Lapiztola
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation/presenters: Lapiztola is a collective of urban graphic artists from Oaxaca, Mexico who use stencils created from photography, digital media, and collage to create street art and graphic prints with the goal of using …
Dr. Almita Miranda
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presenter: Almita A. Miranda is an Assistant Professor of Geography and Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a cultural anthropologist and geographer specializing in Latinx and legal geographies, race/ethnicity, …
Dr. Katherine Jensen
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: Brazil has been widely lauded as the best place in the world for refugees. Yet its celebrated policies veil how racism shapes the everyday politics of asylum. “The Color of Asylum” follows …
Andrés Pertierra
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: My presentation will cover three main topics. First, it will introduce my dissertation project, exploring how Cuban-Spanish relations from the late Cold War to the end of the 1990s played a key …
Viviana Veloza Martinez
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: More than 10,000 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18 are involved in the juvenile justice system in Colombia (Sistema de Responsabilidad Penal Adolescente). The law establishes that adolescents must have …
Matilde Cachiguango Muenala, Aida Inuca, and David Kiefer, M.D.
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: In this presentation, the speakers will review their background and interest in medicinal plants, both those that are found locally or commonly in the United States, and some examples from Andean Ecuador. …
Dr, Nancy Gomez
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: This presentation examines how combining films about memory with the photovoice method allows participants to express their experiences about historical events, creating alternative narratives that challenge official accounts. It focuses on Llosa’s …
Dr. Raquel Paraiso
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: In the Huasteca region of northeastern Mexico, music plays a central role in festivals and celebrations related to religious and secular (agricultural and life cycle celebrations). Traditional music can transmit continuity and …
Rafael Ramirez Mendoza
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presenter: Rafael Ramirez Mendoza is a Visiting Assistant Professor for the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UW-Madison. About the presentation: I will analyze how the Peruvian film industry has represented indigeneity in the …
Dr. Federico Subervi
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: The presentation will offer an overview of the recently published book Comunicación Política en Puerto Rico: Primera antología de ensayos, investigaciones empíricas y críticas, which has chapters by 14 authors and co-authors, and was …
