ILASSA 36 annual student conference on latin america

Utopia and Reality Latin America Confronting Globalization

Thursday–Saturday march 3–5, 2016 texas union building The University of Texas at Austin

Sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, The Graduate Student Assembly, and Student Government The University of Texas at Austin

Special exhibition

on view through March 5

Texas Union Building, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206)

“Wall of Memories (Las Señoritas Desaparecidas de Ciudad Juárez)” by Diane Kahlo This traveling exhibit has 150 portraits of feminicide victims from Juárez, iconic symbols of the Mexican feminicide movement, and multicultural religious objects, which together form a funerary shrine for thousands of women who might never receive proper burial. This is a tribute to the victims and their mothers, whose lives are still endangered. It is a great awareness tool to remind viewers that the Ciudad Juárez crisis never went away, it has now spread across Mexico.

http://www.femmap.com/event/wall-of-memories/

The Conference at a Glance Hospitality Info

Visit the Hospitality Suite to register, get refreshments, and ask questions.

Thursday (through 2 p.m.): Benson Latin American Collection 2nd floor conference room (SRH 1.208) Thursday (after 2:15), Friday, and Saturday:

 



Texas Union Building, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206)

Day One: Thursday, march 3 events 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Benson 2nd Floor Conference Room, SRH 1.208

1o:00 a.m. Registration 10:30–11:30 a.m. Welcome

Opening Remarks Yoalli Rodríguez and Prisca Gayles, Conference Chairs



Welcome Address Charles Hale, Director, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections; Professor, Depts. of Anthropology and African and African Diaspora Studies



Welcome Song “ILASSA Wagia” (Todos somos ILASSA) Song in Garífuna by Rony Castillo

12:00–2:00 p.m. Roundtable - light lunch provided

La Asamblea Constituyente y los Pueblos Indígenas en Chile: ¿Oportunidad para un Nuevo Comienzo? / The Constituent Assembly and Indigenous Peoples in Chile: Opportunity for a New Beginning?

2:15 p.m. registration - with coffee and snacks Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206)

2:30–3:45 p.m. Panel session 1 Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

4:00–5:00 p.m. Panel session 2 Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206)

6:00 p.m. welcome dinner São Paulo’s Restaurant, 2809 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, TX 78705 Meet in front of the Texas Union at 5:30 p.m

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Day Two: Friday, March 4 Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206)

8:15 a.m. registration - light breakfast provided 9:00–10:30 a.m. Panel session 3 10:40 a.m.–12:10 p.m. Panel session 4 12:15–1:30 p.m.

keynote address Texas Union, Quadrangle Room (UNB 3.304)

Laura Hall, Costa Rican educator and activist for Afrodescendant rights in Central America

1:30–3:00 p.m. lunch

on your own - see hospitality suite for suggestions

3:30–5:00 p.m.

panel Session 5

5:15–8:00 p.m.

evening activities

Day Three: Saturday, march 5 Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206)

9:00 a.m. registration - light breakfast provided 10:00–11:15 a.m.

panel Session 6

10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. screening and talkback

Texas Union, Quadrangle Room (UNB 3.304)

After the Crossfire: Memories of Violence and Displacement Documentary screening and talkback with the director, Ricardo Velasco, UT Austin

12:15–1:15 p.m.

Lunch on your own - see hospitality suite for suggestions

1:15–2:30 p.m.

panel Session 7

2:30–3:00 p.m.

black feminist pause

5:00 p.m.

farewell happy hour

Interactive Wellness Workshop with Raiye Adeleye, UT Austin



whisler’s, 1816 e. 6th st., austin, tx 78702

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annual student conference on latin america conference panel schedule Thursday, MArch 3 events 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Benson 2nd Floor Conference Room, SRH 1.208

10 a.m. Registration

10:30–10:40 a.m. Welcome Remarks Yoalli Rodríguez and Prisca Gayles, Conference Chairs, UT Austin

10:45–11:30 a.m. Welcome Address Charles Hale, Director, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections; Professor, Depts. of Anthropology and African & African Diaspora Studies

11:30 a.m.

