Quito's heritage must be understood in its various dimensions: architectural, historical, geographical, natural and cultural. That is why in this book we speak of heritages, in plural. Without a doubt, the greatest wealth of our city is its creative and diverse people.
In this book published in English by the Ministry of Culture of Quito we reflect on the Latin American city from a journalistic perspective. We have worked closely with the Fundación Gabriel García Márquez para el Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano.
Speech by Pablo Corral Vega, Secretary of Culture, on the Day of Interculturality. I maintain that identity is built around three great forces: memory, intimacy and the encounter with others.
Speech at the 2018 Quito Book Fair and portraits of Haruki Murakami during the event. We speak to connect with one another, language is the mirror in which we discover ourselves.
Speech during the election of the queen of rurality in Calacalí. It was especially difficult to write this text because I am opposed to beauty pageants but I consider it important to respect the traditions of rurality.
Interview with Pablo Corral by Angel Jaramillo on public cultural management for the magazine of the Chamber of Book Editors.
Speech at the opening of the exhibition of the same name. When we allow ourselves to observe the political dimension of intimacy we are forced to be defenders at all costs of tenderness, of consent.
Speech for the day of multiculturalism. Indians do not dialogue with mestizos, nor do blacks dialogue with whites. It is human beings who dialogue