Noticias de la Semana
May 3rd to May 10th, 2015
  

www.lacis.wisc.edu

Compiled by the Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program at UW-Madison

Greetings,

It's hard to believe another semester is coming to an end.  It's been a busy and enriching semester for us, and we hope for you, as well.

For our final lunchtime lecture of the semester we will be screening a documentary film called "Web" next week (Tuesday at Noon). We hope you will join us.

If you're an undergraduate student or know someone who is, please consider applying for the LACIS social media/outreach PAID internship position which will begin next September. Applications are due May 8th and details can be found below in the education/volunteer/job section of the noticias.

In addition, we'd like to remind you that applications for the Nabuco Award Competition are due May 8th (http://brazil.wisc.edu/node/13). The award seeks submissions from undergraduate and graduate students.  The selected individuals will each be awarded $2000! 
 
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions, concerns, etc.
Have a wonderful week!
 
Sincerely,

Sarah Ripp ([email protected] or 608-262-0616)

LACIS Outreach Coordinator and Undergraduate Advisor

 

P.S. If you wish to submit an event or announcement for inclusion in the "Noticias de la Semana," please click HERE and complete our online submission form. Thank you!

  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Sat, 5/2: "Strut"
Sun, 5/3: Art Exhibit: "Cuba Today: Caminando Por La Calle"
Mon, 5/4: LACIS Undergraduate Drop in Advising
Tues, 5/5: LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: "Film Screening and Discussion of 'Web'"
Thurs, 5/7: LACIS Undergraduate Drop in Advising
Fri, 5/8: Applications Due for LACIS Internship
Fri, 5/8 & Sat, 5/9: "Musica de Balas"
UPCOMING EVENTS
ONGOING EVENTS
LACIS NEWS
EDUCATION, VOLUNTEER & JOB OPPORTUNITIES

This Week...  

Saturday, May 2nd
STRUT!

You are invited to come and see STRUT! on Saturday, May 2

STRUT! is a community procession showcasing the expressions and collaborations of over thirty of Madison's creative and cultural groups through stilt walking, dance, music, design, puppetry, and more. It will include special guests the Brooklyn Jumbies, a stilt dancing/walking group, and Tsitsistas/So'taeo'o (Northern Cheyenne) multidisciplinary artist Bently Spang (MFA Sculpture, UW-Madison) who will lead a "dance-off" at the Madison Children's Museum after the procession.

STRUT! has grown out of the Laura Anderson Barbata's Spring 2015 Interdisciplinary Arts Residency and her course "Community Arts Practice." For the past three months, Barbata and her students have been facilitating collaborations among groups on and off campus through weekly Community Conversations and community outreach.

*Note: In the event of rain, STRUT! will be held in the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center (CRSC), also known as The Shell. The CRSC is located at 1430 Monroe Street, adjacent to Camp Randall Stadium.


For updated information and costume tutorials, visit: www.go.wisc.edu/strut  
Sponsored in part by LACIS.
May 3rd-August 31st
Art Exhibit: "Cuba Today: Caminando Por La Calle"


Monday, May 4th
LACIS Undergraduate Drop in Advising
 
When: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: 331 Ingraham

Tuesday, May 5th
LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: "Film Screening and Discussion of 'Web'"

When: 12:00 p.m.
Where: 206 Ingraham

 
Join us as we screen "Web" (w/ English subtitles).

In remote villages in the Amazon Jungle and Andes Mountains, a group of children are about to gain access to computers and the internet for the first time. WEB documents their experience with the One Laptop Per Child (OPLC) program, and ponders both the benefits and complications that are arising from our increasing digital interconnectivity. 

Light snacks and fair trade coffee and tea will be served. 
FREE & Open to the Public. 

Thursday, May 7th 
LACIS Undergraduate Drop in Advising
 
When: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: 209 Ingraham

Friday, May 8th
Lecture:
"Disputas por el territorio en la frontera norte de Guatemala, la pol�tica de las comunidades ind�genas a finales del siglo XIX"

When: 1:30 p.m.
Where: 336 Ingraham Hall 


Presented by Nave Visiting Scholar, Edgar Esquit
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala  

La Reforma Liberal en Guatemala -a finales del siglo XIX- en principio se estableci� como el proyecto de las elites productoras de caf� que buscaban controlar mercados, territorios y poblaci�n. El r�gimen pol�tico y las ideas sobre progreso que se fueron conformando se volvieron soportes  importantes para elites capitalinas y departamentales pues legitimaban sus acciones para controlar el espacio, las personas y las comunidades.   


