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A week of events on the "Oaxaca Rebellion" featuring three women participants in the struggle, organized by the Americas Research Interest Group (Americas RIG) of the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS)
Tues. April 17th to the 19th, 2007
(Below is a brief exceprt, p. 7, from the Winter 2007 edition of "CSWS Review" also available at the Center for the Study of Women in Society Website.)
The Americas RIG is hosting three Oaxacan women who are creating media projects on gender, sexuality, and feminism, and how they intersect with key political proces[ses, power structures, and cultural narratives in Mexico, past and present. CSWS will screen some of their documentaries, host a multimedia installation, schedule a poetry reading, and organize a number of other events during Oaxaca Week. Oaxacan guests include the following:
- Concepción Núñez Miranda, a leader in the social change movement in Oaxaca who was involved in the recent women’s takeover of radio and TV. She created a documentary about the inhumane treatment of indigenous women in Oaxacan prisons, which won a national award and led to the release of some of these women.
- Margarita Dalton, who received her doctorate in history from the University of Barcelona, is a poet and historian who has written various books about women in Oaxaca.
- Julia Barco, who received her B.A. in communications from Cornell University and M.A. in visual studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, moves between Mexico City and Oaxaca, creating documentaries, fictional films, and experimental media. Barco’s films have been exhibited internationally, and she is the recipient of scholarships in film, video, and multimedia projects from the MacArthur and Rockefeller foundations
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[edit] April 17th The Oaxaca Rebellion: Perspectives from Inside
- 7:00 p.m., Knight Law Center, Room 175
Panel discussion with a multimedia presentation about the social movement in Oaxaca, Mexico, that erupted in the summer of 2006. Reception to follow.
SPECIAL GUESTS: Margarita Dalton (CIESAS), Julia Barco (Casa de la Mujer), and Concepción Núñez (Sección 22 of the Educaton Workers Union)
Moderator: Lynn Stephen, Anthropology. Interpreter: Analisa Taylor, Romance Languages
[edit] April 18th: Women in Oaxaca
- 7:00 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room
Panel discussion with a multimedia presentation focusing on the roles of women, past and present, in Oaxaca. Reception to follow.
SPECIAL GUESTS: Margarita Dalton (CIESAS), Julia Barco (Casa de la Mujer), and Concepción Núñez (Sección 22)
Moderator: Gabriela Martínez, Journalism and Communication. Interpreter: Lynn Stephen, Anthropology
[edit] April 19th Film: "Deshilando condenas, bordando libertades "(Indigenous Women Prisoners in Oaxaca) with English subtitles
- 7:00 p.m., McKenzie Hall, Room 129
SPECIAL GUEST: Concepción Nuñez, filmmaker
Moderator: Stephanie Wood, Center for the Study of Women in Society. Interpreter: Analisa Taylor, Romance Languages
[edit] Contact Information
For further information or accessibility questions, please contact Professor Stephanie Wood, (541) 346-5771 (swood@uoregon.edu) or Professor Analisa Taylor, (541) 346-5813 (analisa@uoregon.edu) co-coordinators of the Americas Research Interest Group.
Oaxaca Week is being organized by the Americas Research Interest Group of the Center for the Study of Women in Society, with considerable support from the Latin American Studies Program as part of its two-year program, Contested Memories, Continuing Struggles: Human Rights and Truth Commissions in Latin America, underwritten by the Savage Endowment for International Relations and Peace. Additional sponsorship has been provided by Vice Provost Chunsheng Zhang and the office of International Programs, the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, the Department of Romance Languages, the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, the School of Journalism and Communication, the College of Education, the Comparative Literature Program, the Clark Honors College, the Ethnic Studies Program, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Geography and the Department of History.
