Sproul Hall 118 | The exhibition runs on both days from 9am -5pm.
Curator: Mara Uriol
Opening: Mar 3 at 12:00 pm with photographer Percy Rojas
Reading and Discussion of Niños del pájaro azul (2024) with Peruvian writer
Karina Pacheco Medrano (Spanish/English)
Mar 3 | Sproul 912 | Time: 4:00 pm –5:30 pm
Moderator: Professor Michael Lazzara and Professor Diana Aramburu
Detailed Program
o 4:00-4:10 Welcome to Counter Pedagogies of Forgetting - Professor Lazzara/
Aramburu
o 4:10-4:30 Reading of Niños del Pájaro azul by Karina Pacheco
o 4:30-5:10 Conversation with Professors Lazzara and Aramburu
o 5:10-5:30 Q&A
Screening of Este fue nuestro castigo (2023) and Discussion
(Quechua/Spanish/English)
Mar 4 | Olson Hall 207 | Time: 4:00 – 6:00 pm
• Moderator: Professor Lucía Victoria-Indacochea
• Detail Program:
o 4:00-4:10 Welcome and introductions by Professor Lucía Victoria – Indacochea
o 4:10-5:20 Screening of Este fue nuestro Castigo (88 min)
o 5:20-5:50 Conversation with Gisela Ortiz (EPAF), Operations Manager and
Producer; and Luis Cintora, Director, about the documentary and EPAF’s work.
o 5:50-6:00 Q&A