Welcome Song

“ILASSA Wagia” (Todos somos ILASSA), Garífuna song by Rony Castillo

12:00–2:00 p.m. Roundtable - light lunch provided La Asamblea Constituyente y los Pueblos Indígenas en Chile: ¿Oportunidad para un Nuevo Comienzo? / The Constituent Assembly and Indigenous Peoples in Chile: Opportunity for a New Beginning? José Aylwin, Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj, Daniel Brinks, and Zach Elkins

2:15 p.m. registration - with coffee and snacks Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206)

On exhibit: “Wall of Memories (Las Señoritas Desaparecidas de Ciudad Juárez)” by Diane Kahlo

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2:30–4:00 p.m.

Session 1

Panel 1: Interrogating Affect and Non-Representational Theories in a Globalized Latin@ and Latin America Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

Moderator: Kathleen C. Stewart, Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, UT Austin Sonquo Tapia, UT Austin; Noé López, UT Austin; Mario Castro, UT Austin; Anne Leise Azua, UT Austin; Manuel Galaviz, UT Austin

Panel 2: GEMA*: Maquila Workers’ Project of Self-Determination for Gender Equality on the Mexican Border Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206)

Moderator: Yoalli Rodríguez Aguilera, PhD student, LLILAS, UT Austin Yohana Esparza, Herminia Hernández, and Esmeralda Castañeda, organizers, Comité Fronterizo de Obreras (CFO); Mónica Teresa Ortiz, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera *GEMA (Género y Empoderamiento de la Mujer para la Acción) was founded in early 2013 by the Comité Fronterizo de Obreras (CFO). Its program includes six modules per year for women maquiladora workers in three border towns. As an extension of this project, two graduates of the GEMA program will present at the ILASSA conference.

Panel 3: Gender and Feminisms Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128)

Moderator: Erika Grajeda, Doctoral candidate, Dept. of Sociology, UT Austin Sandra Monterroso: A Feminist Critique Sara Garzón, Cornell University Pussy Riot: Political Affect and Religious Feelings Vasilina Orlova, UT Austin Re-Imagining Latino Masculinities Through Musical Performance Jeanelle Rirez, UT Austin

Panel 4: Claiming Public Spaces through Art and Poetry Texas Union, Lonestar Room (UNB 3.208)

Moderator: George Flaherty, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Art and Art History; Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS), UT Austin The Social-Cultural Construction of the Urban Space through Artistic Interventions in the Border Town in Northern Mexico Roberto Saenz Maldonado, Universidad de Ciudad Juárez

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Poemas Ignacio Carvajal, UT Austin Interpretations of Pixação: The Street Art Everyone Sees and No One Understands Jonah Mantell, Tulane University Political Imaginaries: Graffiti and Street Art in Bogotá, Colombia Gabriel Van Meerbeke, UT Austin Mexican Art: National Style and the Global Culture Isabelle Ballard, Centre College 4:00–5:00 p.m.

Session 2

Panel 5: Queer and Trans Resistances Texas Union, Board of Directors Room (UNB 4.118)

Moderator: Imelda Muñoz, PhD student, LLILAS, UT Austin Queer & Trans Latinas and Healthcare Sara Zavaleta, UT Austin La situación de las comunidades transgénero, transexuales y travesti en México DF (2007–2015): ¿camino a la inclusión social? César Augusto De la Fuente Rizo, Universidad de Monterrey Contrapropuestas latinoAmericanas a las imposiciones occidentales sobre los colectivos LGBTQIAP: aproximación al caso mexicano (2008–2015) César Iván Álvarez Ibarra, Universidad de Monterrey

Panel 6: Indigenous Politics: Cultural Heritage and Linguistic Revitalization Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128)

Moderator: Giovanni Batz, PhD student, Anthropology/NAIS, UT Austin Bolivar’s Sword: Venezuelan Nationalism and the Mapoyo Nomination to UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage Ana María Navas Méndez, UT Austin, and Gabriel Torrealba, Southern Illinois University Hermoseando el pasado glorioso: el análisis del discurso como herramienta en la interpretación de una identidad nacional Vanessa Miranda Juárez, University of Massachusetts Amherst Documentación y revitalización lingüística como un compromiso social: el caso mocho’ (lengua maya) Jaime Pérez González, UT Austin

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Panel 7: Constructing and Contesting Discourse, Ideology, and Politics in Latin America Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

Moderator: Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor, Dept. of Government, UT Austin La Seguridad Nacional en la administración de Carlos Salinas de Gortari y su impacto a partir del 2006–2015 Aime Cervantes, Universidad de Monterrey Medidas neo-proteccionistas latinoAmericanas: ¿Ataque a la globalización o medio para sobrevivirla? Cristian Eduardo Martínez-Medina, Universidad de Puerto Rico Insurgency in the Senate: U.S. Dollar Diplomacy in Nicaragua, 1909–1913 Clay Katsky, UT Austin

6:00 p.m.

