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Science, Technology, and Medicine in Latin America: New Directions in Historical Research
Sat, May 30, 10:00 to 11:45am, TBASession Submission Type: LASA Section Presentation
Abstract
The panel provides a sampling of current research on the history of science, technology, and medicine in Latin America. New research and works-in-progress will be presented to give an overview of recent developments in methodology, frameworks, and approaches to the topic. The panelists will highlight new directions in the field as well as point out untapped questions of interest to both established and emerging scholars interested in the history of science, technology, and medicine in the region.
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'Cabezas, Pesos y Piezas': Slavery and the Invention of the Modern Body in the Iberian Atlantic. - Pablo F Gomez, University of Wisconsin/Madison
Traveling Seeds: Exporting Mexican Scientific Agriculture - Gabriela M Soto Laveaga, University of California/Santa Barbara
Overpopulation or land maldistribution? Cold War development discourse viewed from Brazil - Eve E Buckley, University of Delaware
Whose Periphery? Social and Economic Theory in late 20th Century Latin America - Julia E Rodriguez, University of New Hampshire
Truth, Harm, and the Science of Identification in Post-Pinochet Chile - Eden Medina, Indiana University