Monthly Archives: November 2010

Focus on Faculty: Patricio Navia

Posted on 11/24/2010 by | Leave a comment

Patricio-Navia_SM.jpgPatricio Navia is a faculty member at New York University’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. His research focuses on electoral systems, democratization and democratic institutions, with a particular focus on Chile. He is also professor of political science at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, director of the Magíster en Opinión Pública and founding director of the Observatorio Electoral.
Navia has published extensively in both English and Spanish language publications including: La Tercera, Revista Poder, INFOLATAM, Buenos Aires Herald (English), Observatorio Sudamerica XXI, Revista Época Intereconomia.

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Quechua Nights at CLACS

Posted on 11/10/2010 by | Leave a comment
Doris at Quechua Conversation Night - CLACS at NYU

Doris Loayza tells a story to Quechua Conversation Night participants.

When I tell people that I study the Quechua language, the news often inspires a feeling of surprise: Here? In New York City? I used to study Quechua as a graduate student at CLACS, but now that I’ve finished the program I have to take more personal initiative if I want to continue developing my language skills. Fortunately, I’m able to attend Quechua Conversation Night – a monthly event that asks participants to engage with the language in a variety of ways that are suitable for beginner and advanced-level Quechua language speakers and learners.

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Focus on Faculty: Alejandro Velasco

Posted on 11/05/2010 by | Leave a comment

Venezuela - clacs at nyuAlejandro Velasco is assistant professor of Latin American history in the Gallatin School at New York University, and a CLACS affiliated faculty member.

Velasco teaches interdisciplinary courses that incorporate cultural studies, urban social movements and human rights, and 20th-century revolutions.

Profile_Alejandro-Velasco.gif In a recently published article, titled “ ‘Weapon as Powerful as the Vote’: Urban Protest and Electoral Politics in Venezuela, 1978–1983,” Velasco challenges popular notions regarding “popular passivity” in Venezuela in the decades immediately following the founding of democracy in 1958. Velasco argues that street protest played an important role in evolving conceptions of democracy outside of those in urban popular sectors.

Venezuela.jpgThrough street protest, the meaning of democracy is expanded to incorporate “dynamic interplay of institutional and extrainstitutional, legal and illegal protest.” According to Velaso, considering street protests as evidence of popular activity reveals a stronger interaction between popular and elite-level actors in redeveloping Venezuelan democracy.

Alejandro Velasco’s article was published in the November issue of the Hispanic American Historical Review.

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