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The Emergence Of Latin America: A Break With History?, Mauricio Cardenas

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

The idea is to discuss recent economic and social trends in Latin America, many of which defy the conventional wisdom in the U.S. about the region. At the same time, the region is divided between two ideological camps, so progress will not be uniform between countries. Understanding the origins and implications of the ideological divide is crucial.

Father Death And Adult Success Among The Tsimane: Implications For Marriage And Divorce, Jeffrey Winking, Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan

ESI Publications

Human fathers are heavily involved in the rearing of children around the world. While there is great cross-cultural variation, the father is a recognizable role in all populations. This deviates from the standard mammalian pattern of little paternal investment. A logical explanation offered early by evolutionary theorists is that human fathers evolved the capacity for paternal concern because human children are remarkably needy and impose a great encumbrance on the mother (Lancaster & Lancaster, 1983; Lovejoy, 1981). Thus, fathers have greater opportunity to enhance the wellbeing of child and mother, as there is a deeper well of need to fill. …

The United States And Cuba:Intimate Enemies, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes a book presentation of "The United States and Cuba:Intimate Enemies" with author Marifeli Perez-Stable, Ph.D, a professor of sociology at Florida International University and non-resident senior fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue. This presentation was held at Books &Books in Coral Gables, FL on February 24,2011.

Los Derechos Humanos De Los Migrantes, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This lecture promotes a conference led by Dr. Sergio Morales Alvarado titled "Los derechos humanos de los migrantes". He has been Attorney of Human Rights in Guatemala since 2002. This event was held in Spanish at the Green Library, FIU Modesto Maidique Campus on February 19,2011.

Housed Under Glass: A Story Of Desire, Repression, Loss And Healing, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes a book presentation for "Housed Under Glass: A story of Desire, Repression, Loss, and Healing" by Maria Luisa Ortega Hernandez, Ph.D. The book explores the expectations that religion imposes on women and shares her personal story of female sexual disorder. This lecture was co-sponsored by FIU Department of Modern Languages and FIU Women's Studies Center.

Wikileaks Y América Latina: El "Discurso Oculto" De Los Poderosos (O James Scott Patas Arriba)., Salvador Marti I Puig

Salvador Marti i Puig

l objetivo de este texto no es añadir un nueva opinión sobre lo que sucedió con Wikileaks, sino analizar el fenómeno de Wikileaks a través de los conceptos de James Scott para ver la dinámica que subyace cotidianamente entre los poderosos y los dominados. Para ello es preciso cambiar el ángulo de visión que suele presentar Scott, el cual pone énfasis en la forma de pensar, hablar, imaginar y actuar de los dominados en sus relaciones frente a los poderosos. En este trabajo se expone la cara contraria: la perspectiva desacomplejada del poder por parte de los “dominadores” –o los …

He's Our Son Of A Bitch, Robert Funk

Human Rights & Human Welfare

It is said that Franklin Delano Roosevelt defended the US tendency to support dictators by remarking, “He may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.” The recent events in Tunisia and Egypt indicate that almost seventy years later, this unfortunate phrase seems to continue to guide US foreign policy.

Listening For Geographies: Music As Sonic Compass Pointing Towards African And Christian Diasporic Horizons In The Caribbean, Elizabeth Mcalister

Elizabeth McAlister

Can musical sounds reveal history, or collective identity, or new notions of geography, in different ways than texts or migrating people themselves? This essay offers the idea that the sounds of music, with their capacity to index memories and associations, become sonic points on a cognitive compass that orients diasporic people in time and space. Whereas researchers often focus on the national diasporas produced through the recent shifts and flows of globalization, I illustrate some of the limits of the concept of national and ethnic diaspora to understand how Caribbean groups form networks and imagine themselves to be situated. This …

What Would Vincent Study Abroad? Option For The Poor And Systemic Change For The Development Of Socially Responsible Leaders, Marco Tavanti Ph.D., Heather Evans M.S.

Marco Tavanti

The effectiveness of the DePaul University School of Public Service Chiapas Program is evaluated according to “Vincentian values of experiential learning, systemic change, and the option for the poor.” Including students’ own words, the article summarizes what participants learn as they work directly with poor persons, their leaders, indigenous organizations, local NGOs, and Mexican academic institutions in Chiapas. As Marco Tavanti and Heather Evans write, the program’s goal “is not only to increase knowledge and skills but to challenge and transform cultural attitudes, learn from context, and engage in professional collaboration and dialogues for social change.” The value of system …

La Haba De La Republica Vista Por Un Cronista De Hoy, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes a lecture by Ciro Bianchi Ross, a journalist of the newspaper Juventud Rebelde in Havana. The event was held at the LACC Conference Room at FIU Modesto A.Maidique Campus on January 18,2011.

Reinvencion Verbal De La Infancia En Dos Libros De Memorias: Nieve En La Habana De Carlos Eire Y El Manana De Mirta Ojito, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes "Reinvencion verbal de Ia infancia en dos libros de memorias: Nieve en La Habana de Carlos Eire y El Manana de Mirta Ojito", a lecture by Vitalina Alfonso Torres, an author and editor from Havana,Cuba. The lecture was held on January 12,2011 at the LACC Conference Room.

