{"332301":{"#nid":"332301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Rodriguez to present at Ouachita Baptist University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Juan Carlos Rodr\u00edguez, is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Georgia Institute of Technology and he will lecture on the topic of , \u201cUrban Projections, Cinematic Bricks: Cities as Construction Sites in Latin American Documentaries,\u201d at Ouachita University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture series is held each semester and rotates among Ouachita\u2019s seven academic schools. This semester, OBU\u2019s School of Humanities invited Dr. Rodr\u00edguez as the guest lecturer. The lecture will use documentary film to explore changing cultural and social relations due to urbanization and rapid growth in Latin American cities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this presentation, Rodr\u00edguez will explore how Latin American documentaries focusing on the processes of building, demolition and renovation offer a new window to examine the rhythm of urban change as well as the social anxieties produced by it, which in turn redefine the urban imaginaries of different cities in the region.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERodr\u00edguez earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree at Duke University. His research and teaching focuses on the areas of cinema, documentary, urban culture and literature from Latin America and the Hispanic Caribbean.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvent Details: Birkett Williams Lecture Series\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocation: Ouachita University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDate: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETime: 7:30 p.m\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Rodriguez will be a guest lecturer at Ouachita University, Arkansas on October 14, 2014"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture, \u201cUrban Projections, Cinematic Bricks: Cities as Construction Sites in Latin American Documentaries,\u201d will be held in Mabee Fine Art Center\u2019s McBeth Recital Hall on Ouachita\u2019s campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Rodriguez will be a guest lecture at Ouachita University, Arkansas as part of their Birkett Williams Lecture Series"}],"uid":"27835","created_gmt":"2014-10-08 14:16:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:11","author":"Shamiso Barnett","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"332291":{"id":"332291","type":"image","title":"Juan Carlos Rodriguez","body":null,"created":"1449245114","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:05:14","changed":"1475895044","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:44","alt":"Juan Carlos Rodriguez","file":{"fid":"201836","name":"15c10402-p11-082_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/15c10402-p11-082_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/15c10402-p11-082_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1892354,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/15c10402-p11-082_1_0.jpg?itok=oJHvIcmr"}}},"media_ids":["332291"],"groups":[{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"171370","name":"spanish modern languages lecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShamiso Barnett - Tel: 404 385 7327\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Shamiso.Barnett@modlangs.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}