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Session Submission Type: Panel
Latin American journalists who cover violence and crime have had no shortage of material in neither the 20th nor the 21st centuries. But what does reporting on “crime” mean in the context of enduring legacies of state sponsored violence in the region? What realities are conjured when journalists choose to report (or not) on violencia común, organized crime, femicide, gangs or the failure of the state to provide citizen security? As violence and crime increasingly contour migratory trails and ensuing continental politics, this panel brings together scholars and professional journalists to ask what role media practices of documenting violent scenarios have in cementing the optics, politics and future options for the region.
Violence as Censorship in Modern Central America - Rick J Rockwell, Webster University
Violated Women, Reason, and Lo Politico in the Imaginary of the Guatemalan Nation - M. Gabriela Torres, Wheaton College
Media and Penal Populism in Argentina and Chile - Michelle D Bonner, University of Victoria
Crimecraft: Police Violence, Journalism and News Publics on Argentina’s Northern Border - Ieva Jusionyte, University of Florida