 

Las leyes para la desamortizaci�n de las propiedades comunales fueron aplicadas no solamente para expandir la producci�n cafetalera sino para establecer nuevos cultivos y para buscar la explotaci�n capitalista de r�os, selvas v�rgenes y para controlar poblaciones. Al mismo tiempo las elites buscaban definir el territorio estatal, destruir las formas comunales de organizaci�n y cuadricular el espacio para controlarlo mediante los minuciosos sistemas de medici�n y a trav�s de los procesos burocr�ticos del registro de la propiedad. 


 

La historiograf�a de Guatemala ha narrado y analizado las condiciones laborales y econ�micas en la que quedaron los campesinos e ind�genas en ese momento, al ser llevados de manera compulsiva a las grandes plantaciones de caf�. Se ha afirmado tambi�n que la expropiaci�n de la propiedad comunal fue un golpe que destruy� la organizaci�n pol�tica y la autoridad ind�gena pues al despoj�rseles del control y administraci�n del territorio tambi�n se les rest� legitimidad pol�tica y cultural. En este sentido la historia de los ind�genas es narrada como consecuencia directa de la pol�tica estatal y como tal, ellos son definidos como campesinos o miembros de comunidades siempre asechadas y golpeadas y por eso inmersos en un mundo que se desplomaba no solamente por su tradicionalismo sino por el r�gimen estatal.  

Esta presentaci�n narra momentos de la historia de comunidades q'anjob'al y popti' localizadas en la frontera norte de Guatemala, en el departamento de Huehuetenango. A finales del siglo XIX, ellas enfrentaron la pol�tica liberal, como un momento importante en la constante definici�n de la autodeterminaci�n comunal. Es decir ellos fueron actores en un campo y momento, que cuestionaba directamente su existencia pol�tica. A trav�s de la lucha por la tierra, establecieron acciones que los definieron como actores pol�ticos que entablaban alianzas y viv�an contradicciones con otros actores pol�ticos, incluyendo al Estado.   


 

Esta exposici�n usa la noci�n formaci�n de identidades pol�ticas comunalistas para explicar las acciones que emprendieron los ind�genas q'anjobal y popti' en la defensa de sus espacios territoriales y para impulsar sus nuevas posiciones en el campo pol�tico en el que estaban actuando. Lo que interesa en esta presentaci�n es considerar la idea de heterogeneidad de las identidades pol�ticas en Guatemala a finales del siglo XIX, como una forma de mostrar la complejidad del campo pol�tico pero tambi�n para relativizar las nociones comunes sobre resistencia, multiculturalismo, comunidad tradicional tan comunes en los an�lisis hist�ricos y antropol�gicos en Guatemala.     


 


About the speaker: Edgar Esquit (Kaqchikel, Patzic�a, Guatemala). La investigaci�n sobre historia de comunidades ha sido su l�nea de trabajo m�s general aunque tambi�n ha escrito sobre el movimiento maya. Ha realizado trabajo de campo y de archivo en los pueblos del altiplano central y en el occidente de Guatemala. Su inter�s en la investigaci�n est� centrado en la recuperaci�n de la memoria de las comunidades kaqchikeles y en reconocer los mecanismos por medio de los cuales se estructuran las relaciones coloniales sobre diferentes grupos y en distintos lugares, espacios y tiempos. Es miembro de la Asociaci�n Comunitaria KAQJAY, de la Comunidad de Estudios Mayas y del Instituto de Estudios Inter�tnicos de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Entre otros ha publicado, Otros poderes nuevos desaf�os, Tecp�n y su entorno departamental 1871-1935. La superaci�n del ind�gena, la pol�tica de la modernizaci�n entre las elites ind�genas de Comalapa, siglo XX y "Las rutas que nos ofrecen el pasado y el presente, activismo pol�tico, historia y pueblo maya" en la compilaci�n Memorias del Mestizaje (2004).

Friday, May 8th
Deadline for applications for the LACIS Social Media/Outreach Internship Position!


The Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program at UW-Madison is planning to hire a social media/outreach intern who will work primarily with the outreach coordinator/undergraduate advisor, Sarah Ripp, beginning in September 2015. The selected candidate is expected to stay throughout the academic year, so applicants graduating in December will not be accepted.

This is a paid position and the selected candidate will  have the opportunity to train a bit in person with the current intern!

It is being coordinated through the International Internships Program on our behalf, so please visit: https://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu/iip/opportunities/view_opp.asp?opp_id=120145 to learn more.

