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A Forecasted Failure: Intersectionality, COVID-19, and the Perfect Storm, Journal of Human Rights
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Chronicle of a Death Ignored, Joyce Carol Oates.
Cooper quotes a former anthropology associate professor, Kimberly Theidon, who’d sued Harvard in 2014 for failing to give her tenure because of her gender and her “outspoken advocacy” for victims of sexual assault:
On college campuses nation- wide, senior professors—frequently male—wield tremendous power over their students and junior colleagues…. These gatekeepers operate with virtual impunity, administering silences, humiliation, and career-ending decisions. The black box of tenure, lacking transparency, is precisely how silencing and impunity work to the disadvantage of those who would speak up and unsettle the status quo.
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Out in the Field: Navigating LGBTQ+ Identities in International Work
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Diálogo: Violencia hacia las Ninas y Mujeres en Perú, 1980-2000
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Leadership, Resistance and Subaltern Memories in Post-Accord Colombia
Presented by NYU Wagner School of Public Service, Universidad del Rosario, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
NOVEMBER212:00pm – 3:30pm ESTPublicadd to: Google Calendar | iCalendarDATE: November 21, 2020TIME: 2:00pm – 3:30pmLOCATION: OnlineThis event is part of a three-day symposium, Colombia: Peacebuilding amid Persistence of Violence, which brings together academics, practitioners, civil society and civic leaders to discuss the past, present and futures of Colombia. It sheds light on the country’s long experience with internal armed conflict, its recent effort to transition to a post-conflict stage, and the challenges and opportunities that the present juncture implies for the success of enduring peacebuilding efforts.
This panel zeroes-in on the microlevel manifestations of the conflict, exploring the case of gender-based violence against Indigenous and Afrocolombian women in Colombia. Panelists will discuss women’s experience of leadership and resistance in these contexts and unpack key challenges of efforts to strengthen their agency and amplify their voice. Conflict affects women in unique ways, and subaltern women in particular; but their experience becomes invisible when buried within broader statistics and narratives. To understand these microdynamics of violence and the potential emergent leadership, the conversation will privilege feminist, intercultural and participatory action research perspectives. Connecting memory, resistance and leadership contributes to move forward the Symposium conversations and insights about peacebuilding and local governance amid persistence of violence.
Panel Featuring:
- Pasha Bueno-Hansen, University of Delaware
- Kimberly Theidon, Fletcher School, Tufts University
- Angela Santamaria, Universidad del Rosario
This panel will be held in Spanish and moderated by Ángela Santamaría (URosario) & Sonia M. Ospina (NYU Wagner)
This event is organized by the Colombian Studies Initiative: Past, Present and Futures, a collaboration between New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and Universidad del Rosario. The Initiative aims to create an Inter-American hub for research, multidisciplinary conversations and exchange of knowledge concerning Colombia. It supports dialogue, inquiry, and research for US, Colombian, and international scholars, students, NGOs practitioners, and the general public interested in Colombia.NYU Wagner provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations for events and services should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the accommodation need. Please email mfs459@nyu.edu or call 212.998.7400 for assistance.Register to Attend
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Harvard, Secrets and Silences. Kudos to Becky Cooper.
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#Harassed at Harvard
Here is a quick look at recent coverage of sexual harassment allegations in the Anthropology Department, Harvard University:
https://kimberlytheidon.com/2020/11/05/harvard-secrets-and-silences-kudos-to-becky-cooper/
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/9/29/title-ix-committee-seats-request/
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/8/28/gary-urton-odr-complaint-conclusion/
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-patron
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/8/25/comaroff-paid-admin-leave/
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/7/15/urton-retires-harvard-anthro/
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/6/12/anthropology-aaas-student-petition
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/5/29/harvard-anthropology-gender-issues/
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Journal of Human Rights, Special Issue on COVID-19, forthcoming
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Screening of The Milk of Sorrow and discussion, New York, November 25th.
Join us for a 10th anniversary screening of the film THE MILK OF SORROW followed by a panel discussion with Kimberly Theidon and Ulla Berg.
About this Event
The Latin American Film Center (LAFC), a non-profit based in New York City, plans to open its inaugural film series on November 25th, 2019 with a screening of THE MILK OF SORROW (La teta asustada), an award-winning 2009 film by Peruvian director Claudia Llosa.
Fausta suffers from la teta asustada, which translates literally as “the frightened tit”, an illness transmitted through the breastmilk of women who were abused and raped during the period of the Sendero Luminoso terrorism in Peru during the 1980s. Both in the film and reality, the illness is testament to how painful memories accumulate in the body and how one can physically suffer from the symptoms of history. Although the war has ended, its traumatic memories remain living inside of the character of Fausta. Claudia Llosa’s widely acclaimed film sheds light on a repressed country that can only express itself via its unconscious: its myths, its fears, and its traumas.
Screening América: The Series brings together two anthropologists to explore THE MILK OF SORROW through the lenses of medical and visual anthropology. Kimberly Theidon, the medical anthropologist whose ethnographic work inspired the film, will be in conversation with Ulla Berg, whose work explores racial and class divisions in contemporary Peru through visual mediums.
The goals of the LAFC are educational and cultural as well as artistic, through the establishment of a permanent home for the continued screening and research of films from Latin America and the Caribbean. The films we plan to include in this series have been selected for their artistic merit as well as their ability to help us better understand the issues and concerns being faced by the countries in the region.
Please visit our website at http://www.lafcnyc.org to learn more about LAFC’s projects and long-term goals and to find out more ways that you can become involved.
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5th Annual Gender and International Affairs Conference at The Fletcher School
