This week the IV TEMAC Symposium Current Debates about the Guitar in Latin America will be held at the National University of Quilmes (Buenos Aires)
Christian Spencer will participate in several activities. The first is the conversation “The Guitar in Latin America: Current Debates,” in which he and Fernanda Suppicich will present the dossier “Histories, Agencies, and Appropriations of the Guitar in Latin America,” published by OPUS. This will take place on Thursday, June 4.

In addition, the director of the Center will give two presentations. One is “Guitar Research in Latin America: Some Ideas and a Performance,” in which he will address the regional overview of the state of guitar research. The other is “Horacio Salinas and the Folk-Rooted Guitar in Chile,” in which he discusses the redefinition of the concept of folk roots using the case of Horacio Salinas, the leader of Inti-Illimani.