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A Summer in Paradise: Exploring the realm of tourism in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca through the power of filmmaking
By Jamilli Pacheco-Urquiza, M.F.A. Student in Social Documentation at UC-Santa Cruz Puerto Escondido is a beach town located in the coastal region in the south of Oaxaca, Mexico, 194 km (120 miles) away from Oaxaca de Juarez, the capital of Oaxaca and just two hours away from Santiago Jamiltepec, my grandmother’s hometown. This summer, I…
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Cultivando Conociemiento
Cultivando Conociemiento: un Autoetnografía de un Reconectando Quechua warmi Investigando Soberanía Alimentaria en Bolivia’s Altiplano y Chiquitanía / Cultivating Connection: An Autoethnography of a Reconnecting Quechua Woman Researching Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Bolivia’s Highlands and Chiquitanía By Karen Crespo Triveño, Ph.D. Student in the Environmental Studies Department at UC-Santa Cruz I regard myself as a…
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Vaccine politicization: Insights from Brazil
By Tiago Tasca, Ph.D. Candidate in the Politics Department at UC-Santa Cruz The Americas have historically been successful in eliminating numerous diseases, as evidenced by the successful campaign against poliomyelitis, a disease that causes infant paralysis, in the 1990s. Among Latin American countries, Brazil stands out for its high vaccine acceptance rates, strong community support,…
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Figuring Out Whether (and Why and How and to Whom) Institutions Matter
By Juan Diego Prieto, Ph.D. Candidate in Politics ~ UC Santa Cruz The enduring popularity of Donald Trump in the United States, the rise of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, and the unwavering apologies for Nicolás Maduro and Daniel Ortega in Venezuela and Nicaragua are all, I believe, indicative of widespread mistrust and suspicion toward the…
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The Ebbs and Flows of a New Researcher in Oaxaca
By Candy Martínez, Ph.D. Candidate in Latin American & Latino Studies ~ UC Santa Cruz Going to Oaxaca to conduct field research has consisted of an exploration of different climates, altitudes, languages, tastes, sounds, and colors. Beyond the timeless Oaxacan landscapes filled with rolling green hills, resilient magueys, and ancient cacti, are the contemporary cultural…
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Chiapas, 2018: Aesthetics and Politics of Indigenous Autonomy
By T. J. Demos, Professor of History and Art and Visual Culture, Director of Center for Creative Ecologies ~ UC Santa Cruz How has Zapatismo—the militarized Indigenous Mayan formation based in the highlands of Chiapas—fared after more than a decade of self-declared autonomy? How has the movement survived a Mexican state witnessing growing devastations of…
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“If I Did Not Want to Come I Would Not Have Come:” Finding Resistance in the Archives
By Bristol Cave-LaCoste, Ph.D. Candidate in History and Designated Emphasis in Latin American & Latino Studies ~ UC Santa Cruz On June 30, 2018, tens of thousands of people across the United States gathered to protest the horrendous detention and separation of immigrant families, a practice accelerated under the Trump Administration. Over the previous weeks,…