Category Archives: The Americas

My new article with Guillaume Proulx on “settler colonial landscapes”

Posted on September 18, 2019 by

A collaboration that began in my American Landscapes course recently resulted in an article published in the Journal of Cultural Geography (free access here). In this article and in a presentation at the 2019 meeting of the American Association of … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical Human Geography, Cultural Geography, geografía crítica, My publications or presentations, Political Economy, Political Geography, Politics, Teaching, The Americas | 1 Comment

Humanitarian aid is never a crime: petition regarding No More Deaths and the case of Scott Warren

Posted on June 1, 2019 by

This petition was circulated by Johnny Finn on the Latin America Specialty Group of the AAG list. *** Hi All, As I’m sure most of you have heard, geographer and humanitarian activist Scott Warren is currently on trial for several … Continue reading →

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Upcoming talk at University of Denver: “Politicizing Landscapes of Disappearance in Central Mexico”

Posted on April 16, 2019 by
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“Una mirada desde otras disciplinas” — a discussion of new work by Annabel Castro in Cuernavaca, Morelos

Posted on October 25, 2018 by

I will present some comments this Saturday at a discussion of Annabel Castro’s new video installation, Outside in: exile at home, which is currently showing in Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. As Castro puts it, “The installation evokes the condition of being … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Contemporary art, Critical Human Geography, geografía crítica, History, Memory, Mexico, The Americas, Transnationalism | Leave a comment

Los años 68: política, sociedad y cultura

Posted on September 6, 2018 by

I will be participating remotely in this conference later this month in Mexico City. More information can be found here.

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Encuentro de Geógrafos de América Latina (EGAL), Hacia geografías de la integración y la diversidad

Posted on August 20, 2018 by

XVII Encuentro de Geógrafos de América Latina (EGAL), Hacia geografías de la integración y la diversidad Español (inglés y portugués abajo) Invitamos a ser parte del XVII Encuentro de Geógrafos de América Latina (EGAL), Hacia geografías de la integración y … Continue reading →

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Resources for making sense of the unrest in Nicaragua

Posted on July 21, 2018 by

A video from Democracy Now and a NACLA article by Lori Hanson and Miguel Gomez help us make sense of the political process in Nicaragua and the challenges faced by the Ortega government. Hanson and Gomez promote strategic analysis and … Continue reading →

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