Film screening and Book Launch
Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
- Date
- Wednesday 3 December 2025
- Time
- Address
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Schouwburgstraat
Schouwburgstraat 2
2511 VA The Hague - Room
- Living Lab
Step into a world where many worlds fit
Join us for the short film exhibition and book launch 'Pluriversal Politics: Otomí History, Language, Culture, and Cosmovision' by Dr. Ewald Hekking, a Dutch scholar who has spent 40 years working to preserve the Otomi language. It will be an immersive journey into the vibrant knowledge systems of the Otomí people of Mexico. Explore how their language, artistry, and worldview offer powerful insights into alternative ways of living, knowing, and resisting in today’s interconnected world. Discover stories woven into textiles, voices that speak through history, and a philosophy that redefines what it means to coexist. Come expand your perspective—one thread, one word, one world at a time.
Programme day 2: Wednesday 3 December
Languages: English, Spanish, Dutch
13.00-15.00: Short films and Documentary Screening.
- Lele y Dontxu. Jat’i Cine Comunitario. Director: Miguel Rosales. 2019; 3 min
- Muñeca lele de Santiago. Jat’i Cine Comunitario. Director: Miguel Rosales. 2019; 5.23 min
- Ra ‘behñä bödi. Mujer sabia. Wise woman. Director: Carlos Gordillo; 2020; Duración: 39.25 min
Conversation with Carlos Gordillo and Q&A with the audience.
16.00-17.30: Book Launch (English, Spanish, Dutch)
Brief Introduction by H.E. Ms Carmen Moreno Toscano, Ambassador of Mexico to the Netherlands.
Otomi worldview: a way of seeing, feeling and depicting the world. Nthanduximhai ñäñho: honja da thandi, da ts’a, ne da ‘bede ar ximhai. Cosmovisión Otomí: una forma de mirar, sentir y contar el mundo. De kosmos volgens Otomi’s: een manier van de wereld bekijken, beleven en vertellen.
By Ewald Hekking and Roberto Aurelio Núñez López.
Q&A with the audience.
Speakers
- Roberto Aurelio Núñez López, Facultad de Lenguas y Letras, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico
- Ewald Hekking, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico
- Carlos Antonio Gordillo Muñoz, Facultad de Filosofia, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico
Commentators
- Professor dr Rolando Vazquez Melken, Professor of Post/Decolonial Theories and Literatures, with a focus on the Global South at the department of Literary and Cultural Analysis & the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
- Dr Nanne Timmer- Associate Professor at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.
- Dr Adriana Churampi Ramirez - University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.
Co-organisers
- Professor dr. Rosalba Icaza Garza, Leiden University.
- Dr. Fabiola Jiménez Morán Sotomayor, First Secretary, Mexican Embassy in the Netherlands.
Join this event
Everyone is welcome to join, registration is not necessary.
This afternoon is part of a two-day event: A lecture and exhibition on 2 December, and a film screening and book launch on 3 December.