06. Commitment to society Annual Report 2013 103 In Barcelona: Since 2009, the Fundación Santillana and the Casa Catalunya Amèrica have organized cultural activities involving writers, photographers, journalists and artists and revolving around the relationship between Latin America and Spain. During 2012 the following activities were held: ƒƒ Recital: From Mario to Benedetti. On January 26, the actor and singer David Planas and the singer-songwriter Carles Cors performed a musicalstorytelling recital based on the work of Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti. ƒƒ Latin America in Transit. On February 6, we hosted a debate between the Chilean writer Cynthia Rimsky and Argentine writer Andrés Neuman on travel literature and the poetics of trains and airports. ƒƒ Brazil, a future present. From May 21 to 24, 2012, we organized a conference dedicated to Brazil to analyze the growth that this country has been experiencing in recent years. The events were held with the support and participation of the Brazilian Consulate in Barcelona and the Brazil-Catalonia-Barcelona Regional Chamber of Commerce. ƒƒ José Figueres, the man who transformed Costa Rica. Aconference on November 30, headed by Maria Rosa Serrano, the author of a biography on José Figueres, coinciding with the 64th anniversary of the dissolution of the army of Costa Rica ordered by the then President Jose Figueres Ferrer of Catalan origin. The conference covered his political career. ƒƒ Music and philosophy in Brazil. A series of concerts devoted to various Brazilian musicians and Brazilian popular music. The first concert, dedicated to philosophy, was held on November 20 and was led by Carlinhos Pitera. The second concert, with Darlly Maia and performed on December 13, was a tribute to Jorge Amado on the centenary of his birth. In Mallorca: ƒƒ The Formentor Literary Conversations Series. Great literary characters: Ulysses, Hamlet, Madame Bovary,Anna Karenina, etc. The fifth edition of the literary forum, organized by the Balearic Regional Government and the Fundación Santillana, and in collaboration with the hotel Barceló Formentor, was held on September 14, 15 and 16. This year brought together a distinguished group of editors, writers, journalists, literary agents and critics to discuss great, immortal literary characters. In Santillana del Mar: ƒƒ Presentation of an avant-garde work by Goeritz to the National Museum and Research Center of Altamira. Since August 2012, the Museum of Altamira has exhibited, next to some of the oldest art in the world, an avant-garde work by Mexican painter Mathias Goeritz. The piece, owned by the Fundación Santillana, is a sketch for the poster of the Caves of Altamira (1948), and was presented to the museum. In Santander: ƒƒ Tribute to Carlos Fuentes. On July 12, 2012, a remembrance ceremony and tribute to the late Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes was held in Santander, in the auditorium of Magdalena Palace. The Fundación Santillana and International University Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) paid tribute to the writer and were joined by the journalist Silvia Lemus, the writer Jorge Volpi, the former president of Colombia Belisario Betancur, the rector of the UIMP Salvador Ordonez, the writer and academic, Juan Luis Cebrian, the literary critic Julio Ortega, and writer Gonzalo Celorio. ƒƒ Cultural Journalism Seminar. Cultural journalism in new media: digital newspapers, blogs and social networks. The third edition of this seminar dedicated to cultural journalism was held within the framework of the summer courses offered by the UIMP in Santander, and was organized by the UIMP Foundation and the Fundación Santillana, with the collaboration of the TEC in Monterrey. Papers given by experts and journalists who participated are available at the www.periodismocultural.es website. ƒƒ Lessons and Masters. This year’s event, the sixth of its kind, looked at the humor and graphic journalism of Antonio Fraguas (Forges), José María Pérez (Peridis) and Andres Rabago (El Roto). Lessons and Masters was established in 2007. Organized by the
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