The goal of this conference is to understand whether specifically Andean notions of race and ethnicity are related to political violence. How have changes in these notions shaped the character of violence used for political purposes? How, through the ages, have episodes of imperial expansion, armed resistance, domestic violence and other actions changed or reinforced ideas of social classification?
Today in the Andes, the growth of indigenous political movements demonstrates how important issues of ethnic identity, racial discrimination, and violence are in this region. This is not a recent phenomenon. The long existence of complex states which have had to incorporate multiple ethnic groups in this region offers a rich context to study change over time. By inviting scholars to present case studies from various time periods, we hope to have a panoramic view of the changes and continuities in the interrelationships between Andean notions of race and ethnicity and the uses of violence.
FRIDAY, APRIL 7th
Welcome reception
ABC (114 E. Washington St.)
8 pm
SATURDAY, APRIL 8th The Michigan Leage
Room D - Third floor
Session 1: 9:00 – 10:30 am
State-Sanctioned Violence in the Prehispanic Andes
Tiffany Tung - Vanderbilt University
Collective violence and social group identities in the late Prehispanic Lake Titicaca region
Liz Arkush - Wayne State University
Session 2: 10:30 – noon
When did ayni stop being “violent”?
Bruce Mannheim – University of Michigan
Ejército, Campesinos y Cuestión Etnica: Los Eslabones Perdidos de la Violencia Política en el Perú
Cecilia Méndez - University of California, Santa Barbara.
Session 3: 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Rethinking the 1965 ELN guerrilla movement (Ayacucho, Peru): problems and silences
Nathalie Koc – University of Michigan
La 'cultura nacional' puesta en vilo: una reflexión desde los movimientos sociales en Bolivia
Javier Sanjines – University of Michigan
Session 4: 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Transnational Spectacle, Situated Performance: Narrating Tinkuy and Negotiating Belonging in the Bolivian Andes
Krista E. Van Vleet - Bowdoin College
Ethnic cleansing in Peru: "Family planning" under Fujimori
Margarita Huayhua – University of Michigan
Closing comments and general discussion
Fernando Coronil – University of Michigan
Dinner and reception
7 pm
This conference is possible thanks to the generous support of the following organizations within the University of Michigan:
College of Literature Science &Arts
Department of Anthropology
International Institute
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Museum of Anthropology
Rackham Graduate School
The Office of the President
The Office of the Vice President for Research
The Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History