REGISTER: bit.ly/laiscolombia Since April 28, 2021, thousands of people have been protesting in Colombia to demand immediate changes and structural transformations that meet historically neglected social needs. The government has mainly responded through force and the criminalization of the protests. Dozens of people have been murdered, hundreds are missing, and more than 3,405 cases of police …
Register here for zoom link: https://go.wisc.edu/weston_silva Brazil's former Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, will discuss the challenges we need to face in order to preserve the Amazon and its indigenous population in the context of the multiple crises that Brazil and the world are currently experiencing. These reflections are the result of more than 30 years …
Please join us on October 15, 2020 at 2:30pm for our first lecture of the new academic year. We are very excited, together with our co-sponsors - the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, the Environmental Studies Program, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and the Global Studies - to …
Khipu, and Andean Instrument of Management, Memory and Power with Dr. Lydia Fossa In our first tertulia of the year, Peruvian researcher Lydia Fossa will discuss her most recent findings on khipus, the famed bunches of colored cords dotted with knots used by the Inkas, revealing them as instruments of management, memory and power. Was …
Welcome to our second tertulia of the year! "Historical Maya Displacements and the Invasion of Extractive Industries in Guatemala"With Prof. Giovanni Batz (Chicana/o Studies UCSB) When: Fri. Dec 1st 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (PST) Where: HSSB 4020About the presentation. Through the use of the concept of the four invasions, this presentation provides an examination …