Welcome Dinner

São Paulo’s, 2809 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, TX 78705 Meet in Front of the Texas Union at 5:30 p.m.

friday, march 4 8:00–8:45 a.m.

Registration

Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206) Light breakfast provided

Continuing On exhibit: “Wall of Memories (Las Señoritas Desaparecidas de Ciudad Juárez)” by Diane Kahlo

9:00–10:15 a.m.

Session 3

Panel 8: Alternative Modernities in Urban Spaces Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128)

Moderator: Marcelo J.P. Paixão, Associate Professor, LLILAS, Dept. of African and African Diaspora Studies, UT Austin Marginalization and Modernization in Rio de Janeiro, “Para Inglês Ver” Francesca Zepeda, Macalester College Crentes Modernos: Brasília and the Failed Hopes of Pentecostal Modernity Justin Doran, UT Austin “This land for us is sacred”: Guarani Indigeneity and Land Demarcation on São Paulo’s Urban Periphery Julie Gamze, Tulane University ILASSA36 conference

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Santa Muerte, Embodiment, and the Politics of Spiritual Malleability: The Angel of Death in Mexico City Kathryn McDonald, UT Austin

Panel 9: Indigenous Representations and Socio-Environmental Struggles Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

Moderator: Bjorn Sletto, Associate Professor, Community and Regional Planning, School of Architecture, UT Austin Sacha Runa Yachay: Visión kichwa colectiva para la construcción de capacidades en la planificación indígena amazónica Alexandra Lamiña, UT Austin The “Gran Canal Interoceánico”: Socio-environmental Conflict in Nicaragua Helen Catalina Ubinger, Universidade Federal do Amazonas The Struggle against Megaprojects in the Ixil Region, Guatemala Giovanni Batz, UT Austin Marketing indígena: el espejismo de la representación política en Oaxaca Eréndira Hernández, Universidad del Mar Campus Huatulco

Panel 10: Brasil: Lutas e Resistências Texas Union, Quadrangle Room (UNB 3.304)

Moderator: Lorraine Leu, Associate Professor and Director of Student Programs, LLILAS Benson, UT Austin The Iron Lady of Brazil? Coalitional Discipline in the Age of Rousseff Adan Martinez, Macalester College Revitalização urbana da área portuária do Rio de Janeiro: um experimento regulatório de neoliberalização do planejamento urbano Daniela Motisuke, IPPUR–UFRJ A Luta e Resistência Quilombola Contra Deslocamentos Compulsórios Ante a Ampliação do Projeto Espacial Brasileiro Davi Pereira Júnior, UT Austin 10:40–12:10 p.m.

Session 4

Panel 11: Rethinking the Paradoxes of Neoliberal Solutions in the North Triangle Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

Moderator: Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj, Tinker Visiting Professor, UT Austin Poder judicial y justicia intercultural en Guatemala: implicaciones de una democracia multicultural Ana Braconnier, UT Austin ILASSA36 conference

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Complejidades de la práctica arqueológica en Guatemala Adriana Linares, UT Austin The Privatization of Healthcare: What Are the Implications for the Public? Blanca Pacheco, UT Austin Garífuna Education and Official Programs Rony Castillo, UT Austin Entrepreneurship and the Construction of Neoliberal Subjectivity in El Salvador Julio Guitérrez, UT Austin

Panel 12: State Violence, Memory, and Resistance Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128)

