ILASSA30 Student Conference on Latin America, February 4 - 6, 2010
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Complete Conference Program
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.
Recipient of Award for Best LLILAS Student Paper at ILASSA30
- Expressions of Maya Identity and Culture in Los Angeles: Challenges and Success among Maya Youth Giovanni Batz
History
- Monarchs, Subjects, Masters, and Slaves: Power in the Spanish Lower Mississippi Valley, 1786-1803 Peter Weiss
- Performing Reform: The Bourbon Quest for Refinement, Decency, and Good Taste at Mexico City's Royal Theater, 1752-1821 Susan Zakaib
- Republican Experience: The Texture of the Political Community in Early-Nineteenth-Century Colombia Franz Hensel
Art in Brazil
- History, Community, Corporeality: Uses of Capoeira for Two Groups of Practitioners Caitlin McClune
- Texts, Sounds, and Images of a Dictatorship: Memory and Nostalgia in Brazil through Rebel Years Leo Cardoso
Art and Art History
- Frames of Control: Gonzalo Díaz's History of 1980s Chile Doris-Maria Reina Bravo
- Recreating, Transcending, and Transforming: Marcos Ramírez, ERRE, Uses Art to Reshape the United States/Mexico Border Elizabeth Flesh
- In the Name of Geography: The Conceptual Maps of Anna Bella Geiger from O Novo Atlas Lindsey Herkommer
Migration
- Peruvian Migration to Chile: Cultural Crossroads and Social Incorporation in the Andes Lindsay Adams
- Coping with the Crisis: Migration and Settlement Decisions of Yucatecan Migrants to the United States Georgia Hartman
- Mobile Money and Remittances: Barriers, Potential, and Future Research Directions Vanessa Martinez
Sexuality
- Evaluation of HIV Prevention Strategies among Female Sex Workers in Honduras: Saving Lives and Alejandra and Life María García
- Walking Contradictions: Immigration Meets Sexual Citizenship among Latina Lesbianas Candace Lopez
- Escamoteo de la cultura popular en Sirena Selena vestida de pena y loco afán: Crónicas de sidario Jessica Sanchez
Human Rights in Latin America
- Nahua Women Blazing Paths for Indigenous Justice in Cuetzalan, Puebla Claudia Chavez
- The Politics of Remembering State Violence in Argentina's Jewish Community Joseph Kolker
- Participatory Action Research in Colombia: Between the Legitimacy and the Social Equality Wilson Núñez
- Algunas hipótesis sobre el trabajo de las niñas en la calle Patricia Murrieta
Brazilian Politics
- Influence of the Brazilian Congress on the Public Health Legislative Output Fabio Gomes
- Police Performance Measure: An evaluation of the training of Military Police São Paulo Tânia Pinc
Economics, Trade, and Development
- The Anthropogenic Variable in Hydro-meteorological Risk in the Dominican Republic Mónica Bosquez
- Déficit energético en el Perú y su implicancia en la economía Peruana Grecia Chavez Urbina
- Mexico: Neoliberal Reform, Climate Change, and Rural Vulnerability Eva Hershaw
Women's Studies in Latin America
- Visualizing Resistance in the Art of Rosana Paulino and Women of the African Diasporas Kanitra Fletcher
- Reducing Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS among Mature Women in a Large City of Brazil: The Role of Communication Raquel Coutinho
- When Feminism Meets Internationalism: Dimensions of U.S.-Cuba Relations, 1965-1975 Pamela Neumann
- Women of Santiago: Gender Conceptions and Realities under Pinochet Megan Allen Kareithi
Media
- Radio Insurgente: Comunicación desde la autonomía Zapatista Azalia Hernández Rodríguez
- The Fracturing of Indigenous Imagery and Allegory within Mexico and the Nation Erika Ramirez
- The Female Body and Women's Print Media in Early 1960s Colombia Sandra Sanchez-Lopez
Religion
- Forgotten Spirits: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Mestiza Spirituality Graciela Lopez
- Amparadas por la Iglesia: Maltrato conyugal y divorcio eclesiástico en Puerto Rico, 1820-1827 Cesar Salcedo
