‘TAKING FORM, MAKING WORLDS’ WINS THE 2023 LASA PRIZE FOR
BEST BOOK IN LATIN AMERICAN VISUAL CULTURE STUDIES
BEST BOOK IN LATIN AMERICAN VISUAL CULTURE STUDIES
I am delighted to share that 'Taking Form, Making Worlds', the book I wrote with the wonderful Lucy Bell and Patrick O'Hare, has won the Latin American Studies Association’s Best Book in Latin American Visual Culture Studies! The award presentation will be made at the 2023 LASA Congress in Vancouver. Viva!
Fico muito feliz! Escrevi ‘Taking Form, Making Worlds' com o maravilhoso Lucy Bell e Patrick O’Hare e o livro acabou ganhando um premio da Associação de Estudos Latino-Americanos! Venceu na categoria Melhor Livro em Estudos de Cultura Visual da América Latina! Viva Dulcinéia Catadora e todas as cartoneras!
Fico muito feliz! Escrevi ‘Taking Form, Making Worlds' com o maravilhoso Lucy Bell e Patrick O’Hare e o livro acabou ganhando um premio da Associação de Estudos Latino-Americanos! Venceu na categoria Melhor Livro em Estudos de Cultura Visual da América Latina! Viva Dulcinéia Catadora e todas as cartoneras!
auflynn [at] arts.ucla.edu
Alex Ungprateeb Flynn is an Assistant Professor at the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, University of California, Los Angeles. Working as an anthropologist and curator, Alex’s practice explores the intersection of ethnographic and curatorial modes of enquiry. Researching collaboratively with activists, curators and artists in Brazil since 2007, Alex explores the prefigurative potential of art in community contexts, prompting the theorisation of fields such as the production of knowledge, the pluriversal, and the social and aesthetic dimensions of form.