Moderator: Héctor Domínguez-Ruvalcaba, Associate Professor, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, UT Austin Memory as Resistance: [Enforced] Disappearances in Mexico Ana del Conde, University of Massachusetts Amherst Democracia delegativa y ciudadanía de baja intensidad en Guerrero Daniel Calderón Medrano, Universidad de Monterrey La Voz de la Cárcel: Challenging Power and Constructing New Subjectivities from Behind Bars in Post-Chávez Venezuela Cory Fischer-Hoffman, University of Albany La acción colectiva en busca de las personas desaparecidas en Monterrey Dairee Ramírez, Universidad de Monterrey

Panel 13: Environmental Justice and Neocolonialism Texas Union, Quadrangle Room (UNB 3.304)

Moderator: Gregory W. Knapp, Professor, Dept. of Geography and the Environment, UT Austin Deforestación de la selva amazónica brasileña 2000–2007: causada por la explotación de la tierra por la insostenibilidad de la ganadería Victoria Soria Morales, Universidad de Monterrey The Impact of the Green Revolution: A Comparative Study of Agriculture in Cuba and Puerto Rico Lena Pransky, Macalester College Estrategias del Buen Vivir en la selva de concreto: frente a la vorágine neoliberal Valeria Cuervo, CIESAS–DF Consecuencias de la introducción de semillas de maíz transgénico en México a partir de la firma del TPP Alejandra Buitrón, Universidad de Monterrey Resistance to Neo-colonialism and Neo-liberalism in Peru Aaron Groth, UT Austin ILASSA36 conference

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12:15–1:30 p.m.

Keynote Address

Texas Union, Quadrangle Room (UNB 3.304)

Perspectives of an AfroCentralAmerican Woman: Identity and Struggles Amidst a Globalized Latin America Laura Hall, Costa Rican Educator, Advocate for Afrodescendant Rights in Central America

1:30–3:00 p.m. Lunch On your own, see Hospitality Desk for suggestions

3:30–5:00 p.m.

Session 5

Panel 14: Education Claims and Multilingualism Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128)

Moderator: Luis Urrieta, Jr., Associate Professor, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, UT Austin Children Brokers 2.0: The Role of Digital Literacies in Language Brokering Transactions Between Latino Children and Their Mothers Cynthia Rubio, UT Austin “Una Utopía Patoja”: Colombia Bilingüe’s Equity Claims as Interpreted by Colombian English Teachers Andrew Hurie and Desiree Pallais, UT Austin El “Buen Vivir” Correista: la situación contradictoria de educación indígena en Ecuador Marial Quezada, Columbia University Defying Expectations: Student Academic Achievement and Resistance Patricia Sánchez-Connally, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Panel 15: Blackness and Racialized Spaces Texas Union, Quadrangle Room (UNB 3.304)

Moderator: Christen Smith, Assistant Professor, Depts. of Anthropology and African and African Diaspora Studies, UT Austin Destabilizing Racialized Geographies: The Temporality of Blackness in Puerto Rico Micaela Machicote, UT Austin Maroonage as a Response to the Racial Contract’s Production of Illegal Black Bodies: A Case Study of the Experience of the Haitian Diaspora in the Dominican Republic Jheison Romain, UT Austin La diáspora Afromexicana: Historia y retos del pueblo negro en México Patricio Garza Rabatté, Universidad de Monterrey ILASSA36 conference

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Embodying the Caribbean Archive: Performance, Intersectionality, and Postcoloniality in the Reenactment of the Emancipation Proclamation at Woodside, Jamaica Verónica Rivera Negrón, UT Austin Mulheres Negras Intelectuais e seu Ativismo Político nas Universidades Públicas Brasileiras no Contexto das Ações Afirmativas: O Caso da Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará Carla Ramos, UT Austin

Panel 16: Labor: Contesting Hegemony and Deconstructing Monopolies Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

Moderator: Daniel Fridman, Assistant Professor, LLILAS, Dept. of Sociology, UT Austin From the Threat of Eviction to the Promise of Expropriation: State Practices in a Recuperated Hotel Katie Sobering, UT Austin Mexican Labor Law Reform: What Does It Say About Neoliberalism? Brandon Hunter, Princeton University Practical Problems of Autogestión: The Social Relations of Production in a Worker-Recuperated Enterprise Steven Araujo, University of California, Santa Cruz La prensa escrita en Guatemala y sus dispositivos de poder Crosby Girón, Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades “Alfonso Vélez Pliego” BUAP, México

