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Friday,
November 7, 2008
Fri,
Nov 7
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9:15am-11:00am
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Panel 1
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Track
A
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8201
OISE
Indigenous
Rights, Knowledge & Land Use
Discussant: Prof. Robin Roth, Geography, York
Introducing Adaptive Co-Management
in Costa Rica: Risks & Opportunities
Marta
Berbés, PhD Faculty of Environmental Studies, York
From
Entangled Encounters to Processes of Cross-fertilization: A Study on
Collaborative Wildlife Conservation in Guyana
Tanya
Chung Tiam Fook, PhD Faculty of Environmental Studies, York
The
Right to Use or Rightly Using the environment in El Cuyo, Ría Lagartos
Biosphere Reserve, Yucatán, Mexico
Andréanne
Guindon, MA Social Anthropology, Laval University
From
Crisis to Environmental Disaster: Native
Agriculture and the Making of a Ruined Landscape in North-Central
Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1690 – 1710
Bradley
Skopyk, PhD History, York
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Fri,
Nov 7
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9:15am-11:00am
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Panel 1
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Track B
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8200
OISE
Deconstructing Master
Narratives
Discussant:
Prof. David Trotman, History, York
Recent
Anti Racial Discrimination Agendas & policies in Cuba & Mexico
Alejandro
Campos-Garcia, PhD Sociology, York
In the Land of Gold and
Diamonds, Dangerous Mulattoes & Decadent Whites:
European Travelers’ Observations of Miscegenation & Race
Stratification in Nineteenth-Century Minas Gerais, Brazil
Joanna
K. Elrick, PhD History, Vanderbilt University
Decolonizing Knowledge:
Shifting the Terms of Education and Afro-Brazilian Inclusion
Alexandre
Emboaba Da Costa, Ph, Developmental Sociology, Cornell University
The Master-Slave Dialectic in the Caribbean
Sharifa
Wright, PhD Social & Political Thought, York
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Fri,
Nov 7
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11:15am-1:00pm
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Panel 2
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Track A
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8201
OISE
Readings in Caribbean
Literature
Discussant:
Prof. Andrea Davis, Humanities, York
The Poetics of Haitian Revolution
Story Telling
David
Brand, PhD History, York
Reclaiming (her)story:
Transnationality and the Diasporic Search for ‘Home’ in Ramabai
Espinet’s ‘The Swinging Bridge’ and Ryhaan Shah’s ‘A Silent
Life’
Tanita
Muneshwar, PhD Humanities, York
Queerness in Diasporic
Indo-Caribbean Literature
Lauren
Pragg, MA Social & Political Thought, York
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Fri,
Nov 7
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11:15am-1:00pm
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Panel 2
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Track B
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8200
OISE
Good Neighbours?
