In Cuba, the desire for freedom does not disappear: it is nurtured, it grows, it is suppressed, it adapts, and it seeks new avenues through which to express itself.
- Date: Apr. 21, 2026 Time: 12:30 Location: Business School - 919 Luis de la Torre
Ståle Wig arrived in Havana in 2015, at a time when cracks were beginning to appear that foreshadowed imminent changes. As an anthropologist, he decided to study the situation from the inside: he settled in the city, bought a 1953 Buick, and started working as a taxi driver.
In this talk, he will share what he discovered: the concrete dreams of real people and the structures that, once again, stood in their way.
Havana Taxi: Cuba and the Years of Hope is a chronicle that traces the story of a car and three regular passengers against the backdrop of momentous changes—access to the internet, the thaw in relations with the United States, the death of Fidel Castro—and the persistent sense that something big was about to happen.
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Ståle Wig
Writer and anthropologist.
Author of a doctoral dissertation on reforms in the Cuban market, based on nearly two years spent living in Havana. After seven years of work, *Havana Taxi: Cuba and the Years of Hope* marks his debut in Spanish.