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Review of Mourning Remains:State Atrocity, Exhumations, and Governing the Disappeared in Peru’s Postwar Andes

28 Monday Jan 2019

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LASA Statement, candidate for vice-president and president-elect

08 Tuesday Jan 2019

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LASA Statement

 

I am pleased to be considered as a candidate for vice president and president-elect of the Latin American Studies Association.  I have served on the Executive Council, and participated in the most recent LASA strategic planning workshop convened in New York.  My research has focused on gender-based and sexual violence, transitional justice, human rights and post-conflict reconstruction.  More information about me can be found at www.kimberlytheidon.com; here I wish to say a few words about the issues that drive my research and political commitments, and to which I would dedicate my time serving LASA.

 

From the odious politics of United States President Trump to the right wing reactionaries coming to power in various countries in this hemisphere, I imagine many of us are reeling in the face of assaults on virtually everything we care about.  If elected, I would focus on the following issues, encouraging LASA to be a vocal advocate for:  sexual and reproductive rights; asylum-seekers and immigrants; and environmental justice.  I would recommend we have a speaker’s bureau of scholar-practitioners ready to respond quickly and insightfully to the barrage of reactionary propaganda being generated throughout the region.  One goal is to drive the narratives and policy responses on these issues rather than merely conduct triage.  The role of public intellectuals in Latin America is something scholars situated in the Global North should emulate, and LASA can more effectively harness both the media and social media to the cause of social justice.

 

On the issue of sexual and reproductive rights, I would suggest LASA take a stand on “gender ideology” and the ways in which this concept is being used to restrict women’s rights, exacerbate homophobia, and use “sex panics” to generate and deploy a politics of fear.  The gender-based violence that plagues the region — and I most certainly consider the forced recruitment of boys and young men into armed groups and gangs to be a form of GBV — requires alliances across regions and borders to mount a progressive response.

 

Alliances across regions and borders are also necessary to address the plight of asylum-seekers and immigrants.  LASA members have already been speaking out forcefully about the crisis in Venezuela, and about the brutal politics of the US along the border with Mexico.  If elected, I would suggest LASA use its networks to work with other organizations throughout the region that are conducting policy-relevant research on this issue.  LASA can serve as a conduit for furthering collaboration and using the strength of numbers via its membership.

 

Finally, I think the environmental humanities are one of the most exciting areas of inquiry.  From climate refugees to the “developmentally displaced,” from lead leaching into waterways to extractive industries and their detritus — I advocate that LASA address not only political and criminal violence, but also the slower forms of violence that distorts lives and livelihoods throughout the region.

 

 

 

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