Networks in Latin American history: theoretical and empirical approaches

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

This roundtable will focus on how Latin Americanist historians are using the concept of networks in order to analyze national and transnational processes. It draws on the expertise and experience of five historians working on different periods, countries, and actors and how they deal with the methodological, theoretical, and empirical challenges of studying networks in Latin American history. How are networks created and how do they evolve over time? How do they operate? How are the positions of members in a network defined? In which ways does studying networks shed light on processes and dynamics that would be otherwise neglected? In order to foster debate and discussion on these and other questions, roundtable participants will bring forward insights from their ongoing research on topics such as transnational labor activism linked to Peronist ambitions in the region, international medical networks opposed to Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, women’s antifascist organizations in Argentina in the 1940s, antifascist and anti-communist cultural and political groups in Mexico in 1940-1960, and the role and relevance of mediators in a network.

Sub Track

• History and Historiography

Session Organizer

• Jorge A Nallim, University of Manitoba

Chair

• Sandra McGee Deutsch, University of Texas/El Paso

Discussant

• Alexandra C Pita González, Universidad de Colima

Presenters

• Ernesto Seman

• Sandra McGee Deutsch, University of Texas/El Paso

• Jadwiga E Pieper Mooney, University of Arizona

• Jorge A Nallim, University of Manitoba