19th Annual

Institute of Latin American Studies
Student Association

CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICA

University of Texas at Austin

February 26 - 28, 1999



ILASSA WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS YEAR’S CONFERENCE:
* University of Texas Institute of Latin American Studies
* LANIC (special thanks for providing computers for Power Point Presentations)


NOTE:
· The Texas Union is located at 24th and Guadelupe Streets.
· Welch Teaching Auditorium is at 24th and Speeway Streets. The Teaching Auditorium, room 2.224, is on the west side of the building (facing Hogg Building and the Tower), at the ground floor level.


DAY ONE ~ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26


7:30 A.M.: REGISTRATION
Texas Union Presidential Lobby

8:00 A.M.: OPENING SPEAKER:
DR. VIRGINIA GARRARD BURNETT
UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR AND LECTURER IN HISTORY
INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES, UT-AUSTIN
Texas Union Ballroom


SESSION ONE ~ 9:15 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.

PANEL 1. THE MANY FACETS OF AUTHORITY: GOVERNMENT, MILITARY & POWER
Asian American Culture Room, 4.224

Imprensa e Ditadura Militar (1968-85)
Juliana Gazzotti
Sociologia Política, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (Brasil)

Presidencialismo e Governabilidade
Maria Fernanda Fernandes & Vera Lúcia de Souza
Administração Pública, Escola de Administração Brasileira/EBAP da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

Processo Legislativo e o Sistema de Comissões
Simone Diniz
Sociologia, UNICAMP (São Paulo, Brasil)

The Nicaraguan Judicial Structure and Its Reflection in Nicaraguan Public Opinion
Lee D. Walker
Political Science, University of Florida

La tierra en guerra y la guerra por la tierra
Josefa Santiago-Caraballo
Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico


PANEL 2. DEVELOPMENT AND PROBLEMS IN HEALTH SERVICES: ATTITUDES, TREATMENTS, AND RIGHTS
African American Culture Room, 4.110

The Changing Political Economy of Health Service Delivery in Chile
Jasmine Gideon
Development Studies/Government, University of Manchester

DST/AIDS: Epidemiological Profile, Spacial Distribution and Informal Treatment Practices in a Poor Community - Rio de Janeiro/BR
Valeria Rosa Bicudo
Administração Pública, Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Sin and Sacrifice: Defining Illegal Abortion in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Lisa Kerber
Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

Anticoncepción Quirúrgica en el Perú: Una Experiencia de Investigación en Materia de Derechos Humanos de la Mujer
Raquel Cuentas Ramírez
Trabajo Social/Derecho, Centro de la Mujer Peruana "Flora Tristán"

Actividades, conocimientos y prácticas del uso del condón en prostitutas urbanas centroamericanas: Determinantes socioestructurales del sexo inseguro
David Antonio Delgado Montaldo
Sociología, Población y Desarrollo, FLACSO


PANEL 3. STRUGGLE IN THE HISTORY OF LABOR AND LABORERS IN LATIN AMERICA
Texas Governor’s Room, 3.116

From Anarchist Tenement to Peronist Neighborhood: Workers and Public Housing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1900-55
Eduardo Elena
History, Princeton University

The Artisans of Mexico City: 1821-1830
Daniel Scot Gutiérrez
History, Harvard University

Yanqui Imperialism or Soviet Plot: Mexican Railway Workers’ Strikes, 1958-1959
Michael Mantak
Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Workers’ Struggles: The FAT and New Forms of Self-Valorization
Alan Eladio Gómez
History & Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Principales características de la oferta de trabajo en la Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Puebla, México, de 1991-1995
Liliana Estrada Quiroz
Demografía, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (México)

Struggling to Survive: Socio-Political Dynamics of Working Children and the Nicaraguan Family in the 1990s
Jamie Cistoldi
Sociology & Latin American Studies, Bucknell University


