Rethinking settler colonialism in Latin America
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Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 12:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Directors Row J, Sheraton, Plaza Building, Lobby Level
Type: Paper, Hybrid session with both in-person and virtual presenters
Theme: Toward More Just Geographies
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Sponsor Group(s):
No Sponsor Group Associated with this Session
Organizer(s):
Nora Sylvander University of Mississippi
Joshua Mayer UCLA
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Description:
This session urges us to rethink and broaden the definition of settler colonialism in the context of Latin America. Some questions we are interested in exploring include but are not limited to: What does it mean for the settler to “never leave?” How might this permanence and territorial (dis)possession extend beyond material bodies? How might the settler colonialism analytic help us unpack racial hierarchies and challenge the hegemonic logic of mestizaje? How might it explain the ongoing violent appropriation of Indigenous and Afrodescendant territories in different parts of Latin America, despite legal frameworks aimed at securing territorial rights? How could the settler colonialism lens allow us to understand Indigenous struggles for autonomy and sovereignty? How does settler colonialism in Latin America intersect with capitalism and imperialism? And how might the settler colonialism analytic in Latin America make new political projects thinkable, especially in conversation and solidarity with anti-colonial movements in historically recognized settler colonies?
Presentations (if applicable) and Session Agenda:
Tamar Blickstein |
The Napalpí Massacre and the Double Logic of Dispossession in the Argentine Chaco |
Joshua Mayer, UCLA |
The Structure of the Nicaraguan Settler Colonial Conjuncture |
Nora Sylvander |
Settler colonialism and the colonization of indigenous territories in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve, Nicaragua |
Diego Paolo Borgsdorf Fuenzalida |
'Rompecabezas que le faltan piezas': National Space, Exile, and Race in Chilean Museums” |
Thomas Bassett |
Early Settlement of Portuguese America |
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Rethinking settler colonialism in Latin America
Description
Type: Paper, Hybrid session with both in-person and virtual presenters
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 12:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Directors Row J, Sheraton, Plaza Building, Lobby Level
Contact the Primary Organizer
Nora Sylvander University of Mississippi
ntsylvan@olemiss.edu
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