Améfrica Ladina, intends to take a step in the same direction as the title Nuestra América, instead of América Latina, which emphasizes the Latin tradition of this region, that is, its bonds with Europe, and hides or sets aside the participation of other populations such as amerindias or those of African origin in this process. The expression Améfrica Ladina, coined by the Afro-Brazilian intellectual Lelia González, seeks to explicitly expose the presence of these populations and mestizo populations in the social project of Nuestra América, and affirm this plural ancestry which has been disenfranchised.
Why “link worlds, knowledge and disciplines” and “weave hope”? First, because the marked conservative, exclusionary, misogynist and racist trends that characterize this recent “turn to the right” our region is confronting demand a strong, joint intellectual and political effort to explain and challenge them. Second, because the neoliberal rationality, which diffuses market values into all areas of life, has fragmented and broken the social fabric of the region and the recognition of our common humanity, increasing inequalities of class, gender, ethnicity and skin color. And, third, because in this context we need to promote the possibility of thinking about and interpreting different ways collective living and generating different collaborative practices to produce knowledge.
As the effects of this rightward shift on the continent materialize, producing a generalized despondency, it is worth turning our gaze and our expectations toward the teachings provided by many of the specific and every-day experiences of the closest neighbors of this Améfrica Ladina, in order to sustain the collective and individual, humane and inter- species life, preserving, repairing and prolonging it. They have interwoven social bonds, practicing the principles of solidarity, mutual care and reciprocal sharing. But, to what degree have these experiences impacted public policies, or have their voices been heard by the political decision-makers?
In the perspective exposed by the Améfrica Ladina Project, “Latin American” studies along with other forms of thinking linked to the struggle for depatriarchalization, emancipation and decolonization, may respond in new ways to both the intellectual and material questions and needs of this region.
The LASA2020 Congress invites you to take some steps in this direction; connecting the international intellectual legacy with “ladino-amefricanas” realities and experiences, stimulating an in-depth analysis of the structure and dynamics of power and domination which includes the communications, both popular and counterpublics, on social media; promoting horizontal and interdisciplinary debate among Latin American scholars, and with the social movements; incorporating academics who focus on Latin America and communicate mainly or exclusively in English, in equal conditions, that is, without a privileged or dominant voice; promoting greater participation of indigenous intellectuals and those of African descent (women and men) in all sectors; improving opportunities for these intellectuals to participate in different academic activities that promote LASA.
We need to bring together worlds and knowledge that address the same problems from different perspectives and angles, the separation of which has been accentuated by the logic of the market and political trends to the right. We must weave hope, intellectual, social, ecological, political and cultural, in order to advance on the winding road toward a sustainable future in which Améfrica Ladina has lessons to share in survival and re-existence.
Names of Program Committee members are provided for information only. Direct your correspondence to the LASA Secretariat ONLY.
AFR / Afrodescendencia: territorios, luchas y epistemología
Ingrid Bolivar (Universidad de los Andes)
Tatiana Alfonso (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México)
ARQ / Arqueología y patrimonio
Cristina Oehmichen Bazán (Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas-UNAM)
BIO / Biodiversidad, cambio climático y políticas ambientales
Astrid Ulloa (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Andrea Zhouri (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
CIU / Ciudades y urbanismo
Jaime Amparo-Alves (CUNY/ICESI)
CUE / Cuestiones agrarias y rurales
Carla Gras (UNSAM-CONICET, Argentina)
Sergio Pereira Leite (Universidade Federal Rural de Rio de Janeiro)
CUL / Cultura, poder y subjetividades políticas
Amarela Varela (Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México)
Elizabeth Velásquez (Evergreen College)
Miguel González (York University)
CEA / Culturas expresivas: artes visuales, música, teatro y danza
Hettie Malcomson (University of Southampton)
Zenaida Osorio (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
DEM / Democracias en crisis, ciudadanías alternativas
Jaime Zuluaga (Universidad Externado de Colombia)