PANEL 4. ASUNTOS DEL DESARROLLO I: DEMOGRAFÍA, TECNOLOGÍA, Y RECURSOS
NATURALES

Eastwoods Room, 2.102

Tecnología y fuerza eléctrica en Puerto Rico: El Trolley de la Porto Rico Railway, Light and Power Co., (1911-42)
Walter R. Bonilla-Carlo
Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico - Río Piedras

Dinámica de la fecundidad en Centroamérica (1950-1990): una explicación desde la teoría de la transición demográfica
Héctor Vladimir Libreros Muñoz
Demografía, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (México)

Pautas de asentamiento e impacto socioambiental en Xochimilco
Fernando Neira Orjuela
Demografía, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales

Manejo de recursos naturales, apropiación del espacio y organización social: una reflexión desde la ecología cultural
Micaela Rosalinda Cruz Monje, Ivonne Flores Cabrera, Pedro Antonio Ortiz Baez, & Ignacio Zavala Contreras
Antropología Social, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa


LUNCH BREAK ~ 11:15 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.


SESSION TWO ~ 12:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.

PANEL 1. INVERSIONES, MERCADOS Y EMPRESAS: ASUNTOS FINANCIEROS EN MÉXICO Y EL PERÚ
Asian American Culture Room, 4.224

Diversificación de exportaciones en México: 1960-1990
Rodolfo Hernández Guerrero
Economics, University of Texas at Dallas

El impacto de la crisis de 1994 sobre la inversión extranjera directa en México
José Luis Alvarez Galván
Economía, Facultad de Economía, UNAM

The Relationship between Firm Investment and Financial Status: Application to Peru
Enrique Espinoza & Marco Martinot
Universidad del Pacífico, Perú

Tecnología crediticia dirigida a la pequeña empresa en el Perú Karim Peccio
Chavesta & Juan Carlos Ramires Zúñiga
Instituto de Promoción y Desarrollo Social & Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Metodología de Clasificación de Riesgo de Instituciones Financieras según el modelo CAMEL: Aplicación a los bancos del Perú
Diego Echecopar Málaga & Christian Portela Mazulis
Economics, Universidad del Pacífico (Perú)


PANEL 2. VOTES AND VOICES I: CIVIC ACTION AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
African American Culture Room, 4.110

The Sáenz Peña Law: Electoral Reform and Political Re-formation in Argentina
Gregory Hammond
History, University of Texas at Austin

Desarrollo y perspectiva del movimiento ciudadano en América Latina
Víctor H. García Zapata O.
Política y Gestión Social, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Xochimilco, México)

Voter Behavior and Democracy in Chile
Hillel Soifer
Latin American Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

[Maya Involvement in the Guatemalan Peace Accords]
Joycelyn Stevens
Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Violencia y Ciudadanía. El conflicto político en Colombia y su impacto sobre la construcción de la ciudadanía
Miguel García Sánchez
Political Science, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Citizenship, Democracy and Biodiversity in Colombia’s National Parks
Maryanne Schiffman
Political Science/Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin


PANEL 3. SYMBOLISM AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN INDIGENOUS AND CONTEMPORARY ART
Texas Governor’s Room, 3.116

Seats of Power: Palanquins and Political Clout in Mesoamerica
Kerry Hull
Linguistic Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin

The Mapa de Teozacualco: Land and Ancestors in Colonial Oaxaca
Megan E. O’Neil
Art History, UT-Austin

La Calle del Grupo Suma and the Development of Mexican Conceptual Art
Charmaine Picard
Art History, University of Chicago

The Implications of Mythology and Art for Shipibo Women
Jenny Rose
Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin


PANEL 4. CUBANS, AMERICANS, AND CUBAN-AMERICANS: SYMBOLS, CONFLICTS, AND IDENTITIES
Eastwoods Room, 2.102

José Martí and the Krausist Analysis of American Culture, 1881-1895
Frederick J. Skretta
Latin American Studies, University of Kansas

