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SUMMARY:Living Statues and Millenary Fishermen: Uses of Heritage during th
 e Venezeulan Crisis - Dr. Oliver Antczak\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:William Wright
DESCRIPTION:This presentation examines how heritage has been mobilised\, c
 ontested\, and weaponised during the most recent\nyears of the Venezuelan 
 crisis. Through two case studies\, it analyses heritage as a staging groun
 d for political\nnegotiation\, resistance\, and violence. First\, it explo
 res the toppling of statues of Hugo Chávez following the 2024\npresidenti
 al election\, arguing that beyond political dissent these acts engaged wit
 h widespread beliefs in the statues’\n‘magical’ potency rooted in Af
 ro-Indigenous religious traditions. Second\, it investigates the 2025 U.S.
  bombing\ncampaign in the Southern Caribbean\, demonstrating how competing
  representations of fishermen as either\n‘narcoterrorists’ or ‘humbl
 e fishermen’ were manipulated to legitimise military intervention. Toget
 her\, these cases\nshow how heritage has played an important role during t
 he latest developments of the Venezuelan crisis and opens\navenues for nua
 nced approaches to even more recent (2026) developments in the country.\n\
 nJoin this event on Teams here: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/393690779
 15537?p=O7EgBgldA7WNlhd2Yi
LOCATION:Hybrid/McDonald Seminar Room 
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