Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE) of the Universidad de la República de Uruguay
Hub Convenor: Laura Brum Bulanti (Ph.D. candidate), Environmental History Group (GHAM, CURE).
Research Interests: Environmental history – Critical heritage studies – Landscape archaeology – Gender studies
Thesis Title: Anthropization process in eastern coastal region of Uruguay. An historical -ecological analysis of landscape evolution in the west coast of Maldonado state.
About the Hub
The Eastern Region University Center (CURE) of the Universidad de la República is serving as part of the WAC-10 Global Hub for Uruguay. The university is grateful to be part of this global network. It is an important opportunity to connect local students, scholars and indigenous organizations in this global network, to promote exchange and discussions in livestreamed congress sessions and other campus activities during the event.
Dates: 22, 23, 25, 26 & 27 June 2025
Time: 3:30 PM – 7:30 PM (recorded sessions) – 8:00 PM – 11:30 PM (livestreamed sessions) (Montevideo Standard Time)
Location: Polyfunctional Room, Eastern Regional Center (CURE), Rocha city (Rocha state, Uruguay).
Format: Livestreamed and recorded sessions followed by interactive discussions and local engagement activities
Hub Activities
– Workshops
– Students and scholars presentations
– Screening of WAC-10 livestreamed panels and keynote sessions
– Different faculties and departments are invited to participate, considering a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields of our institution (Archaeology, Cultural Landscape, Land Planning, Environmental management, Touristic studies, Environmental sciences). There are also welcome indigenous groups, social organizations, practitioners, policy makers, teachers, museums and institutions related to heritage studies, protection and management.
Statement by the Hub Convenor
I am honoured to convene the WAC -10 Global Hub in Uruguay. This initiative promotes integrating global discussions and communities of practice, connecting local to global. It encourages dialogue and conversations, locally and crossing borders, gathering diverse and relevant voices related to archaeology practice and heritage, from academics to indigenous organizations committed to heritage and its protection as a human right. I hope this event inspires us to explore new paths, collectively imagining futures towards a more inclusive and humanistic archaeology, to face the challenges and inequalities of our present.
The WAC-10 Global Hub in Uruguay is possible by team effort. I am specially thankful to my colleagues of the Environmental History Group (GHAM, CURE), PhD. Laura del Puerto and PhD(c) Noelia Bortolotto, whose support is making this hub a reality.
Contact
Laura Brum Bulanti
Hub Convenor – WAC-10 Uruguay
Email: lbrum@cure.edu.uy ; grupo.historia.ambiental@cure.edu.uy
Phone: (+598) 44727001ext. 390
https://www.cure.edu.uy