José Martí as a Political Symbol, 1925-1933
Sean Hale
Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Americanizing Cuba by Cubanizing Protestantism: The Cuban Mission of American Friends, 1900-1948
Brian C. Graves
Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Santeria Yesterday and Today: A New Level of Syncretism
Niurca E. Márquez
Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Florida International University

Bridging the Ideological Divide
Manny Hidalgo
Cuban & Cuban American Studies, Florida International University



SESSION THREE ~ 2:45 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

PANEL 1. REACTIONS TO SOCIAL CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC AMERICAN FICTION
Asian American Culture Room, 4.224

Cambio y valores colectivos en la narrativa de dos escritores peruanos: Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929-1994) y José Hidalgo (1937-)
Patricia Goitia Lebo
Spanish Literature, UT-Austin

Latin American Popular Fiction’s Engagement with Reality: The "Subversive Subversion" of Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Robert Bruce Jensen
Library Science, Biblioteca "Jaime Oscar Arellano"

Fin de mundo en el Nuevo Mundo: Visiones apocalípticas contemporáneas en escritores de América
Carolina Ferrer
Latin American & Chilean Literature, Universidad de Chile

Entre el yo y su urbe: la poesía urbana de la vanguardia latinoamericana
Russell Cobb
Spanish & Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin

Mexican American Women & Autobiography: Recording and Recreating the ‘I’ in Leonor Villegas de Magnon and Cliofas Jaramillo
Jennifer A. Alvarez
English, University of Texas at Austin

Juego de Damas, de R.H. Moreno Durán: El lenguaje en la construcción de la
Nueva Novela Histórica
Ernesto Carriazo Osorio
Literature, Pontificia Universidad Xaveriana (Colombia)


PANEL 2. "PROJECT CHICHÉN ITZÁ": REPORTS FROM FIELDWORK IN EXPERIMENTAL ETHNOGRAPHY, PISTÉ, YUCATÁN
African American Culture Room, 4.110

Experimental Ethnography: Research Beyond Methodology
Lisa C. Breglia
Anthropology, Rice University

Report on the Ah Dzib P’izté Project in Maya Art and Anthropology
Fernando Armstrong Fumero
Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

Report on an Experimental Ethnography: The Chilam Balam Ah Pisté Memory and History Project
Ana Wandless
Anthropology & Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin

Report on SELT: The School of Experimental Language Training
Jose Saul Martinez
Anthropology & Education, University of Houston

Debating Experimental Ethnography: Ethics, Intervention, and Evocation at the Anti-Museum
James E. Todd (discussant)
Anthropology, University of California at Santa Cruz


PANEL 3. HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL PROCESSES AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM.
Texas Governor’s Room, 3.116

Cultural Encounters in Mexico. Identity and Religion
Manuel Aguilar
University of Texas at Austin

¿Por dónde fueron? Re-visita a los itinerarios identidad social recorridos en un pueblo joven de Lima en dos décadas
Cristina Herencia
University of Texas at Austin

This Is What They Told Me: Young Argentineans Remember Terror
Susana Kaiser
University of Texas at Austin

El rol del canta-autor Carlos Mejía Godoy en la agitación política que finalmente concluyó con una participación masiva en la Guerra Insurreccional (1970-1979) en contra de la dictadura somocista: la transformación de un discurso marxista a un discurso cristiano-revolucionario
Magdiel Castillo-Barquero
University of Texas at Austin

Entre Democracia y Violencia: Aspiraciones y Contradiciones de las "Rondas Campesinas" de los Andes Peruanos
Gustavo Hernández
University of Texas at Austin


PANEL 4. INTER- AND INTRANATIONAL MIGRATIONS: POLICIES, CONFLICTS, AND CAUSES
Eastwoods Room, 2.102

The Mexican Melting Pot: Foreigners and Race in 1920s Mexico
Leonora Dodge
History, University of Texas at Austin

Strategic Charity: Mexico and the Spanish Refugees
Ann Elisabeth Laksfoss Hansen
History, University of Texas at Austin

Tragetória Histórica e Política do Campesinato no Brasil
Lizarda Yae Igarasi
Public Administration, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública, Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Recent Chiapan Migration to Tijuana: An Exploratory Inquiry
Erik Lee
Latin American Studies, University of California - San Diego

Migración y movilidad territorial en Chiapas: Los desplazados internos por el conflicto armado
Julián Rebón Lloverás
Sociodemografía, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (México)

Approaches to International Migration through the Narrative: An Investigation into the Causes of Migration and the Process of Assimilation
Richard Pelton
Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin




DAY TWO ~ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27


SESSION FOUR ~ 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.

