Talk – Diverse Heritage – Juncalillo

Talk «Diverse Heritage of midlands and summits of Gran Canaria» in the Parish Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán of Juncalillo, Gáldar, Gran Canaria.

• Table nº5: «The whistled language», with the following program:
  17.30 hours
  Conference: The whistled language in Gran Canaria: notes on its history, current situation and protection measures.
  María Jesús Rodríguez Medina
  Dr. in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC). Full Professor of University in the area of Translation and Interpreting of the Department of Modern Philology, Translation and Interpreting (ULPGC). Dean of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (ULPGC). Director of the Cultural Classroom of Whistled Language (ULPGC).
  19:00 hours
  Open conversation to the public:
  María Jesús Rodríguez Medina, Juan Sebastián López García (Insular Director of Historical Heritage of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria and Official Chronicler of Gáldar) Sergio Perera Mendoza (researcher), Raúl Martín Almeida (whistler) and others current whistlers and descendants of traditional whistlers.

  Free admission until full capacity.

The sessions will be held on the 5th, 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th of this month of December, and each of them will be dedicated to a specific tradition or knowledge. Specifically, the one that will take place in Temisas (Agüimes) will focus on Canarian wrestling; the one in La Atalaya (Santa Brígida), on toponymy; the one in Tejeda, on dry stone; the one in Tenteniguada (Valsequillo), on artisanal crafts, and the one in Juncalillo (Gáldar), on whistling.

In this regard, it should be noted that each theme reflects a particular form of relationship between communities and their environment, from knowledge transmitted from generation to generation to practices that have shaped the landscape, crafts, language, and daily life of the midlands.

Free admission until full capacity, no prior registration required