Tag: Poverty tourism
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The Roque Dalton Archive at the Benson Latin American Collection
Author James Iffland, the pre-eminent biographer of Salvadoran revolutionary and writer Roque Dalton, writes about Dalton’s life and his important archive at the Benson Latin…
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Faculty Spotlight: Mallory Matsumoto
ONE OF THE MANY FASCINATING ASPECTS of Classic Maya civilization (250–900 CE) is that a series of common cultural traits appear in settlements that are…
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Faculty Spotlight: Amy E. Thompson
IN HER RESEARCH, Assistant Professor Amy E. Thompson (Department of Geography and the Environment) uses transdisciplinary approaches of geospatial methods with traditional archaeological techniques to…
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Un pueblo entre el agua. La creación de la represa en El Peñol y Guatapé en el Oriente antioqueño, Colombia
Por CINDIA ARANGO LÓPEZ Read in English A PRINCIPIOS DE 1960, los habitantes de los municipios de El Peñol y de Guatapé, asentamientos localizados en…
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Mulheres Negras que Movem Montanhas: Uma Resposta à Crise no Complexo do Alemão
Por ANA CAROLINA ASSUMPÇÃO Read in English DURANTE MOMENTOS DE CRISE, é possível observar que grupos de pessoas se unem com o propósito de ajuda…
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Conference Preview: A Water-Centered Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean
2023 Lozano Long Conference WATER IS ESSENTIAL for biological life as we know it, but it is also essential for livelihoods ranging from the individual…
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To the Reader
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020, The University of Texas at Austin announced that it was canceling classes and closing the campus due to community spread…
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In Memoriam: Dr. Teresa Lozano Long
BY SUSANNA SHARPE Beloved philanthropist and educator Dr. Teresa Lozano Long passed away peacefully on March 21, 2021, with Joe R. Long, her loving husband…
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Welcoming a New Director
Dr. Adela Pineda Franco — First Latin American Woman to Lead LLILAS ADELA PINEDA FRANCO, a scholar in the humanities, joins the Teresa Lozano Long Institute…
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A Centennial Gift Honoring One of the Benson’s Own
The year 2021 marks the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, bringing promise of a triumphant future and cause for celebration today.…
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The Pandemic at the Urban Margins: COVID-19 and Networks of Support in Buenos Aires
BY SOFÍA SERVIAN AND JAVIER AUYERO HOW DO THE URBAN POOR SURVIVE? Roughly half a century ago, anthropologist Larissa Lomnitz conducted fieldwork in Cerrada del…
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In Memoriam: Dr. David Block III
BY SUSANNA SHARPE LLILAS BENSON MOURNS the passing of friend, scholar, and former colleague David Block III, on June 15, 2021. Block was head of…
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In Memoriam: Manuel Tahay
Leer en español BY SERGIO ROMERO & SUSANNA SHARPE LLILAS BENSON MOURNS the death of our beloved colleague and friend Manuel de Jesús Tahay Gómez,…