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November 2022
LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: “Diversity for Monoculture: The United Fruit Company and Agricultural Research”
About the presentation: The United Fruit Company is infamous for its role in transforming both the physical and political landscape of Latin America. It converted millions of acres of tropical forests and farms into plantations…
Find out more »LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: “Perspectives for President Lula’s Third Administration in Brazil”
Dr. Glauco Arbix About the presentation: Hear from our Tinker Visiting Professor, Glauco Arbix, who is on campus this semester from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Formally, he was the general coordinator of…
Find out more »December 2022
LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: “Territorial Remainders in Patricio Guzman’s Geographical Triptych”
Dr. George Allen About the presentation: On the eve of President Gabriel Boric’s recent inauguration the films Nostalgia de la Luz (2010), El Bóton de Nácar (2015), and Cordillera de los Sueños (2019) were shown…
Find out more »February 2023
Lecture: “The endless crisis: an analysis of the socio-political situation of Peru”
Christian Fidel Revilla Arizaca About the presentation: Peru presents the majority of problems of Latin American countries: inequality, poverty, corruption, or the inability of its rulers. Nevertheless, the political crisis and the continuous changes of…
Find out more »Book Presentation/Lecture: “Founders of the Future: The Science and Industry of Spanish Modernization”
Oscar Useche Presented (in Spanish, with live interpretation to English) by: Dr. Oscar Ivan Useche, Lecturer, Department of English, UW-Madison About the presentation: In this presentation, I will talk about my recent book, Founders of…
Find out more »Lecture: “The future of the Lula government and the uncertainties of Brazilian democracy”
Professor Glauco Arbix Presented by: Presented by Professor Glauco Arbix, University of Sao Paolo. Brazil About the presenter: Glauco Arbix, is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of São Paulo (USP), head of Humanities…
Find out more »Book Presentation/Lecture: “Oralidades”
Dr. Armando Muyolema Fernando Garces Velasquez Presented by: Dr. Armando Muyolema, Quechua Instructor, UW-Madison, and Ecuadorian sociolinguist and educator; and Dr. Fernando Garces Velasquez, linguist and anthropologist, and Professor at the Salesian Polytechnic University, Quito,…
Find out more »March 2023
LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: “Mother Nature’s Secret Conversations: Wayñu Songs from the Indigenous Communities of the Highlands of Peru/Conversaciones Secretas de la Madre Naturaleza: Las Canciones Wayñu de las Comunidades Indígenas de los Altos del Perú”
Presented by: Natalia Armacanqui, Artist and dancer, and Richard Hildner Armacanqui, Musician About the presentation: "Sound of the river, enchantment of the cliffs, tell me..do those who have passed on still have thoughts?" - a…
Find out more »Lecture: “Economic Solidarity and Feminist Agroecologies in Guatemala during Covid-19”
Anika Rice Presented by: Anika Rice, Geography Department, UW-Madison About the presentation: The global spread of Covid-19 led to travel and market restrictions that impacted Guatemala’s rural food systems, namely campesinos and their families. For…
Find out more »LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: “Opportunity and Inequality in Cuba’s Changing Economy: Examining Havana’s Highly Stratified Residential Real-Estate Market”
Presented by: Dr. Martina Kunovic, Sociology Faculty, Madison College About the presentation: The economic restructuring that started in Cuba in the 1990s and especially the most recent wave of reforms since 2010 have radically transformed opportunities…
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