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Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies 68th Annual Meeting Institutional Sponsors: University of North Carolina at Charlotte Wingate University Winthrop University Cyberspace 15-18 April 2021 SECOLAS Officers: About SECOLAS: President: Alvis Dunn, UNC Asheville President-Elect: Monica Rankin, University of Texas, Dallas Established in 1953, the Southeastern Secretary-Treasurer: Steven Hyland, Wingate University Council of Latin American Studies Editor, TLA: Greg Weeks, UNC Charlotte (SECOLAS) is a non-political and non-profit Co-Editors, Annals: Jürgen Buchenau, UNC Charlotte and association of individuals interested in Latin America. Its objectives are the promotion of Gregory Crider, Winthrop University interest in Latin America, scholarly research pertaining to Latin America in all fields, and Executive Committee: the increase of friendly contacts among the Immediate Past President: Reginald Bess, South Carolina peoples of the Americas. State University Preceding Past President: Jackie Sumner, Presbyterian SECOLAS is a 501(c)3 organization. College At-large 2021: Lily Balloffet, Western Carolina University At-large 2021: Martin Nesvig, University of Miami SECOLAS Zoom Moderators: At-large 2022: Eunice Rojas, Furman University Susanny Acosta, UNC Charlotte At-large 2022: Colin Snider, University of Texas, Tyler Rossmery Palacio, UNC Charlotte At-large 2023: Maria Zalduondo, Bluefield College Julia Poppel, UNC Charlotte Paul Telljohan, UNC Charlotte At-large 2023: James Shrader, Rowan University Contingent Faculty 2022: Melissa Birkhofer, Western Carolina University SECOLAS extends its thanks to the following Graduate Student 2022: Vanessa Castañeda, Tulane individuals for their critical assistance in University organizing the annual meeting: Mili Cabrera, Maestro Meetings Local Arrangements Committee: John Meyers, Maestro Meetings Monica Rankin, University of Texas, Dallas Lazaros Amanatidis, Maestro Meetings John McLeod, UNC Press Jürgen Buchenau, UNC Charlotte Dylan Stroupe, UNC Press Gregory Crider, Winthrop University Steven Hyland, Wingate University _____________________________________ Program Chairs: Literature and Cultural Studies General Business Meeting Eunice Rojas, Furman University Thursday, 15 April History and Social Sciences 6:30-8:00pm EST (UTC-04:00) Colin Snider, University of Texas, Tyler Award Committees: The Alfred B. Thomas Book Award Subscribe to Historias, Beau Gaitors (2021), Winston Salem State University the podcast from the Angela Willis (2022), Davidson College David Dalton (2023), UNC Charlotte Southeastern Council of Latin The Sturgis Leavitt Award for Best Article American Studies Paul Worley (2021), Western Carolina University Lily Balloffet (2022), University of California, Santa Cruz Find us on your favorite podcatcher! Fernanda Bretones (2023), University of Florida 1111111 1111111 111111111111111111111111 1111111 1111111 111111111111111111111111 Graduate Assistant: 1111111 11111111111111111111111 Susanny Acosta, UNC Charlotte 1111111 1111111 2 All times listed are EST (UTC-04:00). Thursday, April 15 Thursday, Session 1, 11:00am-12:45pm 1. Race, Nation and Identity at the Intersection of Mexico-US Societies Chair: Lisa Pinley Covert, College of Charleston Mexican Catholic Hispanism as a Reflection of U.S.-Mexico Relations during the 1920s and 1930s Ricardo Alvarez-Pimentel, Yale University Hope for a New Society – Sinarquista Colonization in the Borderlands, 1941-1944 Nathan Ellstrand, Loyola University Chicago Patriotism and Mexicanization within the American Protestant Mission in Porfirian Mexico Cynthia Martinez, Rice University Discussant: Lisa Pinley Covert, College of Charleston 2. Pedagogical Approaches to Latinx Studies 1: US-based Border Crossings and Tropicalizations in the College Writing Classroom Karen Cruz, Concordia U Chicago Is Latinidad Cancelled? Re-shaping the Contours of Latinidad in a Latinx Lit/Culture Seminar María J. Durán, Brandeis U Creating a Latinx Studies Program at a Rural, Regional Comprehensive University Melissa Birkhofer, Western Carolina U Discussant: Javier Pabón, Methodist University 3. Recentering Brazil: New Perspectives A Historia de Vida de Vazanteiros Deslocados pela UHE Estreito em Babaçulandia-TO Lucas André de Silva Dias, Universidade Federal de Tocantins Charting the Planalto Central: the quest for a new capital and the opening of the Brazilian interior in the 1890s Frederico Freitas, North Carolina State University 3 Bandeiras in the Backlands: Nationalist Performances and the Development of Rural Health Care during the Estado Novo Cari Maes, Oregon State University A precariedade dos corpos femininos nos feminicídios do Brasil Carolina Freitas de Oliveira Silva, Universidade Federal de Pelotas Marcus Vinicius