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 Guatemala:
Perspectives is a series of events on human rights in Guatemala.
Continue to check this space for additional lectures and write-ups
of these events.
Guatemala:
Reflections is the series of CLAS events on Guatemala
from Spring 2000.
"Guatemalan
Immigration to the Bay Area"
Monday, September 25, 12-1 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch St.
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Xochitl
Castañeda, Allison Davenport, and Ingrid
Perry-Houts (above)
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Beatriz
Manz (above)
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UC
Berkeley Professor Beatriz Manz (Departments of Geography
and Ethnic Studies), Xochitl Castañeda,
Allison Davenport, and Ingrid Perry-Houts will present
an article based on a research project entitled, "Guatemalan
Immigration to the Bay Area." The talk will discuss causes
of out-migration from Guatemala, networks subsequently
established in the United States, employment trends, as
well as the social and cultural impact of migration on
migrants and their families and communities in Guatemala.
The presentation is sponsored by the Center for Latino
Policy Research to inaugurate the publication of the article.
Write-up
for this event
Rosalina
Tuyuc
Wednesday, October 4, 4-6 pm
CLAS Conference Room
2334 Bowditch Street
Rosalina Tuyuc is the founder and current president of Conavigua (the
National Coordinate of Widows in Guatemala), an organization of mostly
Mayan widows and their families in the areas most affected by the country's
35 years of armed conflict. Tuyuc was a congresswoman from 1996 to 2000,
representing the Frente Democratico Nueva Guatemala party. During this
time, she held the position of third vice president of Congress.
Tuyuc's was one of the first voices that rose after the destruction of
civil organizations by the military dictatorship in the 1980s. Along
with Conavigua, she was a vital force in the resurgence of organizations
of civil society.
In Spanish, with translation. The lecture will be moderated by UC Berkeley
Professor Beatriz Manz (Departments of Ethnic Studies and Geography).
Write-up
for this event
Panel: "Testimonial
and Legal Perspectives on Justice and Reparations in Guatemala"
Monday, October 30, 4-6 pm
370 Dwinelle Hall
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Jesús
Tecú Osorio and Mary Beth Kaufman
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Barbara
Rose Johnston and Beatriz Manz
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Panel discussants include:
Jesús Tecú Osorio is a Maya Achí human rights
activist and survivor of the Río Negro massacre of 177 members
of his community. Tecú's testimony contributed to the prosecution
of three civil patrol members.
Barbara Rose Johnston is a senior research fellow
a the Center for Poltical Ecology and has recently written
a briefing paper for the World Commission on Dams in which
she discusses the legal basis for reparations for involuntarily
displaced communities.
Naomi Roht-Arriaza is a professor at Hastings College
of Law and is the author of Impunity and Human Rights
in International Law and Practice.
Mary Beth Kaufman is a law student at UC Berkeley's
Boalt School of Law and worked with the Historical Clarification
Commission in Guatemala.
Moderated by UC Berkeley Professor Beatriz Manz (Departments of
Ethnic Studies and Geography).
Write-up
for this article.
Guatemala:
Perspectives Series Panel: "The Role of the
Catholic Church in the Cooperative Movement
in Guatemala"
Wednesday,
November 1, 4 pm CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch
Street
 Father
Luis Gurriaran is a Catholic Priest of the Spanish
Sacred Heart Order who has been in the Diocese
of El Quiche, Guatemala since the late 1950s.
He specialized in cooperatives in Canada in the
1960s and became instrumental in creating several
peasant cooperatives in El Quiche. In this capacity,
he lead the colonization of the Ixcan rain forest
in the early 1970s. As a result of military persecution,
he left Guatemala and spent several years in
Nicaragua and later lived with the Communities
of Population in Resistance hidden inside Guatemala
and in the refugee camps in Mexico. He currently
lives in Guatemala and works with rural cooperatives. Moderated
by Professor
Beatriz Manz.
Write-up
for this event
Clyde
Snow, with Mercedes Doretti and Fredy Peccerilli
"Uncovering the 'Disappeared': Clyde Snow and Forensic Anthropologists' Work
for Justice"
Friday, November 17, 6:15-7:45 pm
San Francisco Hilton and Towers
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Clyde
Snow at AAA conference
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Claudia
Bernardi (left) and Mercedes Doretti
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three forensic anthropologists will address the uses
of anthropology to determine human rights abuses
in Guatemala and Argentina. Internationally renowned
forensic anthropologist Clyde Snow presents
how he first applied his forensic skills to ascertain
human rights abuses among civilians who "disappeared" in
Argentina, and later to determine the location of
mass graves and the identity of victims in Guatemala.
This work led to the training of forensic anthropologists,
who continue these efforts around the world. Snow
received a PhD in Anthropology from the University
of Arizona. He has worked extensively with Americas
Watch and other human rights groups, and his work
led to the conviction of five military officers in
Argentina.
Mercedes Doretti and Fredy Peccerelli also will present their
experiences as part of forensic research teams whose results have contributed
to national and international investigations and judicial processes. Peccerelli
heads the Foundation for Forensic Anthropology of Guatemala. The presentation
illustrates how the process of identifying victims and confirming events
plays a key role in efforts to seek closure for the families of the "disappeared."
Co-sponsored with the American Anthropological Association (AAA). The discussion
will be followed by a reception and a photographic exhibit by Vince Heptig
on Guatemalan research.
Write-up
for this event
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