PANEL 1. VOTES AND VOICES II: INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS AND THE STATE
African American Culture Room, 4.224

Social science as political ideology: El Museo Social Argentino 1911-1926
Line Schjolden
History, University of California at Berkeley

Opposition Politics in Mexico and the Career of Miguel Henríquez Guzmán
Aaron W. Navarro
History, Harvard University

Democracy in the Time of Cholera: Utopia and the Postsocialist Condition in Latin America
José-Antonio Orosco
Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

Políticas Culturales y Transición Democrática: ¿Porqué la creación artística no se incluye en la Agenda de los Gobiernos en Transición Democrática?
Minerva Gianula Kanelos Poblete
Gestión y Políticas Culturales para Iberoamérica, Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales (Madrid)

The Effects of State Institutions on the Agrarian Sector During the Implementation of Neoliberal Reforms
Diane Just
Political Science, University of Florida

Possibilities and Risks of the Ongoing Electoral Reform in Colombia
Juan Carlos Rodríguez
Political Science, IEPRI, Universidad Nacional de Colombia


PANEL 2. (RE)CONSTRUCTIONS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES
Meeting Room, 4.108

La recolización del Pasillo: Contesting Ecuadorian National Identity through Music
Ketty Wong
Ethnomusicology, University of Texas at Austin

Rethinking Transnationalism: Reconstructing National Identities Among Peruvian Catholic Immigrants in New Jersey
Larissa Ruiz Baía
Political Science, University of Florida

Lo propio y lo ajeno: las conmemoraciones del 25 y el 4 de julio en Puerto Rico, 1899-1968
María M. Flores Collazo
Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico - San Juan

"¿Cómo somos los puertorriqueños globalmente considerados?": definiciones de la nación según Antonio S. Pedreira y Tomás Blanco
Pablo Samuel Torres-Casillas
Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico - Río Piedras

Success Myths of Monterrey
Susan Warshauer
Anthropology, University of Florida


PANEL 3. POLITICS AND THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF CULTURE
Board of Director’s Room, 4.118

The Politics of Dancing: Religion, Power and Local Identity in La Paz’s Fiesta de la Entrada del Gran Poder
Kevin Donnelly
Literature/Film/Culture, Tulane University

The Political Economy of Candomblé: Blacks on Display
Eric P. Rice
Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University

Pelé’s Law and the Commercialization of Brazilian Soccer
Matthew C. Martin
Latin American Studies, University of California - San Diego

Deromanticizing the Mexican Miniature: Shrinking Palm Crafts in the Mixteca-Puebla
Katrin Flechsig
Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin

Futebol: Uma questão social
Érico de Sousa Cardoso & João Henrique Gamond Saravia
Universidade Federal Fluminense & Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro


PANEL 4. ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN BRAZIL: GLOBALIZATION, PRIVATIZATION, AND EMPLOYMENT
Chicano Culture Room, 4.206

Cultura e mudança organizacional: o dilema das organizações brasileiras
Carmen Diva Monteiro & Patrícia Nassif da Cruz
Administração Pública, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública, Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Situação atual da privatização tendo em vista a Reforma do Estado no Brasil
Lizarda Yae Igarasi
Public Administration, EBAP/FGV

O problema do desemprego no Brasil
Ana Lúcia Carvalho de Oliveira, Vera Lúcia de Souza, Maria Fernanda Costa Fernandes, & Marcelo Scofield de Lemos
Administração Pública, FGV

The Effects of Race and Family Background on the Wages of Brazilian Men
Satomi Furuichi
Sociology, University of Texas at Austin


LUNCH BREAK ~ 11:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.


