Research

THE CHICANO/LATINO RESEARCH CENTER (CLRC)

HEMISPHERIC DIALOGUES

Hemispheric Dialogues 3: Reflections about Negotiating Cross Border Approaches

In collaboration with the Chicano/Latino Research Center, the LALS Department sponsored “Hemispheric Dialogues 3: Reflections about Negotiating Cross Border Approaches.” This research cluster’s work builds on the conceptual and practical work of Hemispheric Dialogues (1998-1999) and Hemispheric Dialogues 2 (2000-2005), funded by the Ford Foundation, which facilitated collaborations between faculty, social activists and graduate students invested in bridging Chicana-o/Latina-o Studies and Latin American Studies. Our point of departure is interrogating these fields’ respective histories and the tensions and possibilities involved in doing cross border, interdisciplinary work in the Americas. Building on our multidisciplinary expertise, the purpose is to dialogue with each other about the process of moving toward cross border approaches and how we have negotiated the tensions or possibilities such an approach entails. The research cluster participants from the LALS department included Jonathan Fox, Rosa Linda Fregoso, Susanne Jonas, and Pat Zavella. Participating faculty included Norma Klahn, Lourdes Martinez, and Juan Poblete (all from Literature), Mark Anderson (Anthropology) and Felicity Schaffer-Grabiel (Feminist Studies). During 2006-07, Hemispheric Dialogues 3’s research activities included a colloquium series that invited speakers from UCSC to reflect upon the following questions:

1.         How has your own research changed as you moved toward a cross border or hemispheric approach?
2.         What have been the challenges and benefits of such a paradigmatic shift in terms of theory, epistemology, methods, or dissemination of your research or in your teaching?
3.         Do you have any suggestions regarding the future directions of cross border approaches?
See the poster for titles of talks.

We plan to offer another colloquium series in 2007-08 that will offer the perspectives from other faculty and graduate students.

CGIRS- The Center for Global, International and Regional Studies

Social Sciences 1, Faculty Services
PHONE:831.459-2833
FAX: 831.459.5900
E-MAIL: global@ucsc.edu or elnish@ucsc.edu

HISTORY & MISSION

Human societies face four global challenges during the coming century:

Innovation in our technological, social, political and economic practices;
Security based on trust and cooperation rather than weapons and war;
Identity struggles as people seek power and respect; and
Sustainability of both the Earth’s environment and human life.

Since 1996, UCSC’s Center for Global, International and Regional Studies (CGIRS), has addressed these and other challenges through innovative, thoughtful and critical faculty research, undergraduate curricula and public outreach, and policy analysis and action. CGIRS was established through a merger of the Global Transformations ORU and the IGCC funded Stevenson College Program on Global Security. CGIRS is supported by funding from the UCSC Social Sciences Division, various UC systemwide centers, private foundations, corporations and other sources. It is also UCSC campus administrator of two UC system wide MRUs: the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, based at UC-San Diego, and the Pacific Rim Research Program, both of which fund graduate and faculty research.

THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE, TOLERANCE & COMMUNITY

Crown College Academic, Room 210
831.459.5743

The Center for Justice Tolerance and Community is an interdisciplinary center dedicated to research, education, and policy for a new common good. Our topic is social justice in its various manifestations. We define this broadly, including studies of the roots of prejudice, the sources of economic inequality, and the obstacles to the building of community. We seek to work at the cutting edge, combining rigor and relevance, as we focus on what might be termed the civil rights issues of the new century. Most of all, we seek to promote research that translates into action. The CJTC builds on UCSC's enduring traditions: our diverse faculty's commitment to building a better world; our scholars; exceptional work on issues of equity, diversity, and social justice; and an undergraduate and graduate student body devoted to broad social values and learning through research. An interdisciplinary shapes the CJTC's activities and research agenda.

THE CINEMEDIA PROJECT

The CineMedia Project (CMP) is a non-circulating research archive dedicated to the study of Latin American and Latino film and video. The CMP is located on the 1st floor of the Casa Latina, and is open to UCSC faculty, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates. Non-campus users of the facility are invited to become CineMedia Project Associates. Please call 459-4284 for information and hours of operation.