Friday, May 8th and Saturday, May 9th 
M�sica de Balas
 
When: 7:00 p.m.
Where: Play Circle, Memorial Union 


The Latin American Theatre class is proud to present: M�sica de Balas by Mexican playwright, Hugo Salcedo. Please send an email to [email protected] for your free tickets


In Post-Brechtian style, M�sica de Balas denounces the current situation in Mexico, a country in the midst of a war provoked largely by the fight against drug trafficking. The number of casualties and deaths of this war, intensified by the government of Felipe Calder�n Hinojosa in 2006 onwards, includes not only the narcos and their drug cartels, but also its own civilian population.
This play depicts some of the terrible episodes that this violence produces, with thousands of deaths each year, through a distancing and political awareness that encourages the audience to know and question these events. The performance invites spectators, through a poetic and nostalgic tone, to feel and experience the daily life of its characters, who become ghostly figures that roam through indeterminate spaces, exalting the esthetic fragmentation and, in turn, expressing human frailty.

Upcoming Events...

June 5th-6th
Colombia Support Network's Annual Meeting
  

The Board of Directors of the Colombia Support Network (CSN) invites all CSN members and interested persons to the annual CSN National Meeting, which will take place at Edgewood College in Madison on Friday and Saturday, June 5th and 6th, 2015.

 

This meeting is CSN's annual opportunity to discuss chapter activities and sister community developments in the context of events in Colombia. The position of the United States government with respect to developments in Colombia will also be discussed.

 Carmenza Tez, the extraordinary Kamentsa indigenous leader, has been invited to discuss the struggle of the Kamentsa and Inga indigenous communities of the Sibundoy Valley in Putumayo Department to protect their lands and traditions from threats of multinational mining corporations and the highway being constructed by the Colombian government through a forest reserve where their sacred lands and burial places are located. Buddy Bell of Voices for Creative Nonviolence is expected to be in attendance to speak about his visit to the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado with Dr. Hakim, an Afghan physician who hopes to develop a peace community in his homeland modeled on the community in San Josecito which is the sister community to Dane County, Wisconsin. David Newby, former President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO and current President of the Wisconsin Fair Trade Council, has also been invited. He will bring us up to date on the effort to defeat the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership. Last, but certainly not least, Congressman Mark Pocan has been invited to discuss the work on a Congressional subcommittee of which he is a member which is reviewing the Labor Action Plan of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement as an example of how protections for workers are not being implemented in the international trade agreements to which the U.S. is a signatory. The disastrous consequences of Colombia's National Development Plan for environmental protection in Colombia will be discussed, and hopefully Professor Al Gedicks will be joining to discuss the threats to the environment and especially to indigenous communities presented by the Colombian government's development model.  


Stay updated on which guests will be in attendance by checking CSN's website HERE

Ongoing Events...

March 6 to June 21, 2015
Art Exhibit: Apertura: Photography in Cuba Today 
 
Apertura: Photography in Cuba Today explores the way photography is used, understood, and experienced in Cuba in times of transition. It includes photography-based installations, digital photomontage and "intervened photography" by eight contemporary Cuban artists. The premise of the exhibition is to explore how photography and photographic practice have changed on the island over the last two decades and how it creates meaning in light of the technological, philosophical and aesthetic changes of the last decades. In contrast with the highly stylized documentation of the young Revolution, the new Cuban photography aims to shape reality by creating a syntax of expressive artifacts, one in which the printed image becomes one element in a complex discursive practice. New Cuban photography-based art creates an imaginary space of aesthetic openness-apertura in Spanish-against or in play with what is perceived to be an artificially stagnant political reality. 
 
Visit the Chazen Website for more details!
 
These events are free and open to the public. Funding provided by the UW-Madison Anonymous Fund, University Lectures Fund and by the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program with support from the US Department of Education's Title VI Grant Program. 

LACIS News...

The Latest LACIS Blog Posts, YouTube Videos, and Campus News!

  • Two LACIS Undergrads, Alexandra Arriaga and Lauren Feierstein were selected as recipients of the Wisconsin Idea Fellowship award! Read more about WIF and Alex and Lauren's plans HERE 
  • LACIS Alum and award winning journalist Jacob Kushner visited campus, read about his visit HERE 
  • LACIS Lunchtime Lecture presented by Jack Forbes: "Para Todos los Chapines: Music, Popular Culture and Identity in the Marimba Orquesta Scene of Guatemala"  HERE  
Education, Volunteer and Job Opportunities...
Guest Bloggers Sought for LACIS Blog!
Did you study abroad or intern in a LACIS country? Are you following a particular current event? Did you attend a LACIS event? We want to hear what you think! Write a brief post, include pictures or videos, and we will share it on the LACIS blog! (Please note that your blog posting may be edited down for size or content, if needed.)

