Joy Olson
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: I will present the problem of migrant kidnapping in Mexico, where extortion payments are demanded of family members in the US. Together we will explore things that can be done to address …
Dr. Charles Walker
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: On March 2, 1982, approximately seventy-five Shining Path guerrillas neutralized the police and attacked the Ayacucho jail. This stunning raid allowed about eighty of their comrades to escape as well as 175 …
Dr. Alberto Vargas, LACIS Associate Director
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: This presentation will focus on the Why, How and So What, of LACIS as a program to educate new generations, support faculty, and offer outreach to the general public about Latin America, …
Tinker Visiting Professor of Anthropology, Fabio Feldmann
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: Brazil will host the COP30 (Conference of Parties of Climate Convention) next year in Belem, Para, located in Amazonia. There is a great expectation for the outcomes of this meeting and a …
Dr. Lola Loustaunau
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 11:45 am - 12:45 pm
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About the presentation: This presentation will discuss and analyze the multifaceted struggles spearheaded primarily by migrant Latinas working in the food processing sector in the Pacific Northwest during the COVID-19 pandemic. It seeks to unravel …
Tinker-Nave Summer Field Research Grant Recipients Alec Armon, Christian Fidel Revilla Arizaca, and Jacob Sorrells
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Presented by Tinker-Nave Summer Field Research Grant Recipients Alec Armon, Christian Fidel Revilla Arizaca, and Jacob Sorrells Presentation #1: “Chile’s Water Market and the Politics of Drought in the Coquimbo Region” presented by Alec Armon. …
Tanairi Diaz-Lopez, Fernanda M. Hernandez Betanzos, and Mariana Sarkis Olson
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Presented by Tinker-Nave Summer Field Research Grant Recipients: Tanairi Diaz-Lopez, Fernanda M. Hernandez Betanzos, and Mariana Sarkis Olson. Presentation #1: “Puerto Rican Artists and their Fight for Black Representation,” presented by Tanairi Diaz-Lopez. The presentation …
Dr. Diego Román
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: This presentation discusses the efforts of a migrant Salasaka Indigenous community from the Ecuadorian Andes living in Galapagos in establishing a bilingual Kichwa-Spanish school. Galapagos, a province of Ecuador, is a region …
Presented by Dr. Theresa Delgadillo
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: Published this year, Geographies of Relation (2024) examines interrelationships among diaspora and borderlands subjects in the process of cultural formation. In this book presentation, Delgadillo will consider the significance of a relational …
Dr. Frank Salomon
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
About the presentation: Andean people of the Inca era, like many New World peoples, prized the heads of captive enemies. From the Quechua Manuscript of Huarochirí we know that Inca-era victors made immortal masks out …
