Unpacking Latin America
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Political Scientist Sarah Daly on the legacies of Latin American Civil Wars
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Political Scientist Sarah Daly discusses the legacies of Latin American civil wars tracing them to the current levels of high criminality and voters’...
Lawyer and Philosopher Silvio Almeida on Structural Racism in Brazil and in the U.S.
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lawyer and philosopher Silvio Almeida discusses structural racism in Brazil in comparison with the US emphasizing the role of social movements in mobi...
Historian Caterina Pizzigoni on the Story of the Conquest for the Indigenous People of Latin America
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Caterina Pizzigoni discusses the story of the Conquest for the indigenous people of Latin America. The demographic catastrophe it unleashed ...
Sociologist Marcelo Medeiros on Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Latin America
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Marcelo Medeiros discusses conditional cash transfer programs addressing the role of conditionality on their political support and the...
Economist Mauricio Cardenas on Climate Change and Policy in Latin America
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mauricio Cardenas discusses the impact of climate change and policies to reduce emissions in Latin America, based on his recent book ...
Anthropologist Nicholas Limerick on Covid-19 and Indigenous Organization in Latin America
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Limerick discusses in this episode the dramatic effects of lack of schooling in Latin America during the pandemic as well as the role of indi...
Cultural Studies Scholar Graciela Montaldo on Gender and Feminism in Latin America
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Graciela Montaldo discusses the strength of the feminist movement in Argentina and its political impact on the legalization of abortion, emphasizing i...
Attorney and Diplomat Julissa Reynoso on the Biden Presidency in Latin America
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julissa Reynoso, chief of staff of the future First Lady Jill Biden, discusses here the impact of the Latino vote on the election and new directions f...
Anthropologist Claudio Lomnitz on Forced Disappearance and Security Militarization in Mexico
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Claudio Lomnitz discusses in this episode the plight of the more than 70,000 disappeared or missing people in Mexico and their search by family member...
Filmmaker Frances Negrón-Muntaner on Puerto Rico and Latin America
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Frances will draw connections between Puerto Rico and Latin America based on a common history of hierarchies and coloniality and will...
Economist Jose Antonio Ocampo on COVID19 and Latin America
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jose Antonio Ocampo discussed the economic consequences of COVID19 in Latin America, the new epicenter of the pandemic. He described the dramatic effe...
Epidemiologist Silvia S. Martins on Spread of COVID-19 in Latin America
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Silvia S. Martins talks about the different patterns of COVID19 spread across the countries of Latin America and the importance of timely response...
Political Scientist Eduardo Moncada Discusses Urban Violence and Extorsion in Latin America
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eduardo Moncada is the son of two parents that escape from violence in Latin America and immigrated to the US. That trajectory has marked his work inc...
Economist Miguel Urquiola on the Role of Competition on Educational Outcomes
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Miguel Urquiola talks about the role of competition on educational outcomes in a region where education coverage is larger than expected for the incom...
Historian Nara Milanich on Paternity, Family, and Inequality in Latin America
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nara Milanich talks about the shift from cultural to biological definitions of paternity thanks to DNA testing and how such testing could either be us...
Journalist Daniel Alarcon on Radio Journalism
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Alarcon talks about how growing in a Peruvian household in Birmingham (Alabama) shaped his work in radio journalism and his written pieces in b...
Ethnomusicologist Ana Maria Ochoa on Defining Music
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ana Maria Ochoa talks about ethnomusicology and the connection between nature, sounds, and humans in defining what is music. Ana Maria talked about ho...