
LASA 2026
Tuesday, May 26

Book Presentation
| TITLE AND PARTICIPANTS | TIME AND LOCATION |
| Memories and Social Struggles in Contemporary Bolivia: Platforms in Convulsive Times Sue Lamamoto, Linda C Farthing | 15:15–15:45, Paris Marriott Rive Gauche, Level 0 Scène G |
Section Panel
Sponsored by ERIP and Bolivia Sections
| TITLE AND PARTICIPANTS | TIME AND LOCATION |
| Resistiendo la violencia de género y colonial en Bolivia Session Organizer: Roberta Rice, University of Calgary Chair: Maria Ximena Postigo G., St. Mary’s College of Maryland Discussant: Ana M. Ferreira, University of Indianapolis Presentations: *La Defensa Ontológica de los Proyectos de Vida por las Mujeres de los Ayllus en Bolivia: Cristina Rojas, Carleton University *Resistencias y respuestas ante la violencia de género, en el marco de las autonomías indígenas en Bolivia: Ana Cecilia Arteaga Bohrt, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California *Indigenous Women Land Defenders and Extractivist Resistance in Bolivia: Roberta Rice, University of Calgary | 08:30–10:00 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Loft C |
Papers on Bolivia
| SESSIONS WITH A PAPER ON BOLIVIA | TIME AND LOCATION |
| Panel: Archivos cinematográficos transnacionales: prácticas e investigaciones sobre género, trabajo y política Session Organizer: Chair: Masha Salazkina, Concordia University Number of presentations: 4 Presentation 3: Film Credits and the Hierarchies of Cinematic Labour: Franco-Bolivian Super 8 Mining Films (1983): Miguel Errazu, Goldsmiths, University of London | 10:15-11:45 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Expo 8 |
| Panel: De ficciones fundacionales a imaginarios plurinacionales Session Organizer: Lorena M. Velasquez, The Graduate Center, CUNY Chair: Sebastián Antezana Quiroga, Xavier University Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 4: Plurinacionalismo y ficción: literatura y “Revolución cultural” en Bolivia entre 2005 y 2025: Sebastián Antezana Quiroga, Xavier University | 10:15-11:45 FIAP Montréal |
| Panel: Memorias de violencias (para)estatales Session Organizer: Erubiel Tirado, Universidad Iberoamericana Chair: Vito Ruggiero, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Number of presentations: 4 Presentation 3: Narcoautoritarismo: los vínculos entre el crimen organizado y el régimen de García Meza en Bolivia (1980-1981): Vito Ruggiero, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice | 10:15-11:45 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Loft E |
| Panel: Perspectives on Memory in Latin America and Spain Session Organizers: Carmen Martínez Novo, University of Florida; Pavel Shlossberg, Gonzaga University Chair: Carmen Martínez Novo, University of Florida Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 4: The Transmision of Collective Memory through Aymara Language in Bolivia: Yhovana Karen Chura Cussi, Washington University in St Louis | 12:00-13:30 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Loft I |
| Panel: Globalizing Latin America’s Cold War: South America and the World since 1945 Session Organizer: Thomas C. Field, Embry-Riddle University Chair: James G. Hershberg, George Washinton University Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 5: The Bolivian Guerrillas of Budapest: Hungary and Latin American Student Radicalism, 1963-1985: Daniel Farkas, Danube Institute | 13:45-15:15 FIAP Auditorium |
| Panel: Arte y activismo Session Organizer: Annabelle Conroy, University of Central Florida Chair: Annabelle Conroy, University of Central Florida Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 1: Bolivian Feminists Challenging Ableism and Gender Based Violence through Art: Iblin Edelweiss Murillo Lafuente, University of Florida | 15:30-17:00 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Studio E |
| Panel: Crisis and Renewal: Institutions, Elites, and Political Behavior in Latin America Session Organizer: Hugo P. Jofre, Universitat Rostock/Universidad San Sebastián Chairs: Wolfgang Muno, University Rostock; Hugo P. Jofre, Universitat Rostock/Universidad San Sebastián Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 3: Does Post-Masismo Mean Post-Neopatrimonialism? Challenges for Institutions in the New Era of the Bolivian Political System: Mauricio Pol, Universität Rostock | 15:30-17:00 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Loft E |
| Panel: Rights of Nature Legislation and Indigenous Politics in Latin America Session Organizer: Tom Perreault, Syracuse University Chair: Tom Perreault, Syracuse University Number of presentations: 4 Presentation 2: Beyond Homogeneity: Indigenous Identities in the Recognition of Lake Titicaca (Peru, Bolivia) as a Subject of Law: Manon Deguet, Sciences Po | 15:30-17:00 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Loft A |
| Panel: Country-Specific Legislative and Electoral Dynamics Session Organizer: Carolina Glasserman Apicella, Universidad Nacional de San Martín Chair: Peter M. Siavelis, Wake Forest University Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 1: Gradually, then Suddenly: A Case Study of Volatility Curse Institutional Consequences in 2020s Bolivia: John Twichell, University of Miami | 17:15-18:45 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Loft F |
| Panel: Encarnaciones y enmarañamientos de la toxicidad extractivista, fósil y verde: Trazados etnográficos sobre contaminación, medios de vida y reexistencias en Colombia, Perú y Bolivia Session Organizer: Diego A. Melo, University of Colorado Boulder Chair: Pieter De Vries Celis, Universidad de Antioquia Number of presentations: 3 Presentation 3: “Sin agua ni siquiera estaríamos aquí, sin agua no se hablaría, sin agua nos secamos”. Envenenamientos y resistencias cotidianas en el Lago Titicaca: María Ximena González-Serrano, Independent Researcher | 17:15-18:45 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Loft A |
| Panel: Ethnographies of Latin American Labor Session Organizer: Cecilia A. Forment, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Chair: Silvia Sanchez Diaz, Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas Number of presentations: 4 Presentation 1: Future as Fallow: Tracing Labour Futures in the Embodied Experiences of Bolivian mineworkers: Kirsten S. Francescone, Trent University | 17:15-18:45 FIAP Madrid |