SESSION FIVE ~ 12:15 P.M. - 2:15 P.M.

PANEL 1. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS FOR HUMAN & POLITICAL RIGHTS
African American Culture Room, 4.224

Garveyism in the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone
Anju N. Reejhsinghani
History, University of Texas at Austin

Agitating for Their Rights: Colombian Women’s Struggle for Emancipation, 1930-1960
Charity Coker
History, Florida International University

Human Rights Discourses and Indigenous Social Movements
Jessica Mulligan & Alexander Kazan
Latin American Studies, Georgetown University

Transnational Activism or Grassroots Internationalism?: The FMLN and CISPES in an Age of Polyarchy
Paul Vaughn
Political Science, Northern Arizona University

Identity Politics in Search of Community-based Planning: A Case Study of the Indigenous Movement in Costa Rica
Susanna Schaller
Latin American Studies/Community & Regional Planning, University of New Mexico


PANEL 2. CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOREIGN POLICY
Meeting Room, 4.108

Neighborly Compromise: Mexico and the US Fight Foot and Mouth Disease, 1946-1952
John Ledbetter
History, University of Texas at Austin

The Peru-Ecuador Border Dispute: A 50-year Happy-End Tale?
José Luis Chicoma Lúcar & Marco Antonio Martinot Oliart
Economics, Universidad del Pacífico (Perú)

(De)Constructing El Salvador: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Press, 1979-1998
Molly Todd
Latin American Studies/History & Journalism, National Security Archive, Washington, D.C.

Propaganda and Psychological Warfare: U.S. Communications and Foreign Policy Toward Cuba
Robert Simpson
Latin American & Caribbean Studies/Political Science, Florida International University


PANEL 3. ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT II: NGOS, POLITICS, AND PARTICIPATION
Board of Director’s Room, 4.118

A Case Study in Private Industry Initiative in Community Sustainable Development in Rural Coastal Ecuador: Power, Knowledge and Participation
Laura Pierce
Latin American Studies/Geography & Development, University of Texas at Austin

Latin American Grassroots Development
Forrest Metz
Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Finding the Loma Santa: The Limits of NGOs as Promoters of Civil Society in Bolivia
Patricia Richards
Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

Independent Intervention: The Role of NGOs in the Chiapas Conflict
Emily Middaugh
History/Politics, Willamette University

Impacto de la asociación en participación (Alcosa-Tabaromex) en la mujer y trabajadores agrícolas del cultivo de flor de cempasuchil de Valles Centrales, Oaxaca
María Luisa Quintero Soto
Ciencias Agrícolas, UNAM, ENEP Aragón


PANEL 4. ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION: PROBLEMS, STRATEGIES & IMPLICATIONS
Chicano Culture Room, 4.206

Regional Economic Disparities in Mexico: The Free Trade Impact
Javier Sanchez-Reaza
Regional Planning, London School of Economics

A New Challenge in Strategic Management for Organizations in Southern Common Market: the Cross-Cultural and Global Perspectives Like Competitive Advantages
Daniel Enrique Rótulo Decuadra
Management, Fundação Getúlio Vargas/EBAP

Politicas para el apoyo a las Pequeñas y Medias Empresas (PyMEs) en Brasil y Paraguay
Sonia E. González Saldivar
Public Administration, EBAP/FGV

Political-Economic Convergence and the Changing Security Paradigm of MERCOSUR
Alex Easdale
International Relations, Florida International University

Doble Nacionalidad ¿Acierto o Desatino?
Omar Julio Ignacio España Arrieta
Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México--Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales


SESSION SIX ~ 2:30 P.M. - 4:45 P.M.