Landscapes Of Compassion: A Guatemalan Experience, Travis W. Shultz

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

ABSTRACT

LANDSCAPES OF COMPASSION: A GUATEMALAN EXPERIENCE

MAY 2011

TRAVIS WILLIAM SHULTZ

A.S., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

B.A., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

M.A., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

Directed by: Professor Peter Kumble, PhD

If landscape architecture can intertwine with the practice of social justice, how should academic training provide an atmosphere where this correlation is developed? In a professional degree program, such as landscape architecture, there are a plethora of skills among students that can be utilized no only in their future careers, but during their academic experience. By learning the tools while implementing them, there is a profound educational …

Energy Challenges In Latin America

Hemisphere

Co-edited by Peter Hakim, President Emeritus, Inter-American Dialogue and Genaro Arriagada, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue, this issue examines energy as a priority issue for nearly all Latin American and Caribbean countries and considers its impact on regional integration and both foreign and domestic policy. Articles present opportunities and challenges facing the region, as well as recommendations for addressing the energy issue in Latin America in a strategic, constructive and effective manner.

Cuban Jews Of Pedro Pan: The Lives Of Three Men Bound By History, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes an event "The Cuban Jews of Pedro Pan: The Lives of Three Men Bound by History" with Marcos A. Kerbel, Dr. Bernardo Savariego, MD, and Boris Rosen. This lecture is a part of The Latin American Jewry Series, and a collaborative project between the Latin American and Caribbean Center and Judaic Studies Program at FIU.

Cockles In Custody: The Role Of Common Property Arrangements In The Ecological Sustainability Of Mangrove Fisheries On The Ecuadorian Coast, Christine M. Beitl

Anthropology Faculty Scholarship

Scholars of common property resource theory (CPR) have long asserted that certain kinds of institutional arrangements based on collective action result in successful environmental stewardship, but feedback and the direct link between social and ecological systems remains poorly understood. This paper investigates how common property institutional arrangements contribute to sustainable mangrove fisheries in coastal Ecuador, focusing on the fishery for the mangrove cockle (Anadara tuberculosa and A. similis), a bivalve mollusk harvested from the roots of mangrove trees and of particular social, economic, and cultural importance for the communities that depend on it. Specifically, this study examines the emergence of …

Fighting Back: Indigenous Mobilization In The Ecuadorian, Peruvian And Brazilian Amazon, Emily Culver

Latin American and Latino Studies Honors Papers

Progress, as defined by this thesis, is the continuing placement of profits over human beings. The pursuit of progress in Latin America has its roots in the colonial age when elites created a hierarchical system that served only their own interest and marginalized other members of their populations. Progress is particularly negative for indigenous people in the Amazonian region who find themselves giving up their land, resources and in turn their traditional lifestyles for the benefits of outsiders.

This framework has manifested itself in several examples: oil exploration and exploitation in Ecuador and Peru, rubber in Brazil and later hydroelectric …

Critical Junctures And Puerto Rican Studies, Pedro Caban

Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Paramilitary Forces In Colombia, Winifred Tate

Faculty Scholarship

How can we understand the transformation of Colombian paramilitary groups during the past two decades? Intimately connected to drug trafficking, paramilitary groups have infiltrated political institutions and enjoyed significant political support even as they have used extreme brutality. Since the early 1990s, paramilitaries have grown exponentially in strength, creating a national coordinating body and carrying out military offensives. These developments brought territorial expansion throughout Colombia and a peak in political violence, typified by massacres from 1997 to 2003. After negotiations with government officials, more than thirty-two thousand troops passed through demobilization programs verified by the Organization of American States; much …

Disjuncture Among Classic Period Cultural Landscapes In The Tuxtla Mountains, Southern Veracruz, Mexico, Wesley Durrell Stoner

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Teotihuacan was the most influential city in the Classic Mesoamerican worldsystem. Like other influential cities in the ancient world, however, Teotihuacan did not homogenously affect the various cultural landscapes that thrived in Mesoamerica during the Classic period (300-900 CE). Even where strong central Mexican influences appear outside the Basin of Mexico, the nature, extent, and strength of these influences are discontinuous over time and space. Every place within the Classic Mesoamerican landscape has a unique Teotihuacan story. In the Tuxtla Mountains of southern Veracruz, Mexico, Matacapan, located in the Catemaco Valley, drew heavily upon ideas and symbols fostered at Teotihuacan, …

Nationalism And Its Expression In Cuba’S Art Music: The Use Of Folklore In Mario Abril’S “Fantasia (Introduction And Pachanga)” For Clarinet And Piano, Nikolasa Tejero

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

In the centuries since the colonization of the New World, the people of Cuba created a strong musical tradition. Initially, their music mirrored the European composition canons of structural, melodic and harmonic order. The eventual confluence of its distinct cultural elements (i.e. the European, African, and, to a lesser extent, Amerindian) led to the emergence of a new, distinctly Cuban musical tradition.

The wars for independence that began in the United States and Europe in the eighteenth century created a surge towards political and cultural autonomy that swept across the Latin American colonies, generating a wave of nationalism during the …