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Archiving Human Rights Documentation: The Promise of the Post-Custodial Approach in Latin America

August 5, 2016

BY THERESA E. POLK Guatemala’s internal armed conflict was brutal by all accounts, and justice for human rights violations has been notoriously difficult to attain in its wake. Yet there have also been some critical milestones, including convictions in 2010 for the forced disappearance of labor … [Read more...] about Archiving Human Rights Documentation: The Promise of the Post-Custodial Approach in Latin America

Tagged With: archiving, Benson Latin American Collection, Central America, Human Rights, post-custodial archives, Theresa Polk

Transitory Ghosts: Haitians and Dominico-Haitians in Santo Domingo

August 3, 2016

STUDENT RESEARCH: CITIZENSHIP AND LIMBO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY JOSÉ RUBIO-ZEPEDA “I’m a nobody in my own country.” These are the words spoken by Juliana Deguis Pierre, a Dominican woman who made national headlines in the Dominican Republic after being denied Dominican citizenship … [Read more...] about Transitory Ghosts: Haitians and Dominico-Haitians in Santo Domingo

Tagged With: deportation of Haitians, Dominican Republic, Haiti, José Rubio-Zepeda

Unsettling Ideas about Africa and Blackness: Contemplating Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic

August 3, 2016

STUDENT RESEARCH: CITIZENSHIP AND LIMBO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY JHEISON ROMAIN As I neared the end of my field research in the Dominican Republic, while in a batey[1] in the north of the country, I had a conversation with a 28-year-old black man who was born and raised in the … [Read more...] about Unsettling Ideas about Africa and Blackness: Contemplating Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic

Tagged With: blackness, deportation of Haitians, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jheison Romain, race

The Canary in the Mine: Anti-Black Violence and the Paradox of Brazilian Democracy

July 29, 2016

BY CHRISTEN A. SMITH The Brazilian political crisis of 2016 has sent shockwaves through the nation. Brazil’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff, has been accused of corruption and is facing impeachment proceedings. Millions of Brazilians have demonstrated in the streets against the … [Read more...] about The Canary in the Mine: Anti-Black Violence and the Paradox of Brazilian Democracy

Tagged With: Christen A. Smith, police violence Brazil, race in Brazil

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