Panel 17: El Agua es la Vida: Water as a Mobilizing Force in Confronting Globalization through the Local Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (UNB 4.206)

Moderator: Carlos E. Ramos Scharrón, Assistant Professor, LLILAS, Dept. of Geography and the Environment, UT Austin Say NO to Santolina: Mobilizing Around Acequia Culture to Fight Neoliberal Development Jennie Greb, University of New Mexico Agriculture as a Site of Community Resistance: South Valley Acequias de Común(idad) Lorraine Archibald, University of New Mexico El Agua no se Vende, el Agua se Defiende! Olivia Romo, University of New Mexico

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Water Paradoxes of Costa Rica as the Poster Child for Sustainability: Acting Locally, Thinking Globally María José Ramos Villagra, University of New Mexico

Evening Activities Option 1: 5:15 p.m. Happy Hour

Hole in the Wall 2538 Guadalupe St., Austin, TX 78705 Meet in front of Texas Union at 5:15

Option 2: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Screening, El general, a documentary by Natalia Almada Part of Latitude: Cinema and Screen Arts from the Global South series, Radio Television Film Department CMB Building, Studio 4C, 2504 Whitis Ave. Meet in front of Texas Union at 5:30 p.m.

About the film: In 1910, a revolution erupted in Mexico; among its rallying cries, “the right to vote.” Nearly a century later, “sufragio efectivo” is heard again as thousands take to the streets. Through the legacy that filmmaker Natalia Almada inherited as the great-granddaughter of Mexican president Plutarco Elías Calles (1924–1928)—one of Mexico’s most controversial revolutionary figures, accused of having been a “dictator,” “iron man,” and “nun-burner,” yet also acclaimed for having been the “father of modern Mexico”—El general is a portrait of a family and a country under the shadow of the past.

Saturday, march 5 9:00 a.m.

Registration

Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128) Light breakfast provided

Continuing On exhibit: “Wall of Memories (Las Señoritas Desaparecidas de Ciudad Juárez)” by Diane Kahlo

10:00–11:15 a.m.

Session 6

Panel 18: Social Movements and Social Justice Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

Moderator: Eric Borja, PhD student, Sociology, UT Austin Brown Lives Matter: Policing and Social Justice in the Silicon Valley Miguel Garcia, San Jose State University ILASSA36 conference

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Vivienda social en Colombia: modernización, acción estatal y violencia Victoria Sánchez Holguín, UT Austin

Panel 19: Colombia: Armed Conflict and Violence Texas Union, Quadrangle Room (UNB 3.304)

Moderator: Ricardo Velasco, PhD student, LLILAS, UT Austin Dispossession and Social Death in Buenaventura: Lessons for Colombia’s “Post-Conflict” Development Julia Duranti, UT Austin Entre los archivos y las fantasmagorías: algunas reflexiones sobre la representación de la confrontación armada en Colombia Alejandro Ponce de León-Calero, UT Austin Little Hands, Big Arms: An Insight into the Lives of Colombia’s Tiniest Soldiers Emily Brown, Gettysburg College

Panel 20: Reading Violence, Repression, and Feminism in the Writings of Jorge Franco Texas Union, Lonestar Room (UNB 3.208)

Moderator: Gabriela Polit, Associate Professor, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, UT Austin Búsquedas y alteridad del sujeto inmigrante colombiano en Paraíso Travel Alejandra Rosa Morales, Universidad de Puerto Rico Maldito amor: la violencia como ente constructor Paola Alexandra Rolón, Universidad de Puerto Rico La narrativa de El mundo de afuera como discurso de las violencias que imperan en Latinoamérica Jorge Antonio Sánchez Rivera, Universidad de Puerto Rico

Panel 21: Migration and Latinx Diasporas Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128)

Moderator: José Centeno-Meléndez, PhD student, Department of American Studies, UT Austin Life on Hold: Central American Women’s Experiences of U.S. Immigrant Detention Aileen Ford, UT Austin Narrating Little Havana: From Exile Community to Ethnic Enclave Anna Van Sice, Macalester College

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Rupturas, estrategias y experiencias cotidianas de niños y adolescentes “retornados” a México: El caso Morelos Eduardo Carrillo and Betsabé Román-González, Universidad de Monterrey Las migraciones: La influencia en el tema de seguridad en Guatemala Gabriell Duarte, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Social Justice for Cuban-born Professional Baseball Players Mark Worrell, UT Austin