Tulia Falleti (University of Pennsylvania)
DEP / Deporte y sociedad
Julia Hang (UNLP/CONICET, Argentina)
Rodrigo Soto (Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile)
Sergio Varela (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
DER / Derechos humanos y políticas de memoria
Pilar Riaño-Alcalá (Universidad de British Columbia)
Santiago Garaño (Instituto de Justicia y Derechos Humanos, Universidad Nacional de Lanús / CONICET)
ECO / Economía y políticas sociales
Juliana Martínez Franzoni (Universidad de Costa Rica)
Camila Arza (CONICET/CIEPP, Argentina)
EDU / Educación, ciudadanía e inclusión
Emma Fuentes (University of San Francisco)
Rocío Moreno (Universidad de Guadalajara)
EST / Estado de derecho, derechos, y ciudadanía
Ana María Arjona Trujillo (Northwestern University)
Enrique Desmond Arias (Baruch College)
EDC / Estudios de cine
Amaranta Cesar (Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia)
EJI / Estudios de juventud e infancia
Valeria Llobet (Conicet- Universidad Nacional de San Martín)
Elena Jackson Albarrán (Miami University, Ohio)
ELR / Estudios laborales y relaciones de clase
Nadya Guimarães (Universidade de São Paulo)
Paulo Fontes (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
ETN / Etnicidad, raza y pueblos indígenas
Óscar Espinoza (Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia)
Genner Llanes-Ortiz (Universidad de Leiden)
FEM / Feminismo negro e indígena en América Latina
Flavia Rios (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Gladys Tzul Tzul (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla)
GEN / Género, sexualidades y estudios LGBT
Lamonte Aidoo (Duke University)
HIS / Historia e historiografía
Carlos Macías Richard (CIESAS Peninsular)
INS / Instituciones y procesos políticos
Christy Thornton (Johns Hopkins University)
Eduardo Dargent (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
INT / Interacciones sur-sur y transregionales
Pedro Pablo Gómez (Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas)
IEL / Interrogando los estudios latinoamericanos
Vasundhara Jairath (Indian Institute of Technology)
Mintzi Martínez-Rivera (Providence College)
LAT / Latinx Studies
Carlos Decena (Rutgers University)
Yomaira Figueroa (Michigan State University)
LEN / Lenguas y literaturas indígenas
Rosa Yáñez Rosales (Universidad de Guadalajara)
LIT / Literatura de las Américas
Marco Antonio Chavarín (El Colegio de San Luis)
LCE / Literatura y cultura: enfoques interdisciplinarios
Viviane Mahieux (University of California, Irvine)
Javier Guerrero (Princeton University)
MAS / Masculinidades y feminismo
Teresa Valdés (Observatorio de Género y Equidad)
Norma Fuller (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
MED / Medios de comunicación y cultura popular
Cristian Alarcón (Universidad Nacional de San Martín)
Rossana Reguillo Cruz (ITESO - Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara)
MIG / Migración, desplazamientos, diásporas
Marie-Laure Coubès (Colegio de la Frontera Norte)
Maria Emilia Tijoux (Universidad de Chile)
OTR / Otros saberes: los métodos colectivos y la política de investigación
Christopher Loperena (Cuny Graduate Center)
Héctor Nahuelpán (Universidad de los Lagos/Comunidad de Historia Mapuche)
PER / Periodismo, noticias y democracia
John Dinges (Columbia University)
Rocío Silva Santisteban (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
PLU / Pluralismo lingüístico y políticas lingüísticas
Ana D. Alonso Ortiz (University of Massachusetts)
POL / Política y desigualdad
Merike Blofield (University of Miami)
Carmen Ilizarbe (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
PGR / Políticas de género y reacción antigénero
Gloria Careaga (UNAM)
PUE / Pueblos indígenas: territorios, luchas y epistemología
João Pacheco de Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Ernesto Díaz-Couder (Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, México)
RAZ / Raza, racismo y política racial
Luciane Rocha (University of Manchester)
REL / Relaciones internacionales y geopolítica
Renata Segura (Social Science Research Council)
Cynthia Sanborn (Universidad del Pacífico)
RPC / Relaciones y políticas del cuidado
Bila Sorj (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Javier Pineda Duque (Universidad de Los Andes)
RYE / Religión y espiritualidad
Renée de la Torre (CIESAS – Occidente)
Nahayeilli Juárez (CIESAS-Peninsular)
SOC / Sociedad civil y movimientos sociales
Gabriela Delamata (Universidad Nacional de San Martín / CONICET)
Marisa Revilla Blanco (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
TEO / Teorías decoloniales y del buen vivir
Verónica López Nájera (UNAM)
Ernenek Mejía (Universidade Federal da Bahia)
VER / Verdad, justicia, reparación y no-repetición
Francesca Lessa (University of Oxford)
Elizabeth Lira (Universidad Alberto Hurtado)
VIO / Violencia e inseguridades
Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)