ILASSA28 Student Conference on Latin America, February 7 - 9, 2008

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Complete Conference Program [pdf - 103KB]

Selected Papers from the Conference

The titles below are taken from the official Conference Program; in some cases, the title on the paper does not match the title in the online Program.

Panel: Urban Planning

  • Colonial Structures and Neo-colonial Restructuring: Housing Policy and Urban Development in the Historic Center of Quito, Rosa Donoso, University of Texas [pdf - 877KB]
  • A cidade enquanto museu a céu aberto: A experiência da revitalização do centro histórico de Santos/SP, Lúcio Bittencourt, Fundação Getulio Vargas [pdf - 7.3MB]
  • Desenvolvimento urbano e questão ambiental na Amazônia: O caso projeto habitacional Nova Cidade em Manaus, André Zogahib, Fundacao Getulio Vargas & João Botelho, Universidade Federal do Para [pdf - 206KB]

Panel: Re-examining the Cold War

  • A Journey with Pan-Americanism, Aaron Moulton, University of Kansas [pdf - 169KB]
  • An Unlikely Cold Warrior: The Latin American Institute at Mississippi Southern College, Amelia Steadman, Tulane University [pdf - 118KB]
  • Precarious Path to Freedom: Domestic Venezuelan Communism and International Intervention, 1963-1968 , Aragorn Miller, University of Texas [pdf - 140KB]

Panel: Latin American Migration and Identity

  • Chinese Mexican Community Organizations in Baja California, Randy Uang, University of Texas [pdf - 135KB]
  • La regulación migratoria de los extranjeros damnificados por el Huracán Stan, en el Soconusco, Chiapas, Santiago Martínez Junco, La Universidad de la Frontera Sur [pdf - 118KB]
  • Being "Japanese" in Latin America: Language and Identity of Japanese Immigrants in Brazil, Tomoko Sakuma, University of Texas [pdf - 129KB]

Panel: Music

  • The Push and Pull of Modernity: Popular Versus Traditional Music in Pernambuco , Elisa Ferrari, University of Texas [pdf - 412KB]
  • Standardization of Cultural Products in Latin Pop Music, Israel Alonso, Florida International University [pdf - 264KB]
  • Duranguense: A Subcultural Representation of Lo Mexicano in the Second Generation , Monica Diaz Terrazas, Carleton College [pdf - 141KB]

Panel: The Artistic Lens

  • Recreando identidades en la historia verdadera de Bernal Díaz del Castillo, David Lisenby, University of Kansas [pdf - 94KB]
  • "Miracle-Working Satin": Overcoming Class through Material Culture in Nineteenth-Century Mexico City, Eliot Spencer, University of North Carolina [pdf - 525KB]
  • A "Handy" Identification of Artists in the Chocholá Style Ceramic Corpus, Maline Werness, University of Texas [pdf - 88KB]
  • "Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer": The Use of Apocalyptic Images in Colonial Peru as Explanations of Natural Disasters, Deborah Spivak, University of Texas [pdf - 55KB]

Panel: Innovations in Social Policy

  • Cash Transfer Programs in Latin America: An Analysis of Mexico's Oportunidades and Brazil's Bolsa Familia, Jacqueline Garza, University of Texas [pdf - 123KB]
  • Integrated Microfinance and Health Services: The Case of Esperanza International, Leah Nedderman [pdf - 419KB]
  • School Choice and Equity: The Impact of Voucher Schools on Educational Inequality in the Chilean Case, Alvaro Quezada-Hofflinger, University of Texas [pdf - 457KB]
  • Achieving Gender Equity in the Labor Market: Successes and Failures of Social Policies in Democratic Chile, Teresa Correa, University of Texas [pdf - 218KB]

Panel: Cinema

  • Candid Camera: Societal Representations and Critiques in New Argentine Cinema, Amber Shields, Carleton College [pdf - 206B]
  • Latinos Go to the Movies: A Survey and Comparison of Latino Film Audiences in Austin, Katherine Haenschen, University of Texas [pdf - 180KB]
  • La Agonía de Rasu Niti: Esbozo para una representación contemporanea, Gabriela Yepes [pdf - 130KB]

