Past Events

<p>This talk analyzes the implications of digital media for democracy and the public spheres of Latin America, from the modern framework television and traditional mass communication to the "new" hybrid media systems.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Join the discussion (in Portuguese) about the situation of media and democracy in Brazil with Arthur Ituassu, a professor of Communications in Politics at PUC-Rio.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Jeremy Slack</strong> is an assistant professor in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has been working on the U.S. Mexico border for over 15 years. His most recent book,&nbsp;<em>Deported to Death: How drug violence is changing migration on the U.S. Mexico border&nbsp;</em>was recently released by the University of California Press. Join us this Friday in Marshall 341 to hear his presentation,&nbsp;<em>Deported to Death,&nbsp;</em>and the ways that the "war on drugs" and the "war on immigrants" have collided to create a volatile situation where kidnapping, extortion and forced recruitment are rampant.</p>

<p>In this presentation, Melissa Fitch focuses on how Latin American culture(s) have been translated, transformed, produced and performed within India and how Indian culture(s) have been understood, translated and performed within Latin America. The presentation incorporates examples from film, television, music, dance, digital and material culture. It underscores the interconnection&nbsp;of cultural identity, history, economics, politics, and power in the production, marketing, distribution and global circulation of cultural identities.&nbsp;</p>