Latin America

Brazil - The Successes and Failures of Industrialization

Web Address: http://flash.atlas.illinois.edu/video.html?src=/cgs/cgs-v-2010-1/CGS-V-2010-1_Prisms_Baer&player=SDNC
Date: February 24, 2010
Speaker(s): Werner Baer
Organization: Department of Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Keywords: Latin America; Economics; Political Economy; Prisms of Globalization Lecture
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour
Series: Prisms of Globalization
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Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism in Latin America

Web Address: http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/GlobalStudies/Fall2008/GS-V-2008-1_klein.rm
Date: October 29, 2008
Speaker(s): Naomi Klein
Organization: The Nation, and The New York Times
Keywords: Latin America; CAS Millercomm Lecture; Economics; Neoliberalism
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 2 hours 8 minutes
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Globalization and Language Endangerment: Africa vs. The Americas

Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/CAS/MillerComm2008-04-09.rv
Date: April 9, 2008
Speaker(s): Salikoko Mufwene
Organization:
Keywords: Africa; Latin America; North America; Colonization; CAS Millercomm Lecture; Communication; Culture and Language
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Culture and Politics in Mexico: The Symbolism Behind Political Campaigns

Web Address: http://cas.illinois.edu/Events/ViewPublicEvent.aspx?Guid=84E53ED1-5149-4764-B165-5697C4F48DE4
Date: September 6, 2006
Speaker(s): Larissa Adler Lomnitz
Organization: Center for Advanced Study
Keywords: Latin America; Mexico; Communication; Culture and Language; Governance; Media; Political Economy
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 29 minutes
Series: CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series
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Globalization from Below

Web Address: http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/globalstudies/fall2006/smil/gs20061115_macas.smil
Date: November 16, 2006
Speaker(s): Luis Macas, Ecuadoran Indigenous Leader and Human Rights Activist
Organization: Global Studies Initiative
Keywords: Latin America; Ecuador; indigenous movement; Culture and Language; Developing States; Economics; Political Economy
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 50 minutes
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Criminal Trafficking and Slavery: Latin America and the Caribbean

Web Address: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/10751/ts04lat.mov?sequence=4
Date: February 24, 2006
Speaker(s): Nils Jacobsen, David E. Guinn; Werner Baer
Organization:
Keywords: Latin America; Human Rights; Human Trafficking; Migration; Organized Crime
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study
Format: Quicktime
Running Time: 1 hour 13 minutes
Series: 2006 Joint Area Centers Symposium
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Katrina and Other Megacatastrophes

Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/cas/criticalissues050926.rm
Date: September 26, 2005
Speaker(s): Amr S. Elnashai, Don Wuebbles, Greg McFarquhar, Robert B. Olshansky, Sundiata Cha-Jua, Susan Kieffer, John Dwyer, Amy Gajda, Dianne Harris, Ed Kieser
Organization: Center for Advanced
Keywords: East Asia; Latin America; North America; South East Asia; Natural Disasters; Oceania; South Asia; Climate Change; Environment; Health; Sustainable Development
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Sustainable Development
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1:40:41
Series: CAS Initiative on Megacatastrophes: Science, Policy, and Human Behavior
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CAS Forum on Critical Issues: Immigration

Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/cas/cas060127.rv
Date: January 26, 2006
Speaker(s): Alejandro Lugo, Augusto Espiritu, Dorothee Schneider, Hadi Esfahani, Ilana Redstone Akresh
Organization: Center for Advanced Studies
Keywords: Latin America; Culture and Language; Economics; Immigration; Migration
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1:23:40
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