Event Description
This symposium is a unique opportunity to learn about the current research done by UC Berkeley graduate students who spent last summer in Latin America. Field research grants were provided by CLAS with the generous support of the Tinker Foundation.
Tuesday, February 8
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 2:00 |
Introduction |
|
| 2:10 | Ben Allen |
Politics and Nature Conservation in Brazil |
| 2:25 | Christian Casillas |
The Economies of the Mosquito Coast |
| 2:40 | Quinlan Bowman | Communal Councils in Venezuela |
| 15-minute break | ||
| 3:10 | Anthony Fontes | Death Dealing in Guatemala City |
| 3:25 | Julie Klinger | The Geography of China’s Aid and Investment in Brazil |
Wednesday, February 9
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 2:00 | Introduction | |
| 2:10 | Brian Palmer-Rubin | The Tradeoffs to Indigenous Organizations for Partisan Alliances |
| 2:25 | Tom McEnaney | Unexpected Voices: Learning to Listen to Books in Argentina |
| 2:40 | Ben Lessing | Violence Associated With the Drug Trade and the Mexican Case |
| 15-minute break | ||
| 3:10 | Jasper Oshun | Hydrologic Feedbacks Between Ecology and Fractured Rock |
| 3:25 | Adam Shellhorse | Clarice Lispector’s Archive |
| 3:40 | German Vergara | Historic Use of Wood in the Valley of Mexico |