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Grand Valley State University Latin American Studies Program

Presents
The 8th Annunal Conference on the Americas
The Next Generation


An Academic Conference for the Whole Community
8:00a.m.-6:00p.m. on Saturday, February 5, 2005
Eberhard Center, Grand Rapids, MI

 

The 8th Conference on the Americas features two keynote speakers: Dr. David Sánchez Juliao, (an expert on popular culture and media from Colombia) and Dr. Emilio A. García-Méndez (from Argentina). Dr.García-Méndez will address international law regarding youth living on the streets. The conference theme, “The Next Generation,” will address change and the future of today's youth. As we look to the Americas, the next generation will encounter a radically changed world, and will find themselves at the forefront, needing to interpret, guide, and change their life experiences.

This conference addresses the many kinds of changes - past and present – that create the realities faced by today's youth and beyond. The next generation is as much about the future, as bringing heritage and history are to the present. Connections between change on a local and global scale, be them political, economic, environmental, or cultural, will be addressed. The Conference on the Americas brings new insights and findings together as we open discussions on national, regional and local development initiatives.



 

 

 

In addition to featured speakers, the Conference offers :

  • sessions
  • workshops
  • exhibits
  • a film festival
  • and panels with a range of participants including
    • academics
    • teachers
    • students
    • artists
    • community service providers
    • and activists
A performance is scheduled on the Friday night February 4 before the conference.

If you would like to participate in the conference program, send a proposal to the LAS Program, or submit an electronic proposal on our conference Web site .

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Topics include but are not limited to:

  • rapid change and urbanization throughout Latin America
    challenges in democratic consolidation
  • economics and development, including uses of natural resources and the environment
  • demographic and healthcare issues
  • educating the next generation, including adult education
  • historical trajectories
  • gender issues
  • popular expression and new cultural forms, such as:
    • language
    • video & cinema
    • hip hop music
    • graffiti
    • street theater
    • and juvenile literature
  • autonomy and identity
  • rural and indigenous peoples
  • children and street children
  • security and border issues
  • globalization processes

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The GVSU conference planning committee members are:

  1. Russell Rhoads (coordinator)

  2. Merike Blofield, Nina Namaste, and Jim Penn (program co-chairs)

  3. Zulema Moret (keynote speaker & film festival)

  4. Khedija Gadhoum (events coordinator)

  5. Keith Watts and Michael Vrooman (community liaisons)

  6. Angela Hessler and Christian Trefftz (members-at-large).

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PROPOSAL DEADLINE: November 30

Include :
a) name(s), affiliation, contact information and bio/résumé of participants
b) title of session, paper, workshop, panel, or exhibit, and
c) an abstract (200-250 words)

SEND TO (or request information): Dr. Merike Blofield, COA 2005, 1105 AuSable Hall, GVSU, Allendale, MI 49401 Phone: 616.331-2864 Email:blofielm@gvsu.edu. Or submit an electronic proposal on our conference Web site: www4.gvsu.edu/las/.

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