In this fascinating analysis of political discourse in Cuban culture, María de los Angeles Torres focuses on how the concept of time has been employed by different political projects. Torres closely examines the use of time and its political implications in Fidel Castro's "History Will Absolve Me" speech, the writings of Jose Martí and Che Guevara, the poetry of Eliseo Diego and the Orígenes group, and paintings and performance art by...
Criminality in urban areas in Mexico has been a long-term unsolved problem, owing not just to ineffective policies, but to police corruption and criminal complicity but also the failure of public authorities to build the rule of law. Both conditions create a culture of impunity.
Failure to confront and reduce chronic violence has increased the fragility of the (city)-state, reduced the legitimacy of authorities, and eroded the capacity of urban communities to build rule of...
Disoriented Disciplines: China, Latin America, and the Shape of World Literature (2023, Northwestern University Press, FlashPoints Series) takes us to the edges, surfaces, and turns of the literary artifact when it crosses cultural boundaries. As Rosario Hubert demonstrates, in the absence of specialized programs of study, abstract discussions of China in Latin America took shape in contingent critical infrastructures built at the crossroads of the literary market, cultural diplomacy, and commerce.
Disoriented Disciplines understands translation as a material act of transfer,...
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This presentation will explore the theoretical and historiographic contributions of ethnic studies in problematizing the in/capacitations and disablements central to the project of colonial racial capitalism. This will be accomplished through an analysis of the philosophical and affective dynamics of racial misrecognition as a precondition for...
Austin Hall; 111 Classroom – West. Harvard Law School
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Latin America has been at the forefront of judicialization of a right to a healthy environment. Courts in different countries have curbed burning and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, as well as the expansion of wind farms in Mexico; they have ordered the clean-up of river basins in Argentina and ordered the protection of...
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The Inca control in the Utcubamba basin is indisputable, however, there is still much to clarify regarding dates, sequences, associations, and spaces involved in the process.
Archaeology and bioarchaeology in the Amazonas region have advanced enough for the cultural process in this region to appear more clearly. Ancient genetics...
Beyond connecting Brazilians from different schools to strengthen the Brazilian community, the course will be very valuable to enhance leadership competencies and inspire people to increase their impact through their work, especially to contribute to make Brazil a more just and prosperous country. The program is made of two modules - each of them in one weekend. The first one is focused on self-leadership. The second is focused on leading groups, including facilitation skills and team management. Between the two modules, participants will have access to asynchronous materials.
Beyond connecting Brazilians from different schools to strengthen the Brazilian community, the course will be very valuable to enhance leadership competencies and inspire people to increase their impact through their work, especially to contribute to make Brazil a more just and prosperous country. The program is made of two modules - each of them in one weekend. The first one is focused on self-leadership. The second is focused on leading groups, including facilitation skills and team management. Between the two modules, participants will have access to asynchronous materials.
In this new book, Mateo Jarquín explores the rise and fall of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution (1979-1990). Whereas most scholars recall the Sandinistas from U.S. debates over the Reagan administration’s policies in Central America, Jarquín recenters the Nicaraguan Revolution as a major episode in the history of Latin America, the international left, and the Cold War. Drawing on research in Nicaragua and several other Latin American countries, he recreates the perspective of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leaders in Managua and shows how their ideology...
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This online panel will discuss Mexico's upcoming elections from multiple perspectives, providing both a general overview and specific policies and candidate positions that define this election.
Speakers Joy Langston, Professor and Researcher of Political Science at the Center of...