Event Details
Arpilleras Poéticas book cover (Photo: Martin Melaugh, © Conflict Textiles) |
| Presentation, dialogue and discussion: | Threads of Memory: Poetry, Conflict Textiles, and Transitional Justice in Chile |
| Description: | 23rd January 2026
4-5.30 pm
Event Organiser and Chair: Dr Anita Ferrara
Curator: Roberta Bacic
Speakers: Roberta Bacic, Dr Kate Quinn, and Dr Rachel Robinson
Poetry Translation and Reading: Lorna Shaughnessy
Music: Pamela Luque
Threads of Memory: Poetry, Conflict Textiles, and Transitional Justice in Chile
Hosted by the Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway
This interdisciplinary event explores how art and poetry act as forms of testimony and resistance in the aftermath of political violence. Focusing on Chile’s experience of dictatorship and its long search for truth and justice, the session highlights the evocative power of arpilleras poéticas—textile artworks and poetic expressions that weave together personal and collective memory.
The event features Roberta Bacic (Conflict Textiles, curator / Visiting Professor Ulster University), who will present her new book, Arpilleras Poéticas, alongside Pamela Luque, an arpillera artist from Chile, and reflections from Dr Rachel Robinson and Dr Kate Quinn (University of Galway). A bilingual poetry reading on the disappeared in Chile will accompany the discussion, inviting the audience to reflect on the intersections of art, justice, and remembrance.
Invite to the public event can be found here
Video of arpillerista Gala Torres dancing Cueca Sola in March 1990, Estadio Nacional. |
| Commissioned by: | Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway |
| Date(s): | 23rd January 2026 - 23rd January 2026 |
| Venue: | O’Donoughe Theatre
Cappa Villa, University Rd University Rd, Galway |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Facilitator: | Dr Anita Ferrara, Lecturer School of Law |
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| Documents: |
• Threads of Memory Poster - view
• Threads of Memory Presentation 23/01/26 - view
• Threads of Memory Photo Gallery - view
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