International studies – Central and South America
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The Longue Durée of Chilean Exceptionalism: Settler Colonialism, Political Violence, and Popular Culture
The nationwide protests that began in Santiago in October 2019 laid bare the tensions churning underneath the narrative of Chilean economic prosperity, democracy, and stability known as Chilean exceptionalism. Protestors ... -
Conservation, Territory, and Knowledge in Western Pará
This thesis evaluates two case studies from western Pará state in the Brazilian Amazon: ribeirinhos living on the border of Saracá-Taquera National Forest and the Maró indigenous group fighting for demarcation of their ... -
Affective Action and Delayed Dissent: Why Colombia’s Referendum Opponents Tweeted Their Outrage a Year After the Theft of Their Vote
This interdisciplinary thesis explores the reasons behind a delayed response from Colombia’s peace deal opponents following the government’s overturning of their referendum victory. Existing literature failed to explain ... -
Rhythms of Resilience: Transcending Legacies of Indigenous Loss in Wallmapu
Current reparation and strategies of political recognition towards Indigenous populations obfuscate resonant histories of oppression through a rhetoric of multicultural inclusion. Chile is no exception to this phenomenon ... -
Coffee and Climate Change: A Comparative Analysis of Civil Society and Indigenous Politics in Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico
Coffee is an important commodity not only for the consumer but also for producers. However, climate change is threatening the future of coffee and is driving it out of places where it was historically grown. In Mexico, ... -
The Mestizo State: Violence and State Formation in Peru (1980 – 2000)
The research I present in this thesis will analyze Peru’s statecraft process in the late 20th century (1980–2000). ). Scholars agree that the Peruvian state was about to fail due to the internal conflict that deepened the ... -
Selective Listening: Why U.S. Policymakers De-Securitized Colombia's Internal Displacement Crisis
This thesis examines the U.S. foreign policy known as “Plan Colombia” and asks why it has not allocated greater resources toward Colombia’s decades-long internal displacement crisis. By analyzing primary sources connected ... -
Brazil's Emerging Roadmap for Internet Governance
This thesis is an examination of the roadmap Brazil is drawing to govern the Internet domestically, and potentially extend to other countries and the international system as a whole. This map includes the development of ...
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