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Past Events Category: LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series
“Godna/Tattoo: The rearticulation of Indian traditions in Post-Indentured Trinidad”
Dr. Vishala Parmasad
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: This paper explores how members of the Indian Trinidadian South Asian diasporic community perceive continuity and change within their identitarian Hindu religio-cultural practices and folk artforms through a historical-anthropological examination of godna. …
“Exploring ways to address migrant kidnapping in Mexico and extortion in the US”
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 …
“The Assault of the Ayacucho Prison, March 2-3, 1982. The Night that Changed Peru”
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 …
“Wisconsin in Latin America: A Regional and Personal Account”
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, …
“Perspectives on COP30 and the Role of Amazonian Governance in Brazil”
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 …
“Nuestro Trabajo Es Vida: Struggles at the Intersection of Productive and Reproductive Labor Among Migrant Latinas in the Pacific Northwest”
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 Panel #2
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. …
Tinker-Nave Summer Field Research Panel #1
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 …
“Educación Intercultural Bilingüe in the Galapagos Islands”
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 …
