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Nicholas Williams
Wednesday 05 February 2014, 13:00-14:00
The memories of a village in the Revolution: Las Terrazas (Cuba)
- 👤 Speaker: Nicholas Williams
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 05 February 2014, 13:00 - 14:00
- 📍 Venue: Combination Room, Wolfson College
Abstract
In 1971, the community of Las Terrazas was officially inaugurated as part of the development plan for the Sierra del Rosario, Pinar del Río province, Cuba. A comprehensive reforestation and development plan had preceded the construction of the village in a heavily impoverished area. Later, it turned into one of Cuba’s first sustainable tourism development schemes, and continues to be a model community. Oral testimony has recently been published on the subject (Reynaldo González, Conversaciones en Las Terrazas, Havanna 2010) which underpins a local identity interwoven with a national process, though its success arguably outscores that of the Cuban revolution today.
Series This talk is part of the Wolfson College Lunchtime Seminar Series - Wednesdays of Full Term series.
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