Days – Wells of Oblivion

Conference «The Wells of Oblivion» by the Association for the Historical Memory of Arucas (AMHA) in Arucas, Gran Canaria.

Program:

MONDAY, MARCH 16

• 09:00 h. School visit: Route through the places of traumatic memory. From courses of IES Guanarteme (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), viewing of the video «The Wells of Oblivion» and meeting with Pino Sosa Sosa, president of the AMHA. (Arucas old town and AMHA headquarters).

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

• 09:00 h. Visit: Route through the places of traumatic memory. A course from IES Gran Canaria (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), viewing of the video «The Wells of Oblivion» and meeting with Pino Sosa Sosa, president of the AMHA. (Arucas old town and AMHA headquarters).

THURSDAY MARCH 26

• 8:00 p.m. Screening of the short documentary: «The Wells of Oblivion» and subsequent debate with the participation of Pino Sosa Sosa. Collaborators: Ágora Social Debate Commission (Valsequillera Assembly) and Valsequillo City Council. (Cronista Jacinto Suárez Martel Municipal Theater, Valsequillo).

FRIDAY MARCH 27

• 19:00 h. Round table: Historical memory; educational experiences. With the participation of María Rodríguez Camacho (Professor of Geography and History), Antonio Bellido Recio (Professor of French, both from the ERASMUS+ project of IES Puerto del Rosario), Candelaria González Rodríguez (Professor of the Department of Historical Sciences and coordinator of the subject of History of Spain (PAU) at ULPGC) and Octavio Gómez Santana (Professor of Geography and History at IES Las Huesas, Telde). Moderated by: Inma Suárez Gutiérrez. (Casa de la Cultura, c/ Gourié, 3, Arucas).

SATURDAY MARCH 28

• 11:00 h. HOMAGE AT THE ARUCAS BRIDGE WELL TO THE DISAPPEARED – FLORAL OFFERING. Speaker: Pino Sosa Sosa, president of the AMHA. (Arucas Bridge Well and Municipal Cemetery).

• 12:30 h. VISIT: ROUTE THROUGH THE PLACES OF TRAUMATIC MEMORY with group open to participation. Departure from the AMHA headquarters (Plaza de la Constitución, 4).

• 2:00 p.m. CLOSING OF THE EXHIBITIONS «THE WELLS OF FORGETFULNESS» OF THE AMHA. (House of Culture, Gourié St., 3, Arucas).

• 19:00 h. TALK/DEBATE: LA GOMERA, RECOVERING ITS HISTORICAL MEMORY. With the participation of Ventura del Carmen and Josefina Rodríguez Herrera, Pino Sosa Sosa, president of the AMHA. Moderated by: Inma Suárez Gutiérrez. (House of Culture, Gourié St., 3, Arucas).

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

• 11:00 h. HOMAGE AT THE TENOYA BRIDGE WELL TO THE DISAPPEARED – FLORAL OFFERING. Initiative of the Atis Neighborhood Association (San Francisco Javier – Arucas). (Tenoya Ravine Well – under the bridge).

• 12:00 h. CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE «THE WELLS OF FORGETFULNESS» OF THE AMHA.

EXHIBITIONS

• Joint Exhibitions: «Recovery of the historical memory of Francoist repression in the Canary Islands: written and oral sources» by ULPGC, a sample of the exhibition «The Wells of Oblivion» and the photographic exhibition «Tributes for the memory of the victims» by Mónica Rodríguez Medina. (March 13 to 28, Casa de la Cultura, c/ Gourié, 3, Arucas).

• Permanent Exhibition: «The Wells of Oblivion». (March 13 to 28, AMHA Headquarters, Plaza de la Constitución, 4, Arucas).