How can campaigns for social change use virtual reality as a tool for communities' self-representation, and as a way of respectfully connecting worlds that are very distant from each other?
This year’s LSE Festival exhibition will explore the people and communities, innovative technologies, challenges of today, and lessons from the past that are shaping the world to come. AFSEE Fellow Myriam Hernández Vazquez's display, GAWI: a Rarámuri message in virtual reality will be part of the exhibition this year.
GAWI is a virtual reality dream experience co-created by Myriam Hernández and the Rarámuri, an indigenous community of northern Mexico. GAWI is a Rarámuri word that can be interpreted as 'land' or 'territory', and caring for it is at the heart of the Rarámuri way of life. The traditions of the indigenous people remain to this day in spite of external threats. Isabel, a Rarámuri leader, guides you through the places and ancestral traditions of her community - inviting us to (re)learn about their ways of caring for and loving the Earth.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. The exhibition will be open from 10am to 5pm from Monday 16 to Friday 20 June, and 10am to 1pm on Saturday 21 June. From Monday 23 June to Friday 4 July it will continue to be open to LSE staff, students and alumni. There will be a launch reception for the exhibition on Monday 16 June from 12 pm-2 pm.
Presenter
Myriam Hernández Vazquez
Myriam Hernández Vazquez is an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and a social development professional, activist, and film producer with over 12 years of experience working alongside indigenous peoples, youth, and women’s organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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