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The Dartmouth Article about this year's Orozco Lecture by Kency Cornejo

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Kency Cornejo discusses art as decolonial resistance in annual Orozco lecture

During her lecture in the Hood Museum of Art, Cornejo spoke about her book, "Visual Disobedience: Art and Decoloniality in Central America," and its focus on Central American migrants.

By Emmy Martinez

Published February 10, 2025

On Feb. 6, University of California, Los Angeles, professor Kency Cornejo delivered the Manton Foundation Annual Orozco Lecture in the Hood Museum of Art. Cornejo discussed her July 2024 book, "Visual Disobedience: Art and Decoloniality in Central America" — a text which explores artistic strategies for "Indigenous, feminist and anti-carceral resistance in the wake of torture, disappearance, killings and U.S.-funded civil wars in Central America," according to its blurb.

Read the full article at The Dartmouth