
LASA 2026
Wednesday, May 27

Section Roundtable
Sponsored by Bolivia Section
| TITLE AND PARTICIPANTS | TIME AND LOCATION |
| Bolivia en la crisis del Bicentenario Session Organizer: Moira Zuazo, Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA) Free University of Berlin Chair: Linda C. Farthing, Independent Scholar Presenters: *Gustavo X. Bonifaz, The London School of Economics and Political Science *Elizabeth Jiménez, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) *Martín Mendoza Botelho, Eastern Connecticut State University *Moira Zuazo, Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), Free University of Berlin *Kevin J. Healy, Georgetown University *Kathlen Lizarraga Zamora, Evaluator and Economist *Pamela R. Calla Ortega, New York University | 10:15-11:45 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Studio B |
Papers on Bolivia
| SESSIONS WITH A PAPER ON BOLIVIA | TIME AND LOCATION |
| Panel: Environmental Conflicts, Governance, and Resistance in Latin America Session Organizer: Adriana Molina Garzon, University of Indiana Indianapolis Chair: Adriana Molina Garzon, University of Indiana Indianapolis Number of presentations: 3 Presentation 3: Resistance in the Streets and in the Courts: Socioenvironmental Conflict in Bolivia and Colombia: Adriana Molina Garzon, University of Indiana Indianapolis | 08:30-10:00 FIAP Madrid |
| Panel: Indigenous Sovereignties, Extractivism, and Radical Democracy Session Organizer: Gabriela Gallardo, Groningen University and Utrecht University Chair: Gabriela Gallardo, Groningen University and Utrecht University Number of presentations: 3 Presentation 3: Movimientos indígenas en Bolivia y la corriente indianista-katarista: circulación de saberes e influencia en el proceso constituyente de 2006: Alessandro Cesi, Universidad de Nápoles “L’Orientale” | 12:00-13:30 FIAP Boston |
| Panel: Rethinking Social Movements in Latin America Session Organizer: Jose Miguel Gonzalez Perez, York University Chair: Jose Miguel Gonzalez Perez, York University Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 1: Pluriverse Built in Hell: Bolivian Forest Fires and the Emergence of Autonomizations: Eleonoora Karttunen, University of Eastern Finland | 12:00-13:30 FIAP Amsterdam + Berlin |
| Panel: A Wellness Revolution? Session Organizer: Susan H. Ellison, Wellesley College Chair: Susan H. Ellison, Wellesley College Number of presentations: 4 Presentation 2: Precarious Decolonization: Naturopaths, Wellness, and the Promise of State Care in Bolivia: Gabriela E. Morales, Scripps College | 15:30-17:00 FIAP Fidji |
| Panel: Conflictive Indigeneity in the Andes Session Organizer: Andrew Ehrinpreis, New York University Chair: Rodolfo Ortiz, University of British Columbia Number of presentations: 4 Presentation 1: Intellectual Fugitivity: Posthegemonic Andes, Arturo Borda, and Beyond: Rodolfo Ortiz, University of British Columbia Presentation 2: The Politics of Memory in Plurinational Bolivia: Sue Iamamoto, Universidade Federal da Bahia Presentation 3: Coca and the Bolivian Revolution of 1952: Andrew Ehrinpreis, New York University Presentation 4: El conflicto armado interno y la narrativa peruana vistos por la figura de Hildebrando Pérez Huarancca: Mark R. Cox, Presbyterian College | 15:30-17:00 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Scène E |
| Panel: Black and Afro-Feminist Perspectives and Insurrections Session Organizer: Eliane Quintiliano Nascimento, The University of Texas at Austin Chair: Jacqueline Alvarez-Rosales, Spelman College Number of presentations: 3 Presentation 2: Revolutionary Entanglements: El Quitacapas and Black Participation in Bolivia’s Independence Struggles: Jacqueline Alvarez-Rosales, Spelman College | 15:30-17:00 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Expo 4A |
| Panel: Crisis, Political Response, and Social Change in 1980s Latin America Session Organizer: Jordan Buchanan, University of California San Diego Chairs: Alejandro Guardado, Emory University Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 4: Popular communication and democratic transition in 1980s Peru and Bolivia: Anna F. Cant, London School of Economics | 17:15-18:45 FIAP Sydney |
| Panel: Nation, Region, and Commemoration: Historical Perspectives Session Organizer: Ana M. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, University of Iowa Chair: Maria Fernanda Dominguez Londono, University of Cambridge Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 1: Isabel la Católica en Bolivia: Historia y resignificaciones de un monumento boliviano: Françoise Martinez, CREDA | 17:15-18:45 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Scène E |
| Panel: Institucionalización y legalización del despojo de los Territorios Indígenas Session Organizer: Adriana M. Linares-Palma, Independiente Chair: Julie A. Gibbings, University of Edinburgh Number of presentations: 4 Presentation 2: Inquiline Capital: Settler Property and Corporate Land Rights in Bolivia’s Gas Fields: Penelope Anthias, Durham University (UK) | 19:00-20:30 FIAP Room 9 |
| 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 |
