Scholar and artist interviews, award-winning books, and resources for the 2024 Latino/a/x Studies Association conference.
Latin American studies resources
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez on the Visual Politics of Border Tunnels
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews media scholar Juan Llamas-Rodriguez about how representation of the US–Mexico border shapes public policy
Kristie Soares on Joy in Latinx Media
Cathy Hannabach interviews Kristie Soares about the political power of pleasure, laughter, and joy in Latinx media.
Sandra Ruiz on Resetting the Colonial Clock
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Sandra Ruiz about Puerto Rican anti-colonial resistance, performance, and radical curation.
Marisol LeBrón on an Anti-Colonial Abolitionist Praxis
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Marisol LeBrón about policing and US colonialism in Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria’s impact on research.
Alyshia Gálvez on NAFTA and Transnational Food Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviewsAlyshia Gálvez about NAFTA’s destruction of public health in Mexico and the need for public engagement.
Macarena Gómez-Barris on Fighting Extractive Capitalism
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Macarena Gómez-Barris about using art to fight extractive capitalism and the politics of translation.
Manuela Lavinas Picq on Indigenous Futures
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Manuela Lavinas Picq about Kichwa women in international politics and being a scholar in the Global South.
Manuel Cuellar on Dancing as Community Building
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Manuel Cuellar about queering Mexican folkloric dance and interdisciplinary teaching.
Karen Jaime on Queer Puerto Rican Slam Poetry
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Karen Jaime about the history of QTPOC Puerto Rican poets and the classroom as performance space.