Etiqueta: Harvey

El 9 de febrero de 2015 el reconocido geógrafo británico, David Harvey, crítico del capitalismo, visitó la ciudad de Medellín (Colombia) para participar en la Cátedra Abierta Hernán Henao Delgado, organizada por el Instituto de Estudios Regionales (INER) y el Departamento de Antropología de la Universidad de Antioquia. El tema central fue el “desarrollo geográfico desigual y la producción del espacio.

Transcript of the interview by François Lucas

Foto: @tatiavend

On February 9, 2015 the renowned British geographer David Harvey, critic of capitalism, visited the city of Medellin (Colombia) to participate in the Open course Hernán Henao Delgado, organized by the Institute of Regional Studies (INER) and the Department of Anthropology of the University of Antioquia, whose theme was "uneven geographical development and production of space". In his lecture academic explained several major approaches his latest book: 17 contradictions and the end of capitalism.

This event was held as part of the XXV General Assembly of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences -CLACSO and VII Latin American and Caribbean Social Sciences Conference to be held in Medellin from 9 to 13 November 2015.

With INER management, IPC Press Agency was able to interview Harvey exclusively to discuss the crisis of capitalism and its impact on Latin America, the concentration of land in the context of the conflict in Colombia and the importance of this issue in the current peace process, accumulation by dispossession in relation to the mining sector, and representing the restoration of relations between Cuba and the United States.