Panel: Literary Perspectives

  • The Power of Play in the Works of Helio Oiticica and Lygia Clark, Rachel Mohl, University of Texas [pdf - 920KB]
  • As representações da violência em Parque Industrial, de Patrícia Galvão, Larissa Satico Ribeiro Higa, Universidade Estadual de Campinas [pdf - 920KB]
  • "Our death is in our wombs": The Aztec Womb as the Locus of Creation and Destruction, Virginia Walker, University of Texas [pdf - 111KB]

Panel: Neoliberalism and Resistance

  • Cosmovision vs. Neoliberalism: An Indigenous Alternative to Modernist Development in Colombia's Sierra Nevada Mountains, Tane Ward, University of Texas [pdf - 248KB]
  • An Anti-colonial Popular Project: Breaking with Neoliberalism, Raquel Pacheco, University of Texas [pdf - 98KB]

Panel: Caribbean Migration and Identity

  • La otra tregua fecunda: Identity, Representation, and Community among Cuba's Haitian Immigrants, Jordan Shannon, Tulane University [pdf - 265KB]
  • Navigating the African Diaspora through the Dominican Parade: (Re)construction of Identities of Afro Dominican Immigrants in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Bárbara Abadía-Rexach, University of Texas [pdf - 203KB]

Panel: Indigeneity and Social Inclusion

  • The University and Social Change: University Education for Indigenous Students in Ecuador , David Weaver, Tulane University [pdf - 217KB]
  • Apropiación y significados de la "inclusión digital" entre los Pataxós de Coroa Vermelha, Bahía, Brasil, Elena Nava, Universidade de Brasilia [pdf - 100KB]
  • Como las oportunidades políticas influenciaron las formas actuales de los movimientos sociales en el norte del Cauca, Renata Moreno, Universidad del Valle, Universidade de Brasilia [pdf - 321KB]
  • We're Not Just Black: Garifuna Stories of Interethnic Relations in Guatemala, Shannon Gorres, University of Kansas [pdf - 2.5MB]

Panel: Rural Development and Land Reform

  • Um estudo de caso de promoção do desenvolvimento em comunidade tradicional amazônica, Joao Botelho, Universidade Federal do Para [pdf - 656KB]
  • Land Reform in Brazil: The Arrival of the Market Model , Guilherme Lambais, Universidade Estadual de Campinas [pdf - 728KB]
  • Survival Strategies of Small and Family Farmers on the Island of Puerto Rico, Survival Strategies of Small and Family Farmers on the Island of Puerto Rico [pdf - 123KB]

Panel: Gendered Perspectives

  • De calores y lujuria: Interpretando las transgresiones sexuales del clero de Puerto Rico (Siglo XIX), César Augusto Salcedo Chirinos, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras [pdf - 114KB]
  • Sexual Angst of Empire: Drunken Soldiers, Diseased Prostitutes, and the Panama Canal, 1914-1921, Jeff Parker, University of Texas [pdf - 159KB]
  • Feminismo e historia: El caso de Bogotá, Diana Marcela Gómez Correal, Universidad Nacional de Colombia [pdf - 166KB]

Panel: State and Governance in Latin America

  • Accountability en México desde la Teoría Agente-Principal, Luis Arjona Ramírez, Universidad Veracruzana [pdf - 132KB]
  • Los factores que limitaron la intervención militar en política: Una historia de las relaciones cívico-militares en México, Kaori Baba, University of Tokyo [pdf - 124KB]
  • Questão global e ação do estado em uma perspectiva comparada: Brasil e Argentina, Paula Pereira, Universidade de Brasília [pdf - 188KB]