Contact the LACIS social media intern, Bette Benson ([email protected]), with any questions or with your finished product! 
LACIS Seeking Social Media/Outreach Intern for 2015-2016 Academic Yr
Deadline for applications for the LACIS Social Media/Outreach Internship Position is May 8th!


The Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program at UW-Madison is planning to hire a social media/outreach intern who will work primarily with the outreach coordinator/undergraduate advisor, Sarah Ripp, beginning in September 2015. The selected candidate is expected to stay throughout the academic year, so applicants graduating in December will not be accepted.

This is a paid position and the selected candidate will  have the opportunity to train a bit in person with the current intern!

It is being coordinated through the International Internships Program on our behalf, so please visit: https://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu/iip/opportunities/view_opp.asp?opp_id=120145 to learn more.

Summer Internship Opportunities with the Colombia Support Network

Internship Description:

Basic Spanish skills preferred.

Colombia Support Network is seeking interns to work with them on several projects in 2015. 

1. Program Manager Intern: Various tasks in the office which include planning for delegations to Colombia and outreach programs, assisting with the newsletter, preparation of fundraising applications, and working with their database.

2. Translation Coordination Intern: Coordinate the translation of documents by Colombia Support Network's group of volunteer translators for publication on the website and other uses. For student with advanced or native Spanish skills there are also possibilities for translation projects.

3. CSN UW Chapter Organization Intern: Work with the program manager to develop the UW campus student organization and presence for the Colombia Support Network, including helping with organization and planning of movie series. These students will also assist with the Farmer's Market table to raise awareness of CSN and its mission to students and community members. 

4. Archival Management Intern: Help review and organize historical materials of the Colombia Support Network's 26 years of operation, under the guidance of the Program Director.

 

For more information and to apply: https://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu/iip/opportunities/view_opp.asp?opp_id=117458

 

Exploring Global Stories Locally: Children's Literature, Migration Histories, and Wisconsin Experiences

Summer 2015 Educator Trip to Belize & Guatemala!

 

 

 

 

 

The Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, The Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico, and The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago are excited to announce a summer 2015 educator travel opportunity to Belize and Tikal (Guatemala)! We are working with GEEO which is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and assisting as many teachers as possible to travel abroad and then share their experiences with their students upon their return to the classroom.

 

Follow in the footsteps of Mayan warriors to lost cities cloaked in jungle mists. This adventure offers an intriguing mix of ruins, beaches, wildlife and the rich cultures of Belize and Guatemala. It's a perfect blend of activity and relaxation-spend three days canoeing deep in the jungle and snorkeling the crystal-clear turquoise-blue waters before easing into the laid-back Belizean lifestyle while relaxing on the beach.

This trip will be led by knowledgeable local guides arranged by GEEO. Participants can earn 3 graduate credits while traveling with GEEO.

 

This trip is open to:

  • K-12 teachers
  • Pre-service teachers
  • Post-secondary educators including community college instructors
  • Retired educators

Dates: July 12th to July 26th, 2015

Cost: $1804.00 per/person 

What's Included in the Cost?

  • Tikal guided tour. Jungle canoe trip (3-day, fully guided). Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Belize Barrier Reef snorkeling trip (full-day). Caye Caulker stay. All transport between destinations and to/from included activities.

  • G Adventures tour leader throughout, local guides.

  • Public bus, private van, canoe, water taxi.

  • Hotels (13 nts), basic lodging (2 nts, multi-share).

  • 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners. (Allow USD 300-400 for meals not included.)

What's Not Included in the Cost?

  • International Airfare.

  • Insurance.

  • Incidental expenses.

  • Applicable visas.
  • Tips/Gratuities.
  • Beverages.
  • Meals not mentioned above.
  • Optional tours/admissions.
  • Airport Taxis.

Learn more HERE 

Also, please feel free to contact Sarah Ripp, LACIS' Outreach Coordinator, with any questions: 608-444-3725 or [email protected].  

 

Summer Teacher Institute: "Essential Themes in Latin American History for Teaching World History"

CLACS Summer Teacher Institute

Essential Themes in Latin American History for Teaching World History

July 6th-8th, 2015

UW-Milwaukee

 

Application Deadline is May 30th, 2015

 


 

 

This summer institute introduces high school educators to important content about Latin America's significance in World History. The program explores innovative sources and approaches that scholars are using to engage students in learning about the region and its integration into a larger world system. The institute will largely focus on three eras: Latin America before the Europeans, Latin America's Integration into the World Economy and the Struggle for Democracy and Human Rights.

