Otras secciones de LASA
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LASA Sections exist to promote the common interest of Association members in specific areas of Latin American Studies. They are a means of increasing communication and interaction among persons of similar interests within the framework of the larger organization. They help to broaden involvement in LASA, and to make the Association more participatory and responsive to constituencies.
For 2002 there are 28 Sections. LASA members may join as many Sections as they choose. The only requirements are that their LASA membership be current and that they pay the additional fee for Section membership (currently $8).
The following statements reflecting the mission and activities of each Section are provided by the Section chairs. The name of the current chair, his/her email address and office telephone number are also provided. Please feel free to contact that individual directly if you have specific questions related to a Section and to contact the LASA Secretariat if you wish to join a particular Section. |
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| This LASA Section focuses on comparative transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies involving Brazil and its relations with other regions of the Americas, including Spanish America, the Caribbean, and also areas of the United States where heavy populations of Brazilians and Hispanics have an impact on the local demography and culture. We believe that this Section will provide a space for bridging gaps in Latin American Studies. |
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| Free-market economic restructuring and democratization potentially increase the Latin American private sector's degree of economic and political power. This Section—which is not a business lobby—will be devoted to defining research agendas that clarify the role and impact of business and landowners in the construction of the societies emerging from those economic and political reforms. |
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| The Section seeks to promote scholarly interchange among scholars of the region through conferences and via an Internet home page; offer at least one session at each LASA Congress; offer an award for outstanding scholarly work published in the period between congresses; raise travel funds for Central Americans to attend LASA Congresses; and continue study trips to the region. |
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| The LASA Section on Colombia aims to increase communication and interaction among those who study Colombian topics; to facilitate the organization of panels on Colombia at LASA Congresses; to promote the representation of Colombianist interests within LASA; and to allow the organization of specific Colombia-related task forces, e.g. human rights. |
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| The activities of this Section are oriented by three broad goals: strengthening scholarly relations between the U.S. and Cuba; providing a structure for the association of scholars whose research focuses on Cuba and U.S.-Cuban relations; and facilitating the integration of Cuban scholars and scholarship on Cuba in LASA Congress programming. |
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| The Culture, Power and Politics Section promotes the study of cultural politics and—in a broad way—in/of relations of power as well as the politics and power of/in culture. It is a space for the exchange and debate among different positions, as well as for the development of collaborative relations among its members. |
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| This section brings together scholars from disciplines examining the causes and patterns of decentralization, the consequences of devolution for citizen participation and delivery of social services, and the effects of these changes on macroeconomic management and political institutions at all levels of government. Organizers strongly encourage participation by scholars engaged in cross-regional research on these topics. For information contact: |
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| This Section was created at LASA2000 in Miami. It's goals are to coordinate and facilitate contact among members of LASA who are interested in all aspects of defense policy, civil-military relations and security issues in general. To reach our goal of creating this intellectual community we are creating an interactive web site to promote discussion, stimulate specialized meeting within and parallel to LASA, and secure funds to promote greater integration among US and Latin American scholars. |
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| The LASA Section on Ecuador aims to facilitate a broad interdisciplinary discussion among national and foreign scholars, social movements, NGOS, and research institutes with an interest in Ecuador through the organization of panels at LASA Congresses, the establishment of electronic fora for communication, the active engagement of current social and political issues, coordination with other LASA sections, and the promotion of Ecuadorian interests within LASA. |
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| Teniendo en cuenta, primero, la situación de exclusión social imperante en América Latina, donde uno de cada cinco niños abandona la escuela primaria antes de llegar a quinto grado; y segundo, que la calidad y cobertura de la educación están vinculados no sólo a la formación de recursos humanos para el desarrollo sino también con la equidad social y la ética, se ha creado una nueva sección cuyo objetivo es facilitar la discusión de agendas de investigación y políticas educativas desde diversas perspectivas teóricas y propuestas metodológicas. |
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| The Task Force for Scholarly Relations with Spain was converted into the Section, Europe and Latin America. This Section promotes scholarly relations between Latin Americanists from Europe and the Americas, and focuses on ties between Europe and Latin America, including historical and current aspects, using a multi-disciplinary approach. |
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| The Film Studies Section promotes dialogue and theoretical deliberation on issues related to Latin American vide and film production; assists researchers, students, filmmakers, producers, and others interested in the exchange of ideas, and academic and creative work; promotes Latin American film in all possible forums: Latin America, United States, and abroad; and facilitates fluid and close relationships between all film creators (directors, writers, artists), researchers, and the classroom. |
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| This Section is dedicated to promoting networking and dialogue on issues related to women and gender in Latin America and the Caribbean, incorporating different aspects of feminist studies in the social sciences and the humanities. The Section assists researchers, students, practitioners and others interested in the exchange of ideas and academic work. |
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| The goals of this newly-expanded section include the sponsorship of research at LASA Congresses; the promotion of networking on comparative analyses of themes or problems common to the two countries; and the promotion of discussions around sensitive issues, including refugees and immigration, economic integration, trafficking and smuggling, and racism. Section leaders hope to promote projects of mutual benefit to scholars from, or concerned with, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and thus to (indirectly) benefit the countries themselves. |
