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‘The Legal Cultures of the Subsoil’: mapping the use of law in environmental politics in Central America

‘The Legal Cultures of the Subsoil’: mapping the use of law in environmental politics in Central America

by Talking Humanities | Mar 12, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Projects, Research & Resources

Courts have increasingly become the locus of environmental disputes. Dr Ainhoa Montoya looks at one such case, which occurred in El Salvador, where resource extraction has preoccupied many of its citizens for more than a decade. In 2017, the Salvadoran Legislative...
Books with cardboard souls

Books with cardboard souls

by Talking Humanities | Mar 5, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources

Ahead of Thursday’s (7 March) World Book Day, the annual celebration of books, authors and illustrators, Dr Maria Castrillo, head of special collections and engagement at Senate House Library, turns the page on a set of unique cardboard publications from Latin...
At the crossroads: engaging with South London’s Latin American community

At the crossroads: engaging with South London’s Latin American community

by Talking Humanities | Feb 12, 2019 | Languages & Literature, Projects, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

Dr María Soledad Montañez, a  research fellow in community at the School of Advanced Study (SAS), outlines a new initiative in support of London’s Latin American community, which links several programmes prioritising collaboration, partnership and strategic change. In...
Preparing for a first fieldwork trip can cause some postgrads to suffer anxiety in silence

Preparing for a first fieldwork trip can cause some postgrads to suffer anxiety in silence

by Talking Humanities | Jan 3, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources, Training and Research

Amid the stresses of classes, essay writing, deadlines, and preparing for upgrade exams, postgraduate students whose work focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean face an additional challenge: preparing for their first fieldwork trip. It can become something of a...
‘Cries in Spanish’: the presumption of emotionalism and violence in Latin America

‘Cries in Spanish’: the presumption of emotionalism and violence in Latin America

by Talking Humanities | Jul 31, 2018 | Features, Languages & Literature, Publications

Europeans and North Americans may be loath to give up their Latin American stereotypes, but the accessibility of sophisticated Mexican shows to foreign audiences may, slowly, work against the clichés says Professor Paul Julian Smith. Most unusually Mexican television...
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