Carol A. Smith
“Indigenous Movements in Guatemala and Ecuador:
Different Histories, Different Social Contexts, Different Strategies?”
This
talk will focus on the differences between the indigenous movements
in "peaceful" Ecuador and "violent" Guatemala.
Smith, who has studied both areas, will also comment on input
she solicited from other specialists comparing the situation
in Ecuador with that of other parts of Latin America where indigenous
social movements are taking place. Key to Smith's comparison
is her challenge of the belief that the history of the Maya movement
in Guatemala developed out of Guatemala's period of violence
in the 1980s.
Carol A. Smith is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at UC
Davis. She has worked with the Maya of Guatemala in many different
parts of the country for 30 years, concentrating on ethnic/class
relations. Recently, her work has considered the nature of Guatemala's
Maya movement as it has shifted over time and space, race and
racism in Guatemala and the intersection of race, class, and
gender in Guatemala and other parts of Central America.
POSTPONED
until Spring 2004 Semester
Walter Goldfrank
“Harvesting Counter-Revolution: Women Workers in the Chilean Fruit
Sector”
Over a 40-year period, agrarian reform and counter-reform, state
subsidies and neoliberal restructuring in Chile have combined
with global technological advances and shifting food tastes to
fuel the growth and maturation of a highly profitable fresh fruit
sector. The great majority of its work force has been comprised
of young and middle-aged women whose situation has changed considerably
since their initial portrayal in the 1980s as prototypical victims
of neoliberalism.
W. L. Goldfrank is a professor of Sociology and
Latin American & Latino
Studies at UC Santa Cruz, where he has taught for 35 years. His
research has focused on the Mexican Revolution, fascist movements
and regimes in the interwar period, global hegemonic transitions
and the development of the Chilean fruit sector. From 1993-96
he directed a collaborative project on social and ecological
change in the Aconcagua Valley. He is currently co-editor of
the on-line Journal of World-Systems Research.
Monday,
September 29, 12:00–1:15 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Analysis
and photos of
the event
Stefano Varese
“Witness to Sovereignty: Revisiting the Latin American Indigenous
Peoples’ Ethnopolitical Movement”
During his last 40 years as anthropologist, Prof. Varese has
followed, accompanied and witnessed the ethnopolitical struggle
of the indigenous peoples of Latin America for their self-determination,
autonomy and cultural sovereignty. He is now revisiting these
years of political struggle and professional engagement in an
attempt to reach some conclusions on the role of committed Latin
American anthropology in the hemispheric indigenous movement
for social, economic and cultural justice.
Stefano
Varese is a professor in the Department of Native American
Studies at UC Davis. He has done research
in the Amazon region
of Peru, in Southeast México, among the indigenous diaspora
in California and at a continental level. He has completed and
submitted to the University of Oklahoma Press a manuscript on
these topics titled: “Witness to Sovereignty.”
Monday,
October 27, 12:00–1:15 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Analysis
and photos
from the event
Terry Karl
"The Vicious Cycle of Inequality in Latin America"
Latin
America is the most unequal region in the world. This acute
inequality affects virtually all aspects of political, economic
and social life, yet it has received very little attention
from social scientists. This lecture examines why inequality
has been so persistent, why it is so difficult to address and
what its implications are for the quality and durability of
democracy in Latin America. Democratization, it posits, may
have proved easier and yet far less consequential than analysts
once thought in the context of extreme inequalities.
Terry
Lynn Karl is a Professor of Political Science, a Senior Fellow
at the Institute for International Studies and the William
R. and Gretchen Kimball University Fellow in Undergraduate
Education at Stanford University.
Monday,
November 3, 12:00–1:15 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Analysis
and photos
of the event
Sylvia Guendelman
“The Health Consequences of Maquiladora Work: Female Workers on
the U.S.–Mexico Border”
The U.S.–Mexico
border is a powerful symbol of globalization and its effects
on work and health. This session gives an overview
of the health of women who work in the post-NAFTA maquiladoras
and draws on findings from a research project done in maquiladoras
in Tijuana.
Sylvia Guendelman is Professor and Chair of the
Maternal and Child Health Program in the Division of Health
Policy and Management
at the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. She has done extensive
research on the health consequences of migration, U.S.–Mexico
border health issues and binational access to health care. She
teaches a course on Health and Social Policy in Mexico and Latin
America.
Monday,
November 10, 12:00–1:15 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
