Join the Tishman Center, Pratt Institute GCPE and Bomba Estero for a conversation about the environment, history and culture of the Magdalena River, the main River of Colombia. This event will feature people speakers that have intimate knowledge of how the river has shaped the not only the history and culture of Colombia, but also the world. Since most of the event will be in Spanish, interpretation to English will be available. 

Speakers include:

Simón Mejía Founder and producer of Bomba Estereo and Yuma Sonic River Producer 

Mathilde Camacho, Tambora Music Guardian

Martin Epsana, Founder, Corporacion Cantos del Rio 

Wade Davis, Anthropologist, Author of Magdalena: River of Dreams

Xandra Uribe, Designer and Creative Director

This event is part of both the Communities Beyond Crisis event series and The New School's Earth Month programming. Zoom webinar information will be sent out in advance of the event. 

Presented by the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School, Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment  and Bomba Estereo