Fitch Colloquium, Historic Preservation Program Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Columbia University in the City of New York The 2009 Fitch Colloquium will cast new light on the recent history of preservation in Latin America by focusing on its role in the modernization of Latin America. Up to what point can we conceive of preservation as an essential part of the cultural politics of modern architecture in Latin America? To what degree did modern architecture and preservation work harmoniously or antagonistically in processes of cultural formation or disaggregation? These and other relevant questions will be addressed by a distinguished group of speakers, including scholars and contemporary practitioners, whose work is generating new ideas about historic preservation in Latin America.