Inter-state relations in the Americas
Discussant:
Liisa North
In Need of a Paradigm Shift:
An Examination of American Security Policy in Colombia
Alexander
Caramento, MA Political Science, Waterloo
Striking the aid balance: The case
of Bolivia under the MAS Government
Sonja
Killoran-McKibbin & Gabriela Ruesgas, MA Ciencias de Desarrollo (CIDES),
Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
“Calculated Diplomacy:”
John Diefenbaker & the origins of Canada’s Cuba Policy
Dennis
Molinaro, PhD History, University of Toronto
The Naming and Framing of the March
2008 Colombia-Ecuador Border Dispute in an Arena of Contested Power:
Terroristas Tenebrosos, Mafiosos and Imperialistas
Jessica
A. Vorstermans, MA Conflict Studies & Human Rights, University of
Utrecht, The Netherlands
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Fri,
Nov 7
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2:00pm-3:45pm
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Panel 3
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Track A
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8201
OISE
Past & Present
Perspectives on
Latin American & Caribbean Economies
Discussant:
Prof. Ricardo Grinspun, Economics, York
Port Privatization and Transhipment
Success: The case of the Freeport Container Port, Freeport, Bahamas
Jacob
Fogels, MA Geography, Planning, & Environment, Concordia
The importance of minor ports in
the Caribbean trade of Jamaica
Nadine
Hunt, PhD History, York
Profits from colonialism in the
Americas – a semiperipheral perspective
Klas
Rönnbäck, PhD History, Gothenburg University, Sweden
Fueling Capitalism after the Peak:
Heavy Oil Production in Alberta & Venezuela
Kevin
Sutton, MA Political Science, York
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Fri,
Nov 7
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2:00pm-3:45pm
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Panel 3
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Track B
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8200
OISE
Inscribing Violence on
the National Body
Discussant:
Alison Crosby
“Savages,” scapegoats, and
sovereignty: Urban violence, borders, and feminicide Guatemala City
Jennifer
Peirce, MA Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton
University
Peace at Last? Struggles in
Post-Conflict Guatemala
Michelle
Switzer, PhD Social Anthropology, York
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Fri,
Nov 7
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4:00pm-5:45pm
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Panel 4
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Track A
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8201
OISE
Music as Space of
Representation
Discussant:
TBA
Remixing the Sound of Freedom: Miss
Lou, “Versioning” and “Othered”: Sonic Challenges to Eurocentrism
Mark
V. Campbell, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University
of Toronto
Cultures of reconciliation: the
case of Jamaican dancehall gospel
Karen
Cyrus, PhD Ethnomusicology, York
The song remains the same: The
‘evolution’ of tango amid Argentina’s numerous sociopolitical
tragedies
Alberto
Munarriz, PhD Music, York
The Afro-Uruguayan conventillo: The
folklorization of space and blackness
Vannina
Sztainbok, PhD Sociology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE),
University of Toronto
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Fri,
Nov 7
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4:00pm-5:45pm
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Panel 4
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Track B
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8200
OISE
Negotiating
Identities
Discussant:
Prof. Alan Simmons, Sociology, York
Real Roma and Imaginary Gypsies:
Immigration, Identity and Interculturality in Southeastern Brazil, 1936-2007
Brigitte
Grossmann Cairus, PhD History, York
Growing up Caribbean: Issues around
Sexuality & Gender-Role Learning
Latoya
Lazarus, PhD Sociology, York
Yuh Nah Sih Mih Fuh True/You
Don’t Really See Who I Am: The Politics of Hybrid Guyanese Racial Identity
Rosanne
V. Purnwasie, MA Humanities, York
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Saturday,
November 8, 2008
Sat,
Nov 8
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9:00am-10:45am
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Panel 5
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Track A
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5260 OISE
Culture & Social
Reproduction
Discussant:
Prof. Theresa Holmes, Anthropology, York
Touring Spaces, Negotiating
Tourism: Ethnic tourism and postcolonial agency on Lake Titicaca, Peru
Caitlin
Emily Craven, MA Political Science, University of Victoria
Brazilian Forró, Shop Culture
& The Communal: Negotiating Transnational states of personhood
Stacy
A. A. Hope, PhD Social Anthropology, St Andrew's University
Reclaiming the Sacred: Implementing
a Community Based Museum in Santa Maria, El Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico
Monica
Salas, MA Museum Studies, New York University
Feeding as a Force of Production
and Advancement in the Andes
Marieka
Sax, MA Anthropology, Carleton University
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
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9:00am-10:45am
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Panel 5
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Track B
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8214
OISE
Searching for
Alternatives:
Perspectives on Fair Trade & Development
Discussant:
Prof. Darryl Reed, Social Science, York
North-South Perspectives on Fair
Trade Certification
Patrick
Clark, MA Global Governance, University of Waterloo
“ICTD, The Con of
Development?”A Critical Analysis of Technology for Development within
CARICOM
Vivenne
Edward, MA IDS, Saint Mary’s University
The Role of the Social Economy in
Local Development: The Case of Peru
Dan
McKenzie, MA IDS, Saint Mary’s University
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
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9:00am-10:45am
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Panel 5
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Track C
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5250
OISE
Language as Contested
Terrain
Discussant:
Prof. Clive Forrester, University of the West Indies
Philosophy in Spanish? The
translating mission of Spanish refugees in post-revolutionary Mexico
Nayelli
Castro Ramírez, PhD School of Translation & Interpretation, University
of Ottawa
Spanglish: a new language in the
making?
