¿Qué nos ha legado el pasado? ¿Qué nos queda por hacer?

Abstract

This paper reflects on the artistic and cultural scene of the South American countries and the political conflicts surrounding this place of thought. Through the use of the concepts of colonization, postmodernity and decolonization, ways of understanding contemporary artistic and cultural relations are presented, as well as perspectives to rethink the modes of international connection of knowledge. In the face of advances in exclusion and violence policies in Brazil and Colombia, a thinking platform is established that analyzes, on the one hand, the past and the marks of the processes of domination and intellectual and social control, on the other, the present of cultural relations between countries and forms, possible points of connection, as well as critical points of view for a desired future and different from the current reality.