Raised Voices: Learning from the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Thursday, April 16, Room 1610, Des Plaines

Stemming from a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant from the Department of Education, this Conference will focus on the voices, histories, cultural contributions, and perspectives of indigenous people.

We will explore relevant issues on environmentalism, indigenous movements, and the preservation of cultural identity.

SCHEDULE

9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Zones of Refuge: The History of Native Communities and Mexican Forests
Chris Boyer, University of Illinois at Chicago

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Keynote Address
Rebel Memory: The Power of Historical Consciousness in Bolivian Indigenous Movements
Benjamen Dangl, McGill University, author of Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America and The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia

12:30 - 2 p.m. Lunch (for full-conference, registered participants only)

2 - 3:15 p.m.
Indigenous (Mapuche) Music of Argentina: The Maintenance and Evolution of Cultural Identity
Jane L. Florine, Florida State University, author of Cuarteto Music and Dancing from Argentina: In Search of the Tunga-Tunga in Córdoba

3:30 - 5 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion on Curriculum Development
Explore ways to include the voices, histories, cultural contributions, and perspectives of indigenous people in curriculum.

Sponsored by Oakton’s Global Studies program and funded by a Title 6A grant from the Department of Education.