61st Virtual Colloquium on New Indigenous Architecture to Focus on Indigenous Memorials in Chile and Argentina
Scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 18:00 Argentina time (15:00 Mexico, 16:00 Peru, 21:00 GMT), the 61st Virtual Colloquium on New Indigenous Architecture will delve into "Indigenous Memorials in South America: Chile and Argentina." This event is being organized by ARQA, the National University of Misiones, and the Autonomous University of Yucatán. Notable speakers include architect Alexandro Javier Fernández, Raúl Fernández from the QOM-MOQOIT Community, as well as Eugenio Salas Olave, Hernán Bartolomé Curiñir Lincoqueo, and Hugo Mera Merino. Attendees can join the live stream on ARQA's YouTube and Facebook, with no need for prior registration. The discussion will center on indigenous architecture and memorialization in the region.
Key facts
- The 61st Virtual Colloquium on New Indigenous Architecture will be held on October 27, 2026.
- The session is titled "Indigenous Memorials in South America: Chile and Argentina."
- Speakers include Alexandro Javier Fernández, Raúl Fernández, Eugenio Salas Olave, Hernán Bartolomé Curiñir Lincoqueo, and Hugo Mera Merino.
- The event is organized by ARQA, the National University of Misiones, and the Autonomous University of Yucatán.
- The colloquium will be streamed live on YouTube and Facebook, with audience participation via chat.
- Alexandro Javier Fernández authored the Monument-Cenotaph in memory of the Napalpí massacre.
- Eugenio Salas Olave has a 45-year artistic career and has published 10 books.
- Hernán Bartolomé Curiñir Lincoqueo has been president of AIDMapuche since 2012.
- The Folontu Aliwen Mapuche Memorial was declared a Historical Monument in 2026.
- Hugo Mera Merino's Folontu Aliwen Memorial was declared a National Monument in 2024.
Entities
Artists
- Alexandro Javier Fernández
- Raúl Fernández
- Eugenio Salas Olave
- Hernán Bartolomé Curiñir Lincoqueo
- Hugo Mera Merino
- Víctor Hugo Mera Merino
- Gerónimo Ayala
- Israel Chancusig
- Diana Paola Gómez Grazon
- Omar Andrés Marzola Certuche
Institutions
- ARQA
- Universidad Nacional de Misiones
- Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
- Comunidad QOM-MOQOIT
- Instituto del Aborigen Chaqueño (IDACH)
- Universidad Católica de Temuco
- Universidad de Chile
- Instituto Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (INDH)
- Asociación de Investigación y Desarrollo Mapuche (AIDMapuche)
- Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales
- Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales
- Universidad Mayor
- Vienna University of Technology
- Woodarch
- CORMA Chile
- Coloquio de Nueva Arquitectura Indígena
- Universidad Católica, Campus Itapúa
- Universidad Columbia del Paraguay
- Instituto Técnico Superior Internacional de Encarnacion
- Ministerio de la Vivienda y Urbanismo
- Entidad Binacional Yacyreta (EBY)
- Equinoxio Arquitectura y Construcción
- Universidad Central del Ecuador
- Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca (CRIC)
- Programa de Educación Bilingüe e Intercultural (PEBI-CRIC)
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor del Cauca
Locations
- Chile
- Argentina
- Mexico
- Peru
- Arauco Province
- Biobío Region
- La Araucanía Region
- Temuco
- Spain
- Barcelona
- Italy
- France
- Brazil
- Itapúa
- Paraguay
- Latacunga
- Ecuador
- México
- Perú
- Encarnacion
- Colombia
- Cauca
- Inza
- La Gaitana Indigenous Reservation