Mara
Reich, PhD Education, York
Eating your words: The social and
historical etymology of the word Cannibal
Leah
Stewart, Humanities, York
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
▪11:00am-12:45pm
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Panel 6
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Track A
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5260
OISE
Rethinking Gender
Relationships
in the Workplace & Family
Discussant:
Prof. David Murray, Anthropology, York
Household Gender Relations in
Transition: Women’s Decision-making Autonomy
in Yoro, Honduras
Jenny
Cockburn, PhD Sociology & Anthropology, University of Windsor
Female Consciousness &
Resistance in Rastafari
Tamara
Estwick, MES, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York
Gabriela’s Sisters: Women Working
in Cacao
Frank
Luce, PhD Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Women’s
Activism & Feminism: the Argentinean Movimiento de Mujeres Agropecuarias
en Lucha (MML)
Leticia
Anabel Paulos, MA Sociology & Anthropology, University of Ottawa
Embodied Displacements: Race,
masculinity & precarious work after trade zones
Marion
Traub-Werner, PhD Geography, University of Minnesota
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
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11:00am-12:45pm
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Panel 6
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Track B
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8214
OISE
Discussant:
Prof. Michele Johnson, History, York
'Mon identité c’est pas une
identité Haïtienne en totale': Gender, Race & Haitian Transnational
Activism in Montreal, Canada, 1960-2002
Grace
Louise Bowers Sanders, PhD History & Women’s Studies, University of
Michigan
Contested Entry: The first wave of
Chilean exiles in Canada, 1973-1975
Francis
Peddie, PhD History, York
Latino/a Artist-Educators &
their Role in Creating Authentic Democratic Spheres
Déborah
T. Woeckner Saavedra, PhD Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latino/a
Studies, University at Albany (SUNY)
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
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11:00am-12:45pm
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Panel 6
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Track C
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5250
OISE
Indigenous agency,
governance & identity
Discussant:
Dr. Miguel Gonzalez, Social Science, York
What is a Ladino?
Changing labels of Identity in Guatemala
Megan
Cotton-Kinch, Anthropology, York
Beyond local autonomy:
Ecuador's indigenous movement & its origins as a political force
Matthew
Hawkins, MA Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University
The Crisis of Indian
Leadership: Authority after the Great Rebellion of the Peruvian Andes
David
Klassen, MA History, University of Calgary
New forms of
invisibility: Aboriginal peoples in the Southern Cone
Lucas
Savino, PhD Political Science, University of Western Ontario
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
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2:00pm-3:45pm
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Panel 7
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Track A
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5260
OISE
Politics of Memory
Discussant:
Prof. Mario Di Paolantonio, Education, York
Remembering the Disappeared:
Advantages and Disadvantages of Memory
Betsy
Anderson, MA History, James Madison University
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo:
Political and Social Activism Post 1983
Jennifer
Fraser-Lee, MA History, University of Guelph
The Art of Memory: The Historical
Representation and Public Memory of the 1973 Coup D'état in Chilean
Communities in Ontario
Christine
McGuire, MA History, Carleton University
Memory &
Testimony (Performance)
Zita
Nyrady, MES, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
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2:00pm-3:45pm
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Panel 7
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Track B
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8214
OISE
Biodiversity
Conservation in Costa Rica
Discussant:
Prof. Howard Daugherty, Environmental Studies, York
Community-Based Tourism for
Sustainable Development in the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor,
Southern Costa Rica
Kelly
Galaski, MES Faculty of Environmental Studies, York
A Landscape Analysis of Forest
Fragmentation & Loss in the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Costa
Rica
Aileen