PANEL 1. IMAGES, IDEOLOGIES, AND ACTIONS: WOMEN AND GENDER CONCERNS
African American Culture Room, 4.224

Dos visiones antagóncias de la mujer en Comentarios de los Incas y La nueva corónica y buen gobierno
Alfonso Alayza
Spanish & Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin

"God, Fatherland and Home!": Women and Education Reform in Twentieth-Century Brazil
Laura Shankland
Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Life on the Edge: Survival Strategies of Women in the Urban Periphery of Salvador, Brazil
Bani Bev Makkar
Sociology, University of Cardiff (Wales) & Universidade Federal da Bahia

Deconstruindo Machismo: Vitimas da Ideologia Machista no Brasil
José Batista Loureiro de Oliveira
Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy

"Nosotros tenemos derecho de decir lo que pasó": Collective Action by Maya Women Widowed by la Violencia in Guatemala
Paula Winch
Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

An Undocumented Feminism: An Analysis of the Experience of U.S. Latinas by Means of Their Theoretical Perspectives
Verónica T. Zavaleta
Spanish & Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin


PANEL 2. FRONTIERS IN MEXICAN HISTORY: FAMILY, CLASS AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS IN COLONY & NATION
Meeting Room, 4.108

Basque Influence in Northern New Spain: The Dispute over the Estate of Don Manuel San Juan de Santa Cruz
Catherine Tracy Goode
History, Northern Arizona University

Los manejos de una compañía comercial en la Nueva España a fines del siglo XVIII
Clara Elena Suárez Argüello
History, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (México)

Familia, patrimonio y relaciones de autoridad en la ciudad de Guanajuato, 1790-1840
María García Acosta
Historia, El Colegio de México, A.C.

Chimayeses Insurgentes: Rebellion, Subalternity, and Militia Service on Mexico’s Northern Frontier
Lance R. Blyth
History, Northern Arizona University

La colonia española de México y su visión del 98
Aymer Granados García
Historia, Colegio de México


PANEL 3. THE MEDIA AND COLONIALISM: NEW TRENDS, FAMILIAR PROBLEMS
Board of Director’s Room, 4.118

"Just as in Ancient Times": The Maya, the National Geographic, and the Colonial Context
James Terry
History of Art, University of Kansas

Images and Identity: The Consequences of Hollywood in the Cinema of Developing Nations
Lisa Pino
Film/Media, Arizona State University

The New Colonialism in the Information Age
Dana S. Littlefield
Journalism, University of Florida

"Pa’lante mi gente que esto cuesta": A Production Ethnography of a Puerto Rican Television Sitcom
Yeidy Rivero
Radio Television & Film, University of Texas at Austin

Reflexión en torno a la relación entre México y los Estados Unidos
Onelia González Salazar
Etnohistoria, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México

El Documental Etnográfico y la Antropología Visual en México y Latinoamérica
Michael Ramos Araizaga
Etnohistoria, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México


PANEL 4. FRUITS OF THE EARTH: THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF LATIN AMERICAN MINING, AGRICULTURE, AND AQUACULTURE
Chicano Culture Room, 4.206

Dynamics of Land Use and Agriculture on the Uplands and Adjacent Flood Plain in the Lower Amazon
Susan E. Swales
Geography, University of Florida

Aprovechamiento de los Residuos Agroindustriales: Obtención Biotecnológica de Celulosa y Etanol Apartir del Café Agotado
Roberto Arturo Agudelo Aguirre
Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café

Environmental Problems Associated with Shrimp Aguaculture in Latin America
Sylvia M. Bolanos
International Relations, University of Miami

The Problem of the Infamous Brazilian Garimpeiros
Amy Sprague
Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin


5:00 P.M.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

DR. MARJORIE AGOSÍN
PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE, WELLESLEY COLLEGE ~ RECIPIENT, 1998 UNITED
NATIONS LEADERSHIP AWARD IN HUMAN RIGHTS

"Passion, Memory, and the Pursuit of Human Rights"

Welch Hall Teaching Auditorium
(Room 2.224)
24th and Speedway


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