“Save Poetry, Save the World”, Mexico Monticello goes to 2022 (+ Photo)

The discussion was chaired by Luis Garcia Montero, Director of the Cervantes Institute, and led by Marina Nunes, Undersecretary for Cultural Development of the Secretariat, and a member of the Chabuldeb Conference.

Mondiacult 2022, assembled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and co-hosted by Mexico, will be held in Mexico City from September 28 to 30.

Garcia is also Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Montero Granada, and is a gifted poet, storyteller and columnist who has received numerous international awards for his literary work.

The professor appealed in support of poetry, with a global commitment to the salvation of the world and to a historic alliance with mother tongues, and, in that sense, to dedicating all to profound truths.

Although poetry does not solve social problems, he acknowledges that there are others that evoke reflection, for example, the severity of advances in technology and the loss of a sense of belonging that separates humanity. Others ..

Poetry is said to demand the necessity of a dialogue between reason and emotion.

In the case of Mexico’s visit to Montiacald for 2022, it is developing a comprehensive plan of international forums and meetings under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and related organizations with the aim of co-ordinating the various voices that promote debate such as “saving poetry”. , Save the world, ”explained Nunes, the second in the cycle.

Mondiacult 2022, he said, will take place within the framework of the 40th anniversary of the first World Conference of its kind held in Mexico in 1982 and will have a common purpose of reflecting cultural principles in the current context.

These include the adaptation of the cultural sector to digital transformation, the contribution of culture to social and economic development and climate change, and the cross-cutting function of culture to facilitate regression, well-being and prosperity.

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