Rapson, MES Faculty of Environmental Studies, York
Conservation Ecology of a
Woodpecker Community in the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Costa
Rica: Identifying indicator
species & conservation priorities in rural Latin America
Chris
Saker, PhD Faculty of Environmental Studies, York
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
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2:00pm-3:45pm
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Panel 7
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Track C
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5250
OISE
Neoliberalism, Rural
Workers & the Food Crisis
Discussant:
Prof. Liisa North, Political Science, York
Situating Mexico Within the Food
Crisis
Angele
Charette, MA Political Science, York
Campesino Economies in Guatemala:
Alternatives to Neoliberalism
Simon
Granovsky-Larsen, PhD Political Science, York
Beyond the model. Policy and social
construction of efficiency (Mexico)
David
A. Solís, PhD Anthropology, Universidad Iberoamericaca
Migration as a Development Strategy
for the Mexican State: Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers under a Period
of Neoliberal Governmentality
Giselle
Valarezo, PhD Geography, Queen’s University
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
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4:00pm-5:45pm
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Panel 8
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Track A
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5260
OISE
ReMaking
KM6: Childhood
Memories of Santa Cruz Bolivia
ARTIST
TALK/PHOTOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION
SoJin
Chun, Communications, York
The
series of photographs in ReMaking KM6 illustrates the search for my
past upon returning to my childhood home of Santa Cruz,
Bolivia. In this journey, I returned to the place where my
hybrid identity emerged and where I began to live in the diaspora.
While I embrace my Korean heritage, I often felt greater nostalgia
for Santa Cruz, a childhood paradise that remained in the webs of my
memories until recently. In April 2008, I returned to Santa
Cruz in search of all of the people and places that lingered in my
mind since my departure. Through this process, I experienced first
hand the fragmented nature of my childhood memory. Though I
re-encountered familiar narratives, I also became aware of the
social and political realities of an area fighting for autonomy from
the rest of the country. While photographing everyday reality
in Santa Cruz, the search for my past became an exercise in forming
new memories in the present.
Sat,
Nov 8
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4:00pm-5:45pm
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Panel 8
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Track B
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8214
OISE
Caribbean National
Identity & Politics
Discussant:
Prof. Viviana Patroni, Social Science, York
The Contribution of the Concepts of
“Political Religion” & “Generic Fascism” to an Interpretation of
Pedro Albizu Campos’ Nationalism in 1930s Puerto Rico
Juri
Bottura, MA Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University
‘You will have only yourselves to
blame’: On the Collision of Risk, Fear, Race, and Class in Contemporary
Trinidadian Politics
Sacha
Geer, PhD Anthropology, McMaster
Adventures in Broadcasting the
Bahamian National Identity 1970 – 1974
Edward Minnis, MA History, Carleton
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
Sat,
Nov 8
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4:00pm-5:45pm
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Panel 8
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Track C
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5250
OISE
Searching for
Alternatives:
Participatory Development
Discussant:
Prof. Eduardo Canel, Social Science, York
Openness & the New Latin
American Left: Understanding Change in an Era of Complexity
Katherine
Reilly, PhD Political Science, University of Toronto
Participatory Budgeting and Local
Solidarity Governance in the City of Porto Alegre: The Contested Confluence
of Civil Society Discourses and Participatory Practices
J.
Ricardo Tranjan, PhD Global Governance, University of Waterloo
Empowerment through participation:
assessing the voices of leaders from recycling cooperatives in São Paulo,
Brazil
Crystal
Tremblay, MA, Geography, University of Victoria
Building citizenship in Medellín,
Colombia
Daniel
Tubb, MA Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University
ABSTRACTS FOR THIS PANEL
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