Last 17th of May took place the workshop about interdisciplinarity as part of the project BioResilience - Colombia, biodiversity resilience and ecosystem services in post-conflict socio-ecological systems. This workshop was facilitated by Olga Lucia Hernández Manrique leader of Social Sciences department of Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt and Seila Fernández Arconada, artist in residence at the project BioResilience. During the workshop a number of activities took place including talks from local projects by Ana Maria Garrido and Alejandra Osejo and other activities to discuss about interdisciplinarity and resilience among other topics of interest at the project together with the postdocs Mónica Amador, Felipe Franco and Julieth Serrano.
http://sites.exeter.ac.uk/bioresilience/

17th of May 2019, Sede Venado de Oro Instituto Humboldt, Bogotá (Colombia)
Photos taken by Seila Fernández Arconada

9/05/2019, Bogotá (Colombia)

​I am pleased to announce my participation on the project "Colombia BioResilience: Biodiversity resilience and ecosystem services in post-conflict socio-ecological systems in Colombia"; an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from different disciplines from Colombia (Instituto Humboldt) and the UK (University of Bristol and University of Exeter) where I am the artist in residence.

This project includes the investigators: T.R. Feldpausch, D.H. Urrego, N. Millner, T. Pennington, L. Mercado and the project partners: E. Alvarez-Dávila, C.R.Montes-Pulido, J. Richardson, C. Velasquez-Ruiz, D. Armenteras, O.L.Hernández-Manrique.

With this project I will be participating on this project while based at Instituto Humboldt in Bogotá (Colombia) in May, June and July this year as well as participating in scientific expeditions in different sites in Colombia. I look forward to collaborate in this interdisciplinary process aiming to challenge perceptions on collaborative methods and participatory engagement. 

​More information will be uploaded soon. 

​Photos taken at an exploratory research trip in a scientific expedition by Instituto Humboldt.
Photos by Seila Fernández Arconada. Colombia, June 2018 

This workshop took place at the Psychology Faculty of Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (Querétaro, México) on the 25th of February 2019. 

"Punto de Reunión: Procesos artísticos puntualizando el aquí y ahora" (Metting point: artistic proceses pointing out the here-now") focused on artistic processes and multidisciplinary approaches inspired by socio-environmental contemporary concerns. From the "meeting points/puntos de reunión" the participants engaged with a number of activities in order to bring their skills and expertise to an "in between" collaborative space. Hands on activities and conceptual discussions led to collective creation in which participants responded to those puntos de reunión as site specific collective artistic responses. 

Thanks to all participants: Adriana, Karen, Jessica, Mariana, Caro, Lizeth, Lupita,
Maria Daniela, Joshua, Pedro, Marcela, Rodrigo y Mariana

Photos of the process taken by Seila Fernández Arconada

Taller impartido por Seila Fernández Arconada (artista e investigadora)                   
25 Febrero 2019 de 10 a 3pm. Facultad de Psicología Social UAQ (Querétaro, Mexico)

El taller está dirigido a alumnos con interés en procesos artísticos multidisciplinares que se inspiran del ámbito socio-medioambiental contemporáneo. Desde los "puntos de reunión" los participantes partirán del mapeo del espacio público trabajando diferentes técnicas de exploración artística buscando así reflexionar desde el encuentro y la colaboración multidisciplinar. 

During the last weeks, I have been invited by the Psychology Department of the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (Mexico) to give a number of talks in the courses "Estratégias de Intervención" and "Acercamiento a temáticas sociales" both at the Licenciatura de Psicología. These courses are led by the lecturer and researcher Alejandro Mira Tapia who holds a research study about intercultural studies and youth in the Otomí indigenous community.