Zoom Event- Sonic Queers: Dissident Performative Strategies of Pleasure and the Street

Latin American Studies Program and the Spanish Program invite you and your students to a virtual talk by 

Dr. Cristian Aravena

Maricas sónicas: Estrategias performativas disidentes de goce y calle [Sonic Queers: Dissident Performative Strategies of Pleasure and the Street], 

 

November 20, 2025, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST.

 

(Talk will be in Spanish).

 

This presentation examines dissident performative strategies emerging from queer, working-class, and trans bodies in Chile, positioning the sonic as an analytical category for understanding their politico-sexual struggles.

 

Cristian A. Aravena is currently a professor and scholar at the School of Theater of the Universidad Mayor in Chile. He holds a Ph.D. in Art History and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and a B.A. in Acting from the University of Chile. His academic and artistic work focuses on political theater, sexual dissidence, and performance art in Chile and Mexico.

This talk is part of the lecture series on Testimony, Literature and Human Rights sponsored by Latin American Studies.