LASA is pleased to announce the winners of the nineteenth cycle of the FORD-LASA Special Projects, a grant possible thanks to the contribution of the Ford Foundation to benefit the LASA Endowment Fund.
Selected Projects
Remainders of mining past: Engaging the material and symbolic legacies of extraction in the Andes
Matthew Himley
Illinois State University
Andrea Marston
Rutgers University
Manuel Méndez
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Damir Galaz-Mandakovic
Universidad Católica del Norte
Heidi Scott
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Obstetric violence: Successes and challenges from/in Latin America
Paola Ma. Sesia
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS)
Celeste Mariel Jerez
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Cora Fernández Anderson
Mount Holyoke College
Relational Socio-Racial Hierarchies and Xenophobia in Latin America
Luisa Feline Freier
Universidad del Pacífico
Selection Committee
The project selection committee in this cycle was presided over by Maxwell A. Cameron, Vice President of LASA and President-elect, University of British Columbia; and had the participation of Carmen Ilizarbe Pizarro, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Cristian Opazo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; and Santiago Anria, Cornell University.
About LASA
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest professional association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America. With over 13,000 members, over 60% of whom reside outside the United States, LASA is the one association that brings together experts on Latin America from all disciplines and diverse occupational endeavors, across the globe. LASA's mission is to foster intellectual discussion, research, and teaching on Latin America, the Caribbean, and its people throughout the Americas, promote the interests of its diverse membership, and encourage civic engagement through network building and public debate.
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