 

Cost:  $75 in-service teachers / $25 Education students (includes continental breakfasts, lunches, and materials)

 

Dorm housing is available for $55/night.

 

1-3 graduate credits (History) available for additional cost through the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (will require subsequent online discussion and curriculum development work).  To request full informational and registration packets please contact the Credit Outreach office at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, [email protected] or (800) 621-5376.

 

Institute application available at clacs.uwm.edu

 

For more information, contact:  Julie Kline ([email protected] or 414-229-5986)

 

A collaboration between UW-Whitewater, UW-Madison Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS) and the UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS).   CLACS and LACIS are a consortial Title VI National Resource Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Education.  

 

2015 Call for Submissions for the Joaquim Nabuco Award
 

The Brazil Initiative of the Division of International Studies in collaboration with the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program sponsors the Joaquim Nabuco Award, given annually to the two best essays on Brazil (any field) by a University of Wisconsin-Madison student. The essay may be written in English or Portuguese and should have at least 15 double-spaced pages. The competition is not open to previous Joaquim Nabuco Award winners. The prize, a lump-sum cash award of $2000, is given to one graduate and one undergraduate student each. The winners are encouraged to use the award for a research trip to Brazil. Applications should include a cover letter stating the student was enrolled at UW-Madison during the academic year. Only electronic submissions are accepted. Deadline for submissions is May 8, 2015. Please direct questions and send electronic submissions to [email protected] 

Learn Portuguese This Summer!


2015 Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute @ UW-Madison

 
Application HERE (Deadline is May 8th, 2015)

English and Cultural Immersion at the University of Wisconsin

 

International visitors can enjoy the summer in a peaceful, natural setting as they live and learn on the UW-Madison campus. Participants experience 3 weeks of cultural immersion, English language instruction, and interesting activities in and around Madison, plus a 1-day trip to Milwaukee and free time for recreation. Participants stay in University Residence Halls. Most meals and local transportation are included.

Register HERE
Program Website HERE

For additional information, contact Becky Tarver Chase at 608-890-3253

Language Conversation Tables

Meet new people and practice a foreign language while taking advantage of the Spanish & Portuguese Department's informal conversation tables.

 

La Mesa de Conversaci�n (Spanish)

Beginning on the second Tuesday of the the academic semester, La mesa is held weekly from 5-7pm in the Rathskellar of the Memorial Union. All levels of Spanish are welcome at this informal conversation table. For more information please contact Steve Fondow [email protected]

 

Bate Papo (Portuguese)

Bate Papo meets on Thursdays from 4:30pm until 6:30pm at the Kollege Klub, 529 North Lake Street (corner of Lake and Langdon). Please contact Ellen Sapega [email protected] with questions.

 

For more information on language tables for other languages, visit the Language Institute's website. 

International Internship Program Walk in Advising

Mondays: 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. in 301 Ingraham
Thursdays: 1:00-3:00 p.m. in 259 Bascom Hall
Fridays: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in 259 Bascom Hall

Have questions about an internship opportunity offered by IIP? Looking for an internship on your own and need guidance? Looking into funding or credit options for your experience? Stop by IIP walk-in advising to get questions answered. IIP also has appointments available and take questions via email at [email protected]
International Reach
International Reach is a unique volunteer program that places international speakers in schools, campus venues and community organizations for short presentations. It provides interesting opportunities for individuals to share perspectives on their home countries with teachers, students and area residents for the purposes of furthering global education and intercultural dialogue. International Student Services (ISS) coordinates the International Reach Program.

BRIDGE International Friendship Program

 BRIDGE

BRIDGE (Building Relationships in Diverse Global Environments) pairs new international students with American students for a whole semester based on similar interests, personalities and needs. BRIDGE provides new international students with a friend, ally, resource person, and cultural navigator. The program offer numerous cross-cultural activities, learning experiences and fun. To learn more, visit www.iss.wisc.edu/bridge.

Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project

 MDGAP

MDGAP educates the campus about eight United Nations development goals on poverty, hunger, education, gender eqaulity, global health and the environment. The project also links students with hands-on , goal-related research, internships and volunteer opportunities in order to further job skills, foster global competency, and advance the goals. For details, visit www.iss.wisc.edu/mdgap.

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