Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Emiko Saldivar - UC California, Santa Barbara
| Dates: | 5 November 2018 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| Speaker: | Dr Emiko Saldivar |
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Social Anthropology Seminar
Monday, 5th of November 2018
Dr Emiko Saldivar
University of California, Santa Barbara
Mestizaje Reloaded: Racial politics after the Multicultural turn in Mexico
In this presentation I analyze how the responses of Mestizos to multicultural and intercultural ideas, practices and policies take shape in Mexico. I explore the complexities of this period by looking at the two most relevant state policies during this period: Intercultural Education, in particular the establishment of around 20 intercultural Universities throughout the country since 2003. Second, the inclusion for the first time, of Afrodescendent people in official statistics a nd the use of a skin colour pallet. Through the discussion of these examples I will try to map out the different spaces where emerging ideas of identity, culture, race and resistance are being shaped. Each of them is a good exponent of what I identify as the key issues that inform current racial politics in Mexico: the reification of cultural differences and a invested denial of racial categories. All, I argue here, are under the mantle of a possessive investment in mestizaje, to assure that Mestizo privilege stays put.
Second Floor Boardroom 2.016 / 017
Arthur Lewis Building
Time 4:15 to 6:00pm
(Tea and coffee available outside the room from 4:00pm)
ALL WELCOME!
Speaker
Dr Emiko Saldivar
Role: Speaker
Organisation: UC Santa Barbara
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2.016 / 017 (Boardroom)
Arthur Lewis Building
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