11:30–12:15 p.m. Documentary Screening and Talkback Texas Union, Quadrangle Room (UNB 3.304)

After the Crossfire: Memories of Violence and Displacement With director Ricardo Velasco (UT Austin) After the Crossfire documents the emergence and escalation of the armed conflict in Colombia’s northern Pacific Coast during the 1990s, giving voice to victims who bear witness to the effects of war on the civilian population of the region. Recounting memories and experiences, these testimonies pose fundamental questions about trauma and its traces, the silence and invisibility in which displaced populations live, and the complex ethical and moral demands that victims face when impunity and oblivion prevail over justice and truth.

12:15–1:15 p.m. Lunch Break On your own, see Hospitality Desk for suggestions

1:15–2:30 p.m.

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Panel 22: Health Systems and Biopolitics Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

Moderator: Blanca Azucena Pacheco, PhD student, Anthropology, UT Austin “God willing, Guatemala will improve”: Rethinking Cultural Competency and Malnutrition in Mayan Guatemala Erin Brock, Tulane University Free-Trading the Sick: Untangling Medical Repatriation, Medical Return, and Medical Tourism with Evidence from Mexico John Sullivan, UT Austin Las Ricas Abortan, y Las Pobres se Desangran: The Criminalization of Abortion in El Salvador Melissa Linton-Villafranco, UC San Diego Mal de Mina: Mercury Contamination in Andean Mining Communities and Its Regional Impact on Health Melissa Leonard, University of New Mexico

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Panel 23: Discursive Power Texas Union, Lonestar Room (UNB 3.208)

Moderator: Delfina Rossi, Master’s student, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin La recuperación urbana como alternativa contra la violencia: el caso de Monterrey, México Juan Cortés, Universidad de Monterrey La música como elemento mágico realista y la “japoneidad” en dos novelas de Murakami Winnie Pérez-Martínez, Universidad de Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Proliferación del poder suave estatal de Estados Unidos utilizando medios artísticos culturales: Caso de México con la película Los Tres Caballeros de Walt Disney Studios en el marco de la política del Buen Vecino de Estados Unidos (1941–1947) Argenis Mayorga, Universidad de Monterrey El mito de Evita Amanda Krehbiel, Gettysburg College El Che Shannon Keene, Centre College

2:30–3:00 p.m. Black Feminist Pause: Interactive Wellness Workshop Texas Union, Quadrangle Room (UNB 3.304)

Interactive Wellness Workshop with Raiye Adeleye, UT Austin

5:00 p.m. Farewell Happy Hour Whisler’s, 1816 E. 6th St., Austin, TX 78702

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about the keynote speaker laura hall english

Laura Hall is an Afro-Costa Rican educator, community organizer, and spokesperson and promoter of social justice for Black women and their communities in Central America. She is the former vice president of the Black Organization of Central Americans (ONECA), a member of the Forum of Afrodescendant Women of the Southern Caribbean, and currently serves as the secretary of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) headquartered in Limón (Liberty Hall), Costa Rica. Hall has participated in grassroots organizations seeking human rights for Afrodescendants of Costa Rica since the beginning of her university career. Her work includes the dissemination of culture and the social situation of African descendants via the radio program “Diaspora,” spearheading initiatives to promote reproductive health and HIV prevention for women of African descent, and the creation of the Political School for citizen participation of Afrodescendant and indigenous women in the Southern Caribbean region. Her experience in ONECA gives her a deep knowledge of local agendas of Afrodescendants in Central America, as well as a continued commitment to antiracist struggles in the region. español

Laura Hall, educadora y comunicadora afro-costarricense, es vocera y promotora de justicia social de las mujeres afrodescendientes y sus comunidades en Centroamérica. Es ex vice-presidenta de la Organización Negra CentroAmericana (ONECA), miembro de la Asociación Foro de Mujeres Afrodescendientes del Caribe Sur y secretaria de la Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) con sede en Limón (Liberty Hall), Costa Rica. Ha participado de organizaciones de base a favor de los derechos humanos de las poblaciones afrodescendientes de Costa Rica desde los inicios de su época universitaria. Su trayectoria incluye la difusión de la cultura y situación social de los afrodescendientes en el programa radial ILASSA36 conference

