FESTIVAL 2026
wednesday 11th march
14:00 - 16:00
Opening event
Senate House Library
Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
Invitation only
Visit to the Senate House Library Special Collection of Political Posters and Pamphlets from Latin America
Going Inside the Box
Chilean Embassy
18:00
Opening remarks – Vinicius de carvalho - Charges d’Affaires
37-41 Old Queen Street, London, SW1H 9BP
Peter and the Captain
18:20
Chilean Embassy
By Mario Benedetti
Dramatic reading of the play followed by a conversation with the actors and director, moderated by Vinicius.
CAPTAIN - Gabi Lechtig Martinez
PEDRO - Josh Dorn
DIRECTOR - Harry Drummond
37-41 Old Queen Street, London, SW1H 9BP
thursday 12th march
Senate House Library 4th floor, University of London, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU
13:00 – 17:30
Day 2
13:00
Lucy Evans, Head of Collections, Senate House Library
Thinking Inside the Box Team, 10 years of Thinking Inside the Box
opening presentations
13:20
This round table will discuss the core principles of the project: Freire’s Pedagogy of Oppressed, decolonial pedagogies & performing archives.
In coversation - Anna, Julio, Eleonora, Vinicius
round table 1 - core principles
round table 2 - titb international
14:00
This round table will bring partners from Italy and Germany in a conversation about their experience with the project and its principles.
Moderator: Vinicius M de Carvalho
In conversation - Sofia Venturoli, Daniel Moncayo, Anna Bottesi
14:40
coffee break
15:00
This round table will bring a group of students that will be sharing their experiences taking part in the project.
Moderator: Eleonora Natale
round table 3 - student perspectives
Thinking Inside the Box 2026 KCL Student Project Bodies in Archives
16:00
17:00
closing remarks
13:00
friday 13th march
Day 3
opening remarks - anna grimaldi
This session looks at the potential of archival materials to contest institutional silencing and forced forgetting. It explores ways in which archives can be critically performed.
Moderator: Vinicius M de Carvalho
Kathrin Plank (Uni Passau) – Performing Holocaust Archives
Anna Bottesi (Uni Torino) – Indigenous archives in Europe
Lizi Sanchez (Artist in Residence Senate House Library)
Panel 1 - Rethinking the Political Power of Silenced Archives
13:10
13:50
Panel 2 - Conflict archives of Latin America’s Cold War
This session presents a constellation of UK based archives dedicated to capturing solidarity and resistance in relation to Latin America’s Cold War.
Moderator: Pablo Bradbury
Living Refugee Archive: Paul Dudman
Modern Records Centre (University of Warwick): Liz Wood
University Archivist University of London: Beth Astridge
14:30
coffee break
14:50
Panel 3 - Dialoguing Projects
Senate House London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
Moderator: Anna Grimaldi
Decolonising the Archive (DTA): Connie Bell, Co founder and director of Decolonising the Archive
Archives and Decolonial Pedagogy: Unearthing Narratives, Transforming Education, Dr Kavi Joseph Abraham, School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham
Performing the Archive, Michael Bachmann, School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow
Senate House Library
15:30
Day 3
Creative Workshop: Tracing Resistance and Solidarity through Visual Art Methods
Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
King’s College London Chapel,
Strand Lane, London WC2R 2LS
19:30
Day 3
Gracias a la vida – Violeta Parra (arr. for strings: Olive Payán)
La partida – Victor Jara (arr for strings: Matias Bravo)
Cantata Santa María de Iquique (1969) Luis Advis Vitaglich, arrangement for string orchestra by Osiel Vega Durán, in 2007.
O Bêbado e a Equilibrista (MPB, 1979) – João Bosco e Aldir Blanc – arr. for string orchestra Stefan Metzger
King’s Brazil Ensemble
Violins: Rita Fernandes, Angela Lochmüller, Alina Khmelevskaya, Aliyah Kassam, Javiera Francisca
Violas: Samuel Chadwick, Josie Whos
Cello: Tjaša Zalatel, Henry Williams, Isaac Montagu
Bass: John Hindley
Guitar: Sacha Bistany
Narrator: Sofia Vaisman Maturana
Concert – Celebrating the 10th anniversary of ‘Thinking Inside the Box’ project