Culture

Between spectacle and the cultural frontier: Politics and identity in the Super Bowl LX halftime show

The Super Bowl show confirmed that, in global popular culture, spectacle is never neutral: language, identity, and political power are contested even on the most massive stage of entertainment.

The Super Bowl and the inverted mirror of selective Latinidad

The exaltation of a selective Latinidad, celebrated as cultural inclusion, conceals internal hierarchies and deep inequalities in the migratory treatment of different Latin American communities.

The night reggaeton challenged the empire: Bad Bunny and the battle for cultural hegemony

At the heart of the most powerful spectacle in the United States, Bad Bunny turned reggaeton into an act of cultural insurrection that challenged, live and without translation, the hegemony of the empire.

Every person with talent is an act of collective care

The closure of Ecuador’s Ministry of Culture reveals its weak role, political misuse, and failure to act as a pillar of collective care for talent.

From Barrel to Branding: El Chavo del Ocho as a Strategy of Nostalgia and Market

In recent years, the incorporation of technologies such as deepfake has allowed the series to be reinterpreted in order to connect with new audiences.

Cultural diversity is also biodiversity

In Latin America there is a great cultural wealth of ways of relating to the environment. Over the years, populations have constantly adapted to nature.