Panel: Religion

  • The Church in Cuba, 1952-1959: Ambivalence between Regime and Revolution, Joseph Holbrook, Florida International University [pdf - 141KB]
  • Virgin of Charity: Nation, Exile, and the Embodiment of the Waters, Annie Gibson, Tulane University [pdf - 179KB]

Panel: Art, Activism, and Conflict in Central America

  • Frente Sandalista: Liberal Yanquís and Political Power in Nicaragua and El Salvador, 1979-1992, Kristin Cheasty Miller, University of Texas [pdf - 180KB]

Panel: Political Representations

  • The Tupamaros: A Refection of Uruguay's Political Culture, Chris Woodruff, University of Texas [pdf - 167KB]
  • Instituciones, orden jurídico y representaciones políticas en Colombia, Juan Sanchez Sierra, Virginia Tech [pdf - 231KB]
  • Restrição de abrangência ideológica da democracia e a não-consolidação de conteúdos de esquerda na América Latina, Camilo Negri, Universidade de Brasília [pdf - 202KB]

Panel: Development and Economic Growth

  • Do Remittances Enhance Economic Growth through Consumption or Inversion?, Zulima Leal-Calderon, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Rio Piedras [pdf - 499KB]
  • Growth with Equity? The Chilean Experience during the Democratic Period, Laura Spagnolo, Alvaro Quezada-Hofflinger, and Viviana Salinas, University of Texas [pdf - 240KB]
  • Multinational Banking in Peru, Jorge Yi, Florida International University [pdf - 162KB]
  • Latin American Decentralization for the Twenty-First Century, Heidi Smith, Florida International University [pdf - 66KB]

Panel: Racial Identity Formation

  • Da Outra América: Gilberto Freyre's Racial Formation in the United States, Jonathan Square, University of Texas [pdf - 161KB]
  • Past the Politics of Black and White: Understanding Black-Latino Coalitions in the New South, Matthew Wooten, University of Texas [pdf - 408KB]
  • The King Is Naked: Media, Police, and Black Youth in the Contemporaneous Brazil, Jaime Alves, University of Texas [pdf - 91KB]

Panel: Education and Race

  • Ethnic and Race Relations: Changes in the Brazilian Educational Policy, Andreia de Sousa, University of Texas [pdf - KB]
  • Banking White Supremacy: A Comparative Evaluation of Racism in Brazilian and United States Education Systems in the Twenty-First Century, Elizabeth Kennedy, University of Texas [pdf - KB]
  • Educación Bilíngüe Intercultural (EBI) en el Perú, Siglo XXI, Melchor Huamán Cosi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas [pdf - KB]

Panel: Media and Social Struggles in Argentina

  • The Argentinean Satirical Press, Post the 2001 Economic Crisis: The Case of Barcelona Magazine, Paul Alonso, University of Texas [pdf - 146KB]
  • Silence or Defiance? The Argentine Press during the "Proceso" of 1976-1983, Tim Samples, University of Texas [pdf - 220KB]
  • State-sponsored Violence in Argentina, 1930-1943, Roque Planas, Texas State University [pdf - 124KB]

Panel: Social Policy in Brazil

  • Perpectivas juvenis em Austin e Porto Alegre, Míriam Pereira Lemos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [pdf - 118KB]

Panel: Trade, Markets, and Regional Integration

  • Participação empresarial em negociações comerciais no Brasil: O caso Mercosul e União Européia (2001-2004), Vicente Amaral Bezerra, Universidade de Brasília [pdf - 275KB]
  • Participação empresarial em negociações comerciais no Brasil: O caso Mercosul e União Européia (2001-2004), Vicente Amaral Bezerra, Universidade de Brasília [pdf - 275KB]
  • Domestic Politics and Regional Trade Agreements: How the United States and Brazil Bargain, Daniel Andrade, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco [pdf - 224KB]
  • Vigilância sanitária e regime multilateral de comércio: O sentido neoliberal da reforma do Estado brasileiro na década de 90, Renata Campos Motta, Universidade de Brasília-Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro [pdf - 204KB]