Amerindian Studies Seminars
Martinmas Term 2011
The seminars will take place in the CAS seminar/reading room. Seminars take place on Wednesdays at 3pm, CAS reading room unless otherwise stated.
27th September (Tuesday, 5pm start). "Migrating for an education: Family, Gender and Social Mobility among Caribbean Nurses in Britain". Professor Karen Fog Olwig, University of Copenhagen.
5th October. Dr. Hanne Cottyn. "Pastoralist communities, their struggles and archives on the Bolivian Altiplano".
12th October. Dr Clare Melhuish. "Aesthetics of Social Identity: Re-framing and Evaluating Modernist Architecture as Cultural Heritage in Martinique".
19th October (4 pm start). Dr. Emilia Ferraro. "Beads, coins and rosaries in the Andes".
26th October(4:30 pm start). Dr. Matias Viotti Barbalato. "Power and Youth: "Gangs" in Lima"
Dr. Marta Romero Delgado. "The meaning of war for the women in the Peruvian guerrila movements (1980-2000)".
2nd November. Professor Nadia Farage. "Antigone's Duty: Images of the Feminine and the Animalic in the Work of Lima Barreto".
CAS Reading Group (to take place at 4 pm on Wednesdays)
16th of November Persistence and Transformation. Readings by Rose and Baker
23rd of November (4-6 pm) Film: "O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias". [The Year My Parents Went On Vacation]
30th of November Language. Readings by Overing and Drummond
7th of December Rebellion. Readings by Farage and Benitez Rojo
Candlemas Term 2011
The seminars will take place in the Social Anthropology Seminar Room from 3-5 pm
23rd Feb. “Disturbances of Relatedness: the sense and significance of madness in Quechua-speaking peasant communities of Cusco, Peru”. David Orr (no affiliation) : this seminar has been RELOCATED to seminar room 8, New Arts.
2nd March “The speculum of envy: envious beings in an envious world”. Daniela Castellanos, U. of St Andrews
9th March “Questions of (meta)freedom in a Brazilian Favela”. Moises Lino e Silva, U. of St Andrews
16th March 'STAR workshop'.
23rd March “Biomedicine and folkhealers in Jaré, Bahia, rural Brazil”. Paulo Alves, Visiting scholar St Andrews, Federal University of Bahia
20th Apr. “Mixed people in pueblos de indios of Córdoba. Conflicts and debates around lands (18th-19th centuries)”. Sonia Tell, Visiting Scholar St Andrews, Universidad de Córdoba
27th Apr. “Racism, mestizaje and sex/gender relations”. Peter Wade, Manchester University. N.B. This seminar will begin at 4:30pm.
4th May “Smells Like Team Spirit: ritualizing Modernity in Peruvian Amazonia”. Harry Walker, LSE
CAS Workshop:
10th May 5:00pm Film: 'La Tentacion de Potosi'. Dir. Pascale Absi. St Salvators School III
Martinmas Term 2010
A new series of lectures, workshops and fim shows on the theme 'The Riddle of Place in the Caribbean and Latin America' will take place in 2010/11. These will include visits by esteemed commentators on the region:
In October (27th-31st) Professor Robert Hill is visiting CAS.
Thursday October 28th
Lecture:
Prof.Hill's lecture 'Avatars of Menelik: 'Ethiopian' Impostors in America and the Caribbean, 1908-1960' will take place on Thursday October 28th in the Hebdomadar's room, 5-6pm.
The lecture will be preceded by presentations from post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers in CAS from 2-4pm. Workshop: Visitors, Strangers, Impostors and Place.
Friday October 29th:
4:30 Film: 'Sign of the Loa' (Dirs. Mohammed, Paddington) - St Salvators School III
5:00 Film: 'Moloch Tropical' (Dir. Raoul Peck) - St Salvators School III
In December (10th-14th) Dr George Mentore will visit CAS.
Monday December 13th:
5:00 Film: 'Sons of Cuba' (Andrew Laing)
Lecture:
Prof. Mentore's lecture 'Abandoned People, Madness and the Untranslatable' will take place on Tuesday December 14th, 5-6pm (Department Seminar Room).
The lecture will be preceded by presentations from post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers in CAS from 2-4pm. Workshop: Place and the Untranslatable.
For further information, please contact:
Centre for Amerindian, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Department of Social Anthropology
School of Philosophical, Anthropological & Film Studies
University of St Andrews
71 North Street
St Andrews, Fife
KY16 9AL Scotland, UK
Email: amerindian@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1334 462986/2977
Fax: +44 (0)1334 462985
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