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Seminar insights: Student projects on censorship in South and Central America
What is the current situation regarding the suppression of freedom of expression in the world - especially in Central and South America?
In the winter semester 2024/25, two seminars in German and Romance literary studies explored this question:
"Current Censorship Phenomena" by Nikola Roßbach and "Censorship and Freedom of Expression in Central and South America" by Jan-Henrik Witthaus.
First, we discussed concepts and theories of censorship and took an in-depth look at the history and present of censorship in Central and South America.
Two case studies provided concrete insights into specific censorship policies: one on the Mexican investigative journalist Anabel Hernández García and the other on the historical censorship of the Brazilian military dictatorship: Henrique Bordini (Erlangen) reported on his archival research.
The seminar focused on student projects on censorship in various countries: Chile, Guyana, Hawaii, Cuba and Mexico. Interesting discoveries were also made about Argentina. The results can be found in the "Kassel List", the world's largest database of banned books.
Take a look at our country information - Chile, Cuba and Argentina are already online: www.kasselerliste.com.