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| The Labor Studies Section provides an interdisciplinary forum for members interested in labor issues throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and the North American NAFTA countries. The Section maintains an active electronic discussion list, sponsors "special topics" panels at LASA, promotes the Latin American Labor News, and fosters communication among members on research projects, conferences, publications, and labor events throughout the Americas. |
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| The Environment Latin America Section (LAMA/ELAS) brings together scholars and practitioners to exchange ideas, information, and to promote fuller understanding of the dynamics of the environment and its interaction with human society. It seeks to promote an awareness of environmental issues among the LASA membership and to introduce those concerns into the policy-making processes in the Hemisphere. |
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| The primary mission of this Section is to promote academic research, curricular development, and public understanding of relationships between Latin America and countries of the Asia-Pacific region (including Japan, Korea, China, and Southeast Asia). A related goal is to stimulate collaborative research and joint activities in all academic disciplines between scholarly communities in the Americas and the Pacific Rim. |
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| This Section is open to LASA members interested in promoting research, teaching, advocacy, and collaborative endeavors about U.S. Latino communities and their transnational connections with the Latin American and Caribbean countries of origin. It also fosters a continuing dialogue regarding the relationships between Latino and Latin American Studies. |
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| This Section seeks to deepen ongoing international collaborations among social scientists, legal scholars, and cultural critics regarding the complex relationships that articulate law, society, and culture in Latin America. Among the themes under discussion are: forms of the state and their influence on the justice system; the historical development of legal institutions; the relationship between crime and social conflict; the actions of popular sectors before the court system; official discourses about crime; the experience of imprisonment across time and region; cultural resonances of crime and repression; the history of policing; sexually-related offenses and forms of "deviance"; and the advancement of cross-disciplinary strategies of research. |
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| The Section exists to promote scholarship on lesbian and gay issues in the various disciplines comprising LASA, to sponsor meetings during LASA congresses, to connect LASA membership with scholars and activists in Latin America working on lesbian and gay issues, and to bring together those interested in ending discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people in Latin America. |
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| The Paraguayan Studies Section brings together Latin Americanists with a scholarly interest in Paraguay. Its purpose is to advance research and teaching on Paraguayan topics and to enhance the professional development of Paraguayan scholars by promoting their inclusion and participation in LASA. The Section welcomes scholars from all disciplines. |
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| The mission of the Peru Section is to increase awareness and understanding of past and present political, economic and social realities of Peru. This mission is undertaken through an interchange of data, ideas and opinions via: 1) occasional e-mail "discussions" of specific topics; 2) the periodic publication of a Section newsletter containing announcements of upcoming conferences, brief articles by Section members, book and film reviews, information on grants, etc.; 3) Section sessions at LASA Congresses; 4) the issuance of policy statements to the U.S. and Peruvian press; and 5) the sponsoring of conferences and research activities of particular interest to Section members. |
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| The Political Institutions Section is dedicated to the study of the origins and effects of political parties, electoral systems, presidents, judiciaries, legislatures, the military and bureaucracies. We seek to understand how political actors—voters, elected officials, and bureaucrats—shape and are subsequently constrained by these democratic institutions. The Section seeks to develop links so that those working on similar issues can critique each other's work and collaborate on common projects. These links will also help us locate information sources and build databases. |
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| The general goals of the Rural Studies Section are to facilitate interdisciplinary and international communication and cooperation among scholars and practitioners whose work relates to any dimension of rural studies, past or present, theoretical or applied. Issues addressed include, but are not be limited to, social structure, politics, economics, geography, the environment, culture, religion, the arts, and development. In addition to sponsoring panels, sessions, or round tables at LASA congresses, the Section pursues other methods of facilitating communications such as an electronic newsletter, an e-mail list, and a web site. The Section makes a concerted effort to foster collaboration between experts from Latin America and other regions of the world. |
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| The Section on Scholarly Research and Resources examines issues that enable scholarship through identifying, analyzing and publicizing Latin American information. Its activities allow LASA to keep abreast of trends in print, filming and electronic publishing and advise the membership on how to incorporate new sources of information into their work. |
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| The Section on the Social Studies of Medicine promotes the study of disease, health, and medicine in social context, including: the social construction and historical development of disease, health, medicine, and medical ideologies; metaphors in scientific and medical thought; treatment (shamanism, curanderos, folk healers, and bio-medicists); the body, gender, race; social and political movements relating to public health; and related subjects. |
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| The Southern Cone Study Section aims to increase communication and interdisciplinary work among scholars and researchers from different disciplines and professional backgrounds of the countries in the region (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay). The section will assist researchers, students and practitioners in creating common scholarly interests and goals related to the study of the Southern Cone, and will provide a forum for collaborative research and joint activities. |
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| The Section on Venezuelan Studies has two objectives: 1) to foster interdisciplinary communications and collaboration among scholars, students, and non-academics whose work considers Venezuelan culture, politics, economy, ecology, social issues and other aspects of Venezuela; and 2) to facilitate the dissemination of information among members and non-members through public events and the media. |
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