‘On Being Andean’: Undergraduate Andean Studies Colloquium

April 24th, 2016
Arch Building #108, University of Pennsylvania (3601 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104)

 

Andean Representation, the recently formed Andean Culture student club at Penn presents: ‘Andes Runa Kaspa,’ an Undergraduate Andean Studies Colloquium.

This student-run interdisciplinary colloquium showcases undergraduate and graduate research about the Andean region.

We hope to see you there!

3pm Colloquium Opening Remarks

3:15 – 4·:30pm Panel 1.- Deviations: Identities, Politics, and Education (Moderator: Prof. Zeb Tortorici)

Andrea Alvarado Urbina (Sociology, graduate student): The schooling of Immigrant and Indigenous Children and Adolescents in Rural Areas: A case study of Arica, Chile

Marco Herndon (Urban Studies ’16): Soy Moderno y No Quiero Locas – Queer Transnational Politics in Lima, Perú

Jennifer Thorndike (Hispanic Studies, graduate student): Loca Mapuche – Having AIDS and being Andean in Pedro Lemebel´s Loco afán-Crónicas de sidario

Francisco Ángeles (Hispanic Studies, graduate student): Messianism and Politics from Below in El enemigo principal de Jorge Sanjines

 

4:45pm-5:30pm Panel 2.- Transformations: Bodies, Politics, and Commerce (Moderators: Prof. Américo Mendoza-Mori)

Juan Cabrera (Linguistics ’17): (De)Colonizing Representations

Piper Martz (Bryn Mawr College, Political Science ’16): Seeds of Change: Understanding Rural Development in Bolivia and Peru During Quinoa’s Globalization

Madeleine Wattenbarger (Urban Studies ’16): Politics on the Walls – Painting in Urban Space in Pre- and Post-Neoliberal Chile

Jordi Rivera Prince (Anthropology ’16): Sitio Inca

 

5:30pm Closing Remarks

Peruvian food will be served following the closing remarks, featuring chicken from Inka Wall and homemade cooking.

 

 

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Call for papers

‘On Being Andean’ an Undergraduate Andean Studies Colloquium will be held at the University of Pennsylvania on April 24th, 2016 from 3-6pm, with food to follow. The Colloquium is open to undergraduate students and also graduate students wishing to present interdisciplinary research on topics pertinent to the Andean region (Western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Chile and Northwestern Argentina).

Please send titles and abstracts to andeanrep.penn@gmail.com no later that Friday, April 8th.