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The University of Manchester, Oxford Road
M139PL Manchester
United Kingdom
I am Senior Lecturer (roughly equivalent to an associate professor) in Latin American Cultural Studies in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. I am also Co-Director of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
My research examines the intersection of race and cultural production in contemporary Latin America. My monograph The Darkening Nation (University of Wales Press, 2018) explores the connections between the 2001 financial meltdown in Argentina and the crisis of narratives of whiteness and national belonging, by examining literary texts, popular music, artworks and films. I am also the co-editor of Chile desde los estudios culturales (Universidad Finis Terrae, 2019) and Cultures of Anti-Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean (Institute of Latin American Studies, 2019).
I am currently a co-investigator in Cultures of Anti-Racism in Latin America (CARLA), a three-year project (starting January 2020) awarded a £1million grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) to explore how artists in Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia address racial diversity in their work and how they use their art to challenge racism. The project is directed by Prof Peter Wade.
From August 2023 I will be PI in the AHRC-funded project Indigenous Youth Subcultures and New Media in Latin America.
It's my belief that a university should be a place where academics and students come together to scrutinise the world with intellectual rigor and curiosity. I, therefore, don't worship the current gods of Management, Success, Rankings, Competition and Big Shiny Buildings.
My current research interests include:
I am keen to supervise postgraduate students with an interest in race and culture in Latin America, literary and cultural production in the Southern Cone, contemporary Latin American visual culture, art and popular music, and post- and anticolonial epistemologies.
PhD students:
I am the convenor for the final-year modules SPLA31121 Plural Cultures of Latin American and the Caribbean and SPLA31092 The Politics of Business in Latin America.
I also contribute to the following units:
SPLA10410 Cultures of the Hispanic World
SPLA10420 Themes in Spanish and Latin American Studies
SPLA20862 Cultures of Revolution in Latin America
SPLA31121 Plural Cultures of Latin American and the Caribbean
ELAN60362 Border Crossings: Comparative Cultures of Diaspora
WRLD10022 World Literatures: Definitions and Debates
LALC61052 Popular Music and Identity
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
HEA Fellow, The Higher Education Academy
Award Date: 10 Oct 2016
Doctor of Philosophy, Rethinking Whiteness and Racial Homogeneity in Argentina during the Neoliberal Crisis: An Assessment of Critical Approaches through Literature, Film, Art and Popular Music, The University of Manchester
26 Sep 2010 → 12 Sep 2013
Award Date: 10 Jan 2014
Master of Arts, Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, Universita di Firenze
1 Oct 2008 → 2 Aug 2010
Award Date: 2 Aug 2010
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ignacio Aguilo (Speaker)
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Ignacio Aguilo (Speaker)
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Ignacio Aguilo (Speaker)
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Ignacio Aguilo (Speaker)
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Ignacio Aguilo (Speaker)
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