Politics of Entanglement in the Americas 7th International Postgraduate Forum Bielefeld University, June 25-27, 2015 June 25: Studentenwerk Administration Office, Morgenbreede 2-4 June 26/27: University Building X, Room E0-002 - Conference Program Thursday, June 25 (Studentenwerk Administration Office, Morgenbreede 2-4) 1230 - 1300 1300 - 1330 Registration Welcome Address – Olaf Kaltmeier & Wilfried Raussert Politics of Entanglement. Perspectives for InterAmerican Area Studies 1330 - 1430 Keynote – Isabel Caldeira (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal): Literary Entanglements of the African Diaspora in the Americas 1430 - 1540 Panel 1 – Spaces of Entanglement and Contact Thilo F. Papacek (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany): Cruceños, Guaraníes and Cambas: The Genesis of (proto-)nationalism in the oriente boliviano and its entanglements with Paraguayan nationalism in the context of the Chaco War (Bolivia vs. Paraguay, 1932-1935) Clara Buitrago, Mirko Petersen, Paul-Matthias Tyrell, Dorothea Wehrmann (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): Nuestro Norte Es el Sur: Researching Entangled Imaginaries in the Americas 1540 - 1615 15 16 - 18 00 Coffee Break Panel 2 – Social Movements and Protest Cruz González (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): Feminism and political subjectivation of women in the urban popular movement in Mexico: a comparative study between Sinaloa and Mexico City, 1980-1988 José Antonio Villareal (FLACSO, Ecuador): Las prácticas políticas de los sectores urbano marginales y la ‘Revolución Ciudadana’ Julia Roth (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): Feminist Politics of Connectedness in the Americas 1800 - 1830 Coffee Break 1830 - 2015 Panel 3 – Postcolonial Entanglement and Solidarity Peter van Dam (Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands): The puzzle of postcolonial entanglement: fair trade activism in the 1960s and 1970s Sebastian Garbe (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany): Decolonial Perspectives on Solidarity – the Case of the Mapuche Solidarity Network in Europe Sabine Kim (Universität Mainz, Germany): Rethinking Indebtedness: Canadian Investment in the Caribbean 2015 Conference Dinner @ Studentenwerk Administration Office Friday, June 26 (University Building X, Room E0-002) 830 - 930 Keynote – Rebeca Ramos (Universidad de La Habana, Cuba): Cuban International Migration. Migration Trends from Cuba to Canada 930 - 1115 Panel 4 – Migration Processes and Transnational Flows Pablo Sebastián Gómez (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina): Re-discutir la integración de migrantes sur-sur en Argentina (Córdoba): patrones sociodemográficos y segregación residencial de migrantes peruanos y bolivianos en la Ciudad de Córdoba, 20012010 Stefanie Quakernack (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): Narrating ‘Dispossession‘ – Digital Testimonios of Undocumented Youth in the United States Susanne Willers (Universidad Autónoma de Mexico): Migration processes and gender: Experiences of women migrants in a changing migration system between Central America and the United States 1115 - 1145 Coffee Break 1145 - 1255 Panel 5 – Politics of Development and International Cooperation Martin Breuer (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): The nexus of Indigenismo and international development cooperation in the Andean region, 1950-1970 Thomas Maier (Institute of the Americas, University College London, United Kingdom): The promises of a transnational history of Social Security – Argentina and the ILO in the década infame 1255 - 1415 Lunch @ Westend, University Main Building (self-pay) 1415 - 1600 Panel 6 – Social Production of Environment Juan Javier Rivera Andía (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany): Development, extractivism and indigenous livelihoods in the Andes: local protests and conflicts between Cañaris, the Peruvian state and mining mega-projects Alexander Mosena (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): The influence of human settlement on the historical dispersal of non-native plants in the North American West Anne Tittor (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): Environmental history of a Central American borderland: Current socio-ecological dynamics and historical entanglements 1600 - 1630 Coffee Break 1630 - 1815 Panel 7 – Visions of Buen Vivir Philipp Altmann (Universidad Central del Ecuador): La búsqueda del Sumak Kawsay como construcción de un pasado indígena latinoamericano Juan Jacobo Tancara Chambe (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): Subjetividad, teología y el K’epiri – contrucción del sujeto en la teología de la liberación y en la literatura marginal boliviana. Una interpretación a la teología Carmen Ibañez (Universität zu Köln, Germany): Críticas desde el buen vivir al concepto de desarrollo 2030 Dinner @ Brauhaus (self-pay) Saturday, June 27 (University Building X, Room E0-002) 900 - 1045 Panel 8 – Rocking Entanglements Dorothea Gail (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany): Aztec Mystic Meets the Marsian on the Black Planet Somewhere in Detroit: The Latin Side of Detroit Techno María del Pilar Ramírez Gröbli (Universität Bern, Switzerland): Ambientes musicales y estéticas rurales: Desafíos ecológicos entre la reparación y la resiliencia Matti Steinitz (Berlin): Black Power in a ‘paraíso racial’? Black Rio and the impact of soul music on Afro-Latin identity formation 1045 - 1115 Coffee Break 1115 - 1300 Panel 9 – The Language of Entanglements Xaver Daniel Hergenröther (Universität Graz, Austria): Factual and Fictional Narration in El Salvador: Memory, Representation and Strategies of Reworking after the Civil War Brian Rozema (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): Acknowledging the Reality of Language: English-Based Creoles, Multilingualism and Cultural Production in the Americas and Beyond Joseph Farquharson (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): Jamaica(n) to de worl‘: The Transnationalisation of a nonstandard(ised) language 1300 - 1415 Lunch @ Westend, University Main Building (self-pay) 1415 - 1635 Panel 10 – Religious Flows and Imaginaries Verena Adamik (Universität Potsdam, Germany): Strange Cults, Communes, Utopias and the United States Andrea Althoff (Universität Eichstätt, Germany): Migration and the Transformation of Latino Religious Identities in the United States: Findings from Field Research in Chicago Immigrant Pentecostal Communities Cecilia A. Delgado-Molina (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico): Redefiniendo ‘lo secular’ y ‘lo religioso’ en contextos de violencia social y construcción de paz en Cuernavaca, México Manuel A. Vásquez (University of Florida, Gainesville, United States): Healing a Karmic Country: The Case of a Brazilian New Religious Movement in the United States 1635 - 1735 Keynote – Héctor Raúl Solís Gadea (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico): Reflexión sobre la situación política en México 1735 - 1800 Concluding Remarks & Farewell Conference Organizer: Prof. Dr. Olaf Kaltmeier Contact: Dr. Lukas Rehm Center for InterAmerican Studies Bielefeld University P.O. Box 10 01 31 D-33501 Bielefeld E-mail: cias@uni-bielefeld.de Tel.: +49 (0)521-106-6956