Second Conference on Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean University of California, San Diego Institute of the Americas Complex November 3-5, 2011 ______________________________________________________________________ Organizers: CILAS - Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego ERIP - Latin America Studies Association, Section on Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples LACES - Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, journal published by Taylor & Francis Second Conference on Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean November 3-5, 2011 University of California, San Diego Conference Program Thursday, November 3 8:00-10:00 am: Registration and Orientation 10:00-11:45 am: Session 1 - Panels 11:45-1:30 pm: Lunch - Welcome Address Prof. David Mares, Director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego. 1:30-3:15 pm: Session 2 - Panels 3:30-5:15 pm: Session 3 - Panels 5:30-6:15 pm: Session 4 - Keynote Address Prof. Lynn Stephen (University of Oregon): Otros Saberes: Insights from Afro-Descendant and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America. 6:15-8:00 pm: Reception Friday, November 4 10:00-11:45 am: Session 5 - Panels 11:45-1:15 pm: Lunch 1:15-2:30 pm: Session 6 - Panels (short session) 2:45-4:30 pm: Session 7 - Panels 4:45-6:30 pm: Session 8 - Panels 6:30-8:30 pm: ERIP Fiesta Saturday, November 5 9:00-11:00 am: Session 9 - Panels (long session) 11:15-1:30 pm: Session 10 - Distinguished Panel Conference organizers: CILAS - Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego ERIP - Latin America Studies Association, Section on Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples LACES - Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, journal published by Taylor & Francis Conference Program Committee: Prof. David Mares - CILAS Prof. Shannon Speed - ERIP Prof. Leon Zamosc - LACES 2 Second Conference on Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean November 3-5, 2011 University of California, San Diego Using this Program Booklet Information has been updated to October 24, 2011. Subsequent modifications, additions, and deletions will be published in a supplement available at the conference. Sessions are listed by day and time and within each time slot, by panel numbers. For the location of the rooms, see the map on the back cover of this booklet. Table of Contents Page Presentation and Acknowledgments 4 Schedule of Sessions and Panels by Day and Time 5 Thursday, November 3 Session 1: Panels, 10:00-11:45 am 5 Session 2: Panels, 1:30-3:15 pm 7 Session 3: Panels, 3:30-5:15 pm 9 Session 4: Keynote Address, 5:30-6:15 pm 12 Friday, November 4 Session 5: Panels, 10:00-11:45 am 13 Session 6: Panels, 1:15-2:30 pm (short session) 15 Session 7: Panels, 2:45-4:30 pm 17 Session 8: Panels, 4:45-6:30 pm 20 Saturday, May 24 Session 9: Panels, 9:00-11:00 am (long session) 23 Session 10: Distinguished Panel, 11:15 am-1:30 pm 26 Name Index of Participants 27 3 Presentation and Acknowledgments The Second Conference on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean is organized by ERIP - LASA Section on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples, CILAS - Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego, and LACES - Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, journal housed at UCSD and published by Taylor and Francis. The conference covers topics related to all aspects of ethnicity, race relations, indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and other ethnic or racial groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. Participants include about 310 scholars and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The program features 67 panels organized into 10 sessions. There has been a commitment to periodically organize an international conference on these areas of research since the establishment of LASA’s ERIP Section and the launching of the journal LACES. Having hosted the first conference in 2008, the University of California, San Diego is pleased and honored to host the event again this year. The 2011 ERIP conference has been made possible by the financial support received from the following institutional sponsors: Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego Section on Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples of the Latin American Studies Association Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, journal published by Taylor and Francis Center for U.S. Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego Center for Comparative and Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego Center for Latin American Studies, San Diego State University Taylor and Francis Group, Academic Publishers The organizers would also like to acknowledge other forms of assistance received from: Institute of the Americas, La Jolla Division of Social Sciences, University of California, San Diego Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego 4 Schedule of Sessions and Panels by Day and Time Thursday, November 3 Session 1: Thursday Nov 03, 10:00-11:45 am Panel 07 - Session 1: Thursday Nov 03, 10:00-11:45 am - Room 4. Del Silencio a la Palabra: Aperturas, Quiebres y Renovaciones en la Nueva Literatura Indígena Contemporánea en Latinoamérica. Organizer: Rita Palacios (California State University, Long Beach). Email: [email protected] Diana Rodríguez-Quevedo (University of Evansville): El rito: privilegio wayuu en "El encierro de una pequeña doncella" de Estercilia Simanca Pushaina. Leopoldo Peña (California State University, Long Beach): Infancia y memoria en los cuentos de Luis De Lión. Leslie Dávila (California State University, Long Beach):Inmoralidad, sexo y religión en El tiempo principia en Xibalbá de Luis de Lión. Rita Palacios (California State University, Long Beach): Un chamanismo urbano: el cuerpo erótico femenino en la poesía de Maya Cu y Rosa Chávez. Panel 13 - Session 1: Thursday Nov 03, 10:00-11:45 am - Room 2. Gender and Ethnicity. Organizer: Maria de Lourdes Baron Leon (Universidad Autónoma Chapingo). Email: [email protected] Manuela Picq (Amherst College): The Inheritance of Resistance: indigenous women’s legacy of political contestation. María de Lourdes Barón León (Universidad Autónoma Chapingo): Participación de las Mujeres P’urhépechas en el Ámbito Público: Condicionantes y Reconocimiento. Pedro Guevara Fefer (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo): Interculturalidad y Género en la Nueva Ruralidad (Michoacán, México). Maria de los Angeles Peña (Universidad Central de Venezuela): Desde la mirada de las mujeres yukpas: discriminación, despojo territorial y lucha por el derecho a la tierra en Venezuela. Jose Antonio Lammoglia (Florida National College): Preparación de comidas rituales Afro- Caribeñas: campo antes dominado por mujeres, hoy usurpado por hombres. Discussant: Pedro Guevara Fefer (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo). Panel 32 - Session 1: Thursday Nov 03, 10:00-11:45 am - Room 6. Purépecha Cultural Heritage: History, Identity, Archaeology and Diasporan Communities in the 21st Century. Organizers: Tricia Gabany-Guerrero (California State University, Fullerton) and Steven Hackenberger (Central Washington University). Email: [email protected] Tricia Gabany-Guerrero (California State University, Fullerton): Purépecha Research: Cross- Border Programs for Research & Curriculum Development. 5 Steven Hackenberger (Central Washington University): Purépecha Heritage: Landscapes of Power and Authority, Michoacan. Juan Valdez (California State University, Fullerton): Media and cultural resurgence: Performing Purépecha Culture in Paso Robles, CA. Vanessa Orozco (California State University, Fullerton): A Look at Inter-Generational Cultural Identity Issues in San Juan Nuevo, Parangaricutiro, Michoacán, Mexico. Sarah Huntington (Central Washington University) and Mark Steinkraus (Central Washington University): Purépecha Heritage: Burial Recovery and Repatriation, Michoacán. Discussant: Narcizo Guerrero-Murillo (Environmental and Cultural Research Institute, Mexico). Panel 39 - Session 1: Thursday Nov 03, 10:00-11:45 am - Room 3. The Wall Between Us: Politics and Policy in a Oaxacalifornia Migration Circuit. Organizer: David FitzGerald (University of California, San Diego). Email: [email protected] Abigail Andrews (University of California, Berkeley), Brenda Nicolás (University of California, San Diego), Lucia Goin, (University of California, San Diego) and Melissa Talia Karakash (University of California, San Diego): Discount Transnationalism: Recession and the Transformation of Cross-Border Ties. Angela García (University of California, San Diego): Navigating Everyday Exclusion: How Mexican Migrants Confront Restrictive Local Immigration Policies. Jorge Hernández-Díaz (Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez, Oaxaca): La participación política de los migrantes en la organización comunitaria. David Keyes (University of California, San Diego): Does the Wall Stop Unauthorized Immigration? New Evidence from Mexico. Discussant: Ruben Hernández-León (University of California, Los Angeles). Panel 46 - Session 1: Thursday Nov 03, 10:00-11:45 am - Room 7. Ethnic Groups in Central America. Chair: Brent Metz (University of Kansas). Email: [email protected] Nicholas Williams (University of California, Santa Barbara): The Political Economy of Ethnicity in Caribbean Nicaragua. Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera (Freie