Indigenous Identities and Resilience in the Americas: Cross-Disciplinary and Self- Reflective Approaches is a scientific and cultural event organized jointly by the members of the Polish Society for Latin American Studies, the Americas Research Network (ARENET), and the University of Warsaw. It explores and spotlights the complexity of approaches to studying, understanding and performing the identities of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and their resilience, in both historical and contemporary perspectives. The participants will include Indigenous and non- Indigenous researchers, activists, writers and artists, achieving a multiplicity of voices and perspectives and emphasizing self-reflective and decolonizing approaches. The thematic contents will span North, Central and South America, combining archeological, anthropological, historical and linguistic studies and bridging the boundaries between research, art and socially-engaged activities.

Organizer:

Polish Society for Latin American Studies

The Americas Research Network

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Archeology, Department of Archeology of the Americas

University of Warsaw, Faculty of "Artes Liberales", Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity

Organizing Comittee:

Greta de León, Executive Director, Americas Research Network

Justyna Olko, Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity, Faculty of "Artes Liberales" University of Warsaw

Miłosz Giersz, Chair of the Department of Archaeology of the Americas, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

Patrycja Prządka-Giersz, Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity, Faculty of "Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

Janusz Wołoszyn, Department of Archaeology of the Americas, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

Jan Szymański, Department of Archaeology of the Americas, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw