Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reflection...

The event will be chaired by SPP manager Noor al-Naser. It will also include a performance by academic and musician Magda Angélica of Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala, currently a visiting scholar at Glasgow.
The event will be followed by a drinks reception.

The event will centre around a conversation between Andrei and Juliana Ramírez Muñoz from the University of Edinburgh. Through the interweaving of family history and the trajectory of the conflict, the conversation will explore the opportunities and challenges for peace in Colombia.

Andrei played an important role in the peace negotiations with the FARC and continues to be involved in work around the implementation of the agreement. The book tells the story of Andrei’s childhood growing up during the conflict.

Matt's book, Taxing for Development: Contested Ideas, the State, and Commodity Taxes in Argentina is available for free through @universitypress.cambridge.org: academic.oup.com/book/61387

Matt and Ronnie will discuss the deeply entrenched ideologies that shape processes of redistribution, state-citizen relations and ultimately tax policy, and the trajectories and legacies of the equality drives of the Latin American 'Pink Tide' governments.

And also of the attached screening of El rojo más puro, including a special introduction from the film-maker Yira Paola Plaza. Thank you for the photos, Esteban!

Some great shots of the Thinking Cinema, Thinking Latin America workshop courtesy of Esteban Zapata Paez

And last but not least, today we have Thinking Cinema, Thinking Latin America. The workshop is full but you can still sign-up to attend the screening of El rojo más puro (tinyurl.com/ybbfke89), including discussion with @irepiedrahita.bsky.social, Charlotte Gleghorn and Julieta Lobato.

Looking further ahead, we will have book talks with @andreigomezsuarez.bsky.social, @allangillies.bsky.social and Javier Auyero. Details to be confirmed - follow us here or sign up to our mailing list for updates (GLARN@gla.ac.uk)

Colombia in Dialogue are participating in the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences @uofgarc.bsky.social on 24 Oct. The event will reflect on the elusive balance between personal and working life through a gender, migrant, Latino and Colombian perspectives.

On 6 Nov, @mvbarlow.bsky.social is launching his excellent book, Taxing for Development: Contested Ideas, the State, and Commodity Taxes in Argentina. Ronnie Munck will be offering his thoughts and reflections on this important new work.