- Indigenizing the Catholic Church: The Enculturation Process in Chiapas, Mexico Jorge Valtierra Zamudio
Indigenous Issues and Identity
- Construcción y reconstrucción de identidades chuj en el contexto de las políticas económicas multiculturales: Del capital cultural al capital económico Lorena Cordova
- Desarrollo sustentable y neoliberalismo: La problemática Mapuche Guillermo Recio Guajardo
- Measuring Resistance: Comparing and Contrasting the Kayapó and Xavánte Indigenous Groups of Brazil Carolina Santillán Serrano
Effects of Globalization in Latin America
- From Fashionable Hats to Cheap White Cotton: The Consumption of Foreign Commodities and the Formation of National Identities in Nineteenth-Century Colombia Ana María Otero
- Narratives of the Village and Narratives of the Globe (A Peruvian Debate for Cultural Representation in the Global Scene) Paul Alonso
Culture and Theory in Latin America
- Replanteamiento de las políticas culturales en México Citalli Gutiérrez Javán
- Las palabras y las ideas: La crónica periodística como modernización Latinoamericana Silvia Novelo
- Gino Germani, las redes intelectuales y la construcción de la teoría sociológica Carlos Arbelaez
Inter-American Relations
- Immigration Detention, State Power, and Resistance: The Case of the 2009 Motín in Pecos, Texas Kathleen Griesbach
- Cold War and Contempt: The Lyndon B. Johnson Administration and Nicaragua Dolph Briscoe
- The U.S., George Eder, and the Containment of the Bolivian Revolution Kevin Young
- Apuntes para un análisis de la ideología Elenista y Sandinista, enmarcada en la guerra irregular Leonardo Parra
Democracy and Participation
- Participatory Budgeting in Córdoba: Preliminary Results Hadyn Kihm
- Fact or Fiction: Constructing "Truths" in the Transition from Violence to Democracy Cristina Metz
- Beyond Politics: The Cultural Significance of Indigenous Governance in Oaxaca, Mexico M. Christine Wheatley
- Cultivating Insurrection: The Complexities of Popular Education and a Zapatista Community Juan Gabriel Berumen
Literature
- Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca y la sombra del caminante Daniel Astorga Poblete
- Un enmujerado moderno: Análisis sobre el sujeto travestido en la novela Póstumo Envirginiado de Alejandro Tapia y Rivera Juan López
- The Truth of Fiction Rebecca Thompson
- De Venus a la Amazona: Diálogos de género en la poesía puertorriqueña y el reggaetón Lorna Torrado
- Transculturación en la obra de la puertorriqueña Karina Casiano Colonia 2007 Beliza Torres
Music
- Imagining the Past through Music: Drawing the Path of National Identity in the Music of the Costa Rican Band Malpaís Tania Camacho
- An Empirical Study of Hispanic American National Anthems Yu Chen
- Recording the Cuban Transformation: From Socialist Nueva Trova to Contemporary Rap Maria Quintero
Mayan Studies
- The Ritual Participation of Elite Children in the Classic Maya Period Kate Blankenship
- Los asentamientos Maya-Motagua durante la época prehispánica en Guatemala Edwin Roman-Ramirez
- The Usurpation of Ancient Intellectual Property: The Restoration of Maya Sites and the Social Role of Archaeology in the Contemporary Scene Anabella Coronado-Ruiz
Violence and Drug Trafficking
- La evolución del narcotráfico en México Oscar Contreras Velasco
- King(pin)s of the Drug World: How Bloodshed, Business, Corruption, and Washington's War on Drugs Made Mexico's Cartels All-Powerful Monica Medel
- (Narco) Violence in Monterrey Melissa Avila
Youth and Education in the Americas
- Expressions of Maya Identity and Culture in Los Angeles: Challenges and Success among Maya Youth (Best Paper Award) Giovanni Batz
- Indigenous Epistemology: Centering the Experiences of Maya Youth in Los Angeles Floridalma Lima
- Nonprofit Literacy Programs Targeting Latin American Immigrants: A Waste of Potentially Powerful Good Intentions Rolf Straubhaar
- Perceptions of Education for Social Mobility. A Case Study of Youth in a Brazilian Favela Jorge Valenzuela