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«Diáspora», iniciativas de promoción de la salud reproductiva y prevención del VIH de las mujeres afrodescendientes y la creación de la Escuela Política para la participación ciudadana de las mujeres afrodescendientes e indígenas de la región Caribe Sur. Su experiencia con ONECA le otorga un profundo conocimiento de las agendas locales de los afrodescendientes en Centroamérica, además de un compromiso contínuo con las luchas antirracistas de la región. português

Laura Hall é uma educadora e comunicadora afro-costarriquenha, porta-voz e promotora de justiça social para as mulheres negras e suas comunidades na América Central. É ex-vice-presidente da Organização Negra da América Central (ONECA), membro da Associação Fórum de Mulheres Afrodescendentes do Sul do Caribe e secretária da Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) com sede em Limón (Liberty Hall), Costa Rica. Ela tem participado em organizações de base para os direitos humanos dos afrodescendentes da Costa Rica desde sua entrada na universidade. Sua trajetória militante inclui a difusão da cultura e situação social dos afrodescendentes no programa de rádio «Diáspora», que é uma iniciativa para promover a saúde reprodutiva e prevenção do HIV em mulheres afrodescendentes, além da criação de uma Escola Política para a participação cidadã de mulheres afrodescendentes e indígenas na região Sul do Caribe. Sua experiência na ONECA lhe possibilitou um profundo conhecimento das agendas locais dos afrodescendentes na América Central, e também um compromisso contínuo com as lutas antirracistas na região.

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annual student conference on latin america ILASSA would like to thank the following people for their help and dedication: ILASSA36 Coordinators Prisca Gayles Meztli Yoalli Rodríguez Aguilera ILASSA Presidents Rebecca Jackson Cynthia Rubio Pelayo Caroline Daigle Moravia de la O Conference Organizers Ana Braconnier Ricardo Correa Caroline Daigle Alicia Danze Moravia de la O Julia Duranti Brian Eggert Francisco Herrera Ana Hernandez Rebecca Jackson Elizabeth Juárez Imelda Muñoz Marianela Muñoz Devin Oliver Lynn Panepinto Davi Pereira Júnior Cynthia Rubio Pelayo Giovana Sanchez Sara Zavaleta José Rubio Zepeda additional volunteers Mario Castro Leah Danze

Aileen Ford Kate Layton Micaela Machicote Vincent Mauro Perla Miranda Shavone Otero Sam Tabory Ricardo Velasco Emma Whittington UT Austin moderators Blanca Azucena Pacheco Giovanni Batz Eric Borja José Centeno-Meléndez Professor Daniel Brinks Professor George Flaherty Professor Daniel Fridman Erika Grajeda Professor Gregory Knapp Professor Lorraine Leu Imelda Muñoz Professor Marcelo Paixão Professor Gabriela Polit Professor Carlos E. Ramos Scharrón Meztli Yoalli Rodríguez Aguilera Delfina Rossi Professor Héctor Domínguez-Ruvalcaba Professor Bjorn Sletto Professor Christen Smith Professor Kathleen C. Stewart Professor Luis Urrieta, Jr. Ricardo Velasco Professor Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj

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Publications Editing and Design Chad Muzzarelli Susanna Sharpe Teresa W. Wingfield film series

Latitude: Cinema and Screen Arts from the Global South Presented in conjunction with Radio Television Film Department This event co-sponsored by The Fund for Academic Enrichment, The Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies, The Center for Latin American Visual Studies, Paul Stekler (Radio Television & Film Department), Laura Gutiérrez (Department of Theatre & Dance), The Center for Latino and Latin American Media, The Senate of College Councils, The University Co-Op, and ILASSA 36 (Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association) Annual Conference. Special thanks to our support network within LLILAS and the Benson Charles Hale, Lorraine Leu, Perla Miranda García, Paloma Díaz, Heather Gatlin, Lindsey Engelman, Julianne Gilland, Adrian Johnson, Carla Lañas, Celeste Mendoza, Amber Shah, Susanna Sharpe, Ruth Sogas-Paramio, and Teresa Wingfield

ILASSA36 conference