Spain: Around Nature Panel Series

This multidisciplinary project by the Cultural Office of the Spanish Embassy in the U.S. and artist Juanli Carrión explores the socio-botanical consequences of the Magellan-Elcano expedition.

On the occasion of the 5th Centenary of the first trip around the world, accomplished by Juan Sebastian Elcano, Spanish artist Juanli Carrión will design a garden as the centerpiece of a program of activities that include workshops, performances, and a series of online panel discussions presented in collaboration with the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences.

Commercial interests about clove and nutmeg were the principal motivation of Magellan & Elcano’s expedition that became the first trip around the world 500 years ago. The demand for these two spices in Europe would change the world forever on many levels: establishing the first global commercial route, connecting three continents ecologically and gastronomically, and setting the bases for our current globalized world.

In these series of three panel discussions, biologists, ecologists, chefs, historians, scholars and artists will discuss the role of Nature in our globalized world using Around Nature’s garden and first circumnavigation as starting points.

Join the virtual presentation and panel for the second and third installation on Thursday, May 21st and Thursday, May 28th, both at 11:00 AM EDT.

For more information and to RSVP, click here.