Spolle, Universidade Federal de Pelotas Amílcar Cardoso Vilaça de Freitas, Instituto Federal Sul-Rio Grandense, câmpus Lajeado Thursday, Session 2, 2:00-3:45pm 4. Lessons learned during the implementation of the Model Police Precinct (MPP) Projects in Guatemala and Honduras Chair: Wayne J. Pitts, RTI International, National Director Guatemala MPP Project and Project Director Honduras MPP Project An Overview of the Pillars of the Model Police Precinct (MPP) Wayne J. Pitts, RTI International Observations and Findings from the Guatemalan Repatriation Longitudinal Survey Study Christopher S. Inkpen, Demographer and Sociologist, RTI International Impact of Covid-19 on Honduran Community Police Operations Raquel Ovalle, Central Region Director, Guatemala MPP Project; Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Honduras MPP Project Impact of Police Driver Training on Accidents, Maintenance, and Repair Costs: A Case Study of the Honduran National Police Alejandro Alay, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Guatemala and Honduras MPP Project Preliminary Evaluation Results from the Honduras National Police Comprehensive Officer Safety and Wellness Program Omar Ventura, Western Highlands Region Director, Guatemala MPP Project; Deputy Director, Honduras MPP Project – San Pedro Sula Comments Guillermo Garcia, RTI International 4 5. Pedagogical Approaches to Latinx Studies 2: Transnational Abuelo-Palenque: aesthetics, pedagogy, and political struggle in the teachings of Abuelo Zenón Javier Pabón, Methodist University Ixcanul y Cine Janal como ¿producción cinematográfica maya? Cristina Zhunio, Northeastern Illinois University In chan kaajalo’ob: Oralidad, identidad, y la producción cultural ¿de los mayas latinxs? Sarah M West, Northeastern Illinois University Transforming White Cube Pedagogy: Disrupted Narratives and the Exhibition of US Latinx Art Andrea Lepage, Washington and Lee University Discussant: Melissa Birkhofer, Western Carolina University 6. Freedom, Customs, and Doctrines in the Colonial Period: Legal History Today Chair: Christoph Rosenmüller Jurisdiction on the Mountain in Eighteenth-Century Oaxaca Yanna Yannakakis, Emory University Repúblicas y municipios, entre la crisis del orden colonial y la formación constitucional en el Río de la Plata Alejandro Agüero, Universidad de Córdoba Law, Freedom and Identity in Sixteenth-Century Lima: The Case of Domingo de Goa in 1561 Renzo Honores, Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Sociedad The Interpreter and the Repartimiento: Flight, Rebellion, and a Conflict of Interest in Colonial Yucatan Mark Lentz, Utah Valley University Translation and Justice in Nahuatl Petitions (ca. 1650-1750) Christoph Rosenmüller, Middle Tennessee State University 7. Negotiating Subjectivity through South American Art and Film Dictatorship and Descent: Subverting Authority and Destabilizing Normative Identity in the Work of Paz Errázuriz Damon A. Reed, Virginia Commonwealth University 5 The Not-So-Just World: The Undocumented Valedictorian Trope in Matthew Newton’s Film, From Nowhere Patricia Reagan, Randolph Macon College Puertas afuera: Watching a Maid’s Journey in La novia del desierto Andrea Meador Smith, Shenandoah University An Ekphratic Understanding of Self and Nation in Álvaro Bisama’s Música marciana Eunice Rojas, Furman University Thursday, Session 3, 4:00-5:45pm 8. Race, Rights, and Belonging in Latin America From the Quilombola Perspective: History and Narratives of the Sambaquim Quilombo in Contemporary Times José Luiz Xavier Filho, Prefeitura Municipal de Lagoa dos Gatos-PE Ethno-Racial Rights and Justice for Afro-Colombians Tara Yañez, Tulane University Brazilian racism and its resignification in the current conjuncture Cristiane Lourenço, Universidade Federal Fluminense 9. Land, Forests, Lakes, and Produce: Indigenous Traditions amidst Spanish Oversight, New Studies of Environmental-Cultural History of Colonial Mexico Chair: Martin Nesvig, University of Miami Macehual, pipiltin, and Indigenous Community Responses to Land and Labor Predation in the Sixteenth Century Martin Nesvig, University of Miami Custom, Jurisdiction, and Justice: The Evolution of Mesoamerican Forestry Practice in Early New Spain Chris Wooley, UNC Pembroke Ethno-Environmental Fetishization: Pulque, Cochineal, and Cacao in Colonial Mexico Joan Bristol, George Mason University Forced Resettlement Programs and the Environmental History of Seventeenth-Century Lacustrine Communities in Central Mexico Richard Conway, Montclair State University 6 10. Queer Theory in Latin America: Honoring the Work of David William Foster Queering El Fútbol: Observing Homoaffectivity in Martín Farina’s Fulboy Patrick Ridge, Virginia Tech Queer Slum Tourism in the Works of Salvador Novo and Carlos Monsiváis Daniel Holcombe, Georgia College and State