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Latin American Studies Lecture Series
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here. Winter 2006 Brazil Series PRINT PDF FLYER Central Bank of Chile and Brazil: A Comparative Study 1973-2005 Claudia Ponte de Albuquerque, CILAS Visiting Scholar This lecture proposes a theory based on better access to international financial markets, to compare the Central Bank of Chile and Brazil during the period 1973 to 2005. The presenter will discuss three levels of analysis based on the consent of economic freedom by central banks. In particular the presenter will discuss these two banks´ processes of reform and liberalization of their countries´ financial markets. ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Claudia Ponte De Albuquerque is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS). Albuquerque is a PhD candidate in Comparative Political Economy at the Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil. She has taught economics and national accounting at various universities in Brazil and also worked for the Central Bank of Brazil. Contribuciones latinoamericanas a las teorias de desarrollo Carmen Rico De Sotelo Latin American thinkers, communications theorists, politicians, and policy makers have a longstanding history of thought on how to develop their countries. Almost nothing has remained untried, albeit with uneven success. During the second half of the 20th century, different schools of thought such as ECLA have become think-tank of development and the seat of highly developed theorizing on issues pertaining to social, economic, and political development. Social theories, communication practices and recommendations are continuously re-read in the light of changing realities and challenges. Latin American theories of development and communication for development – a response to North American theories of diffusion - are closely linked to names like Theotonio dos Santos, Fernando Enrique Cardoso, Raul Prebisch, Osvaldo Sunkel, Luis Ramiro Beltràn, Antonio Pasquali, Mario Kaplùn, Fernando Reyes Matta among many others. In her talk, Carmen Rico de Sotelo will provide us with a sense of the major theoretical tendencies that have been a decisive contribution of Latin American thinkers to our understanding the role of communication in developmental issues. The Story of the Spiritual Black Healer Juca Rosa: Culture,
Race and Society in 19thCentury Brazil Gabriela Dos Reis Sampaio Juca Rosa was one of the most important folk healers (feiticeiros) in 19th century Brazil, when the country lived under an imperial political regime and slavery was the main economic force. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1834, Rosa was a free man of color, part of the city’s large population of African descent. He became very famous all over the country, especially among non-white workers who sought help with problems related to money, love and illness. In 1870, accused of sexual involvement with a number of white women, he went to jail and was prosecuted for charlatanism, which resulted in numerous police reports and newspaper articles that allowed the reconstruction of his story. Using the adventures of this very intriguing character, this presentation will discuss social and racial relations and the cultural dynamics of Brazilian society during the last decades of the 19th century, a period of very important political, social and economic transformation. ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Gabriela dos Reis Sampaio is currently a professor at the History Dept. at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil, and a Visiting Professor at CILAS and the History Dept. at UCSD. She works with the social history of culture and medicines in Brazil, and cultural interchanges in the Atlantic World during the 19th century, focusing on the multiple cultural influences and new religious practices developed in the Americas. Amigos dos Amigos: The ADA Criminal Faction in the Funk Music
of a Brazilian Favela Paul Sneed In this talk I shall examine the cultural and rhetorical context of underground, illegal rap songs written as expressions of the power of the ADA criminal faction in Rocinha, one of largest favelas, or shantytowns, of Rio de Janeiro, drawing upon a cultural studies theoretical framework and arguments about the uses of proibidão funk, or prohibited rap, by Rio’s criminal factions as a means of promoting themselves as social bandits and the legitimate defenders of their favela communities. Recent events occurring in Rocinha have brought about a regime change in the dominant criminal faction and, subsequently, significant change in the funk music practices of that favela, affording a unique opportunity to scrutinize the ideological workings of the power of organized crime in the context of the crisis of social exclusion and violence that grips contemporary Brazil. ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Paul Sneed, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Portuguese and Director of Luso-Brazilian Studies, San Diego State University, President of the Two Brothers Foundation He teaches Brazilian and Portuguese literature, Afro-Brazilian music and culture, and Portuguese language at San Diego State University. Mr. Sneed is also president of the Two Brothers Foundation, an NGO promoting community service, cultural exchange, and education in the favela of Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro. Thinking Brazil: O mais grande do mundo! A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH:
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