IV FORUM
ON
U.S.-MEXICO TRANSNATIONALISM & TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNITIES Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Instituto
de México
2829 16th Street, N.W.
Session I: Transnational Research & Education
10:00am - 12:15pm
ONE-DIMENSIONAL
GEOGRAPHY: BORDERS AS SUBJECTS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION?
David Stea, Director, Center for Texas-Mexico Applied
Research, Texas State University.
BILITERATE
PROGRAMS: DEVELOPING STUDENTS' PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Joan Biever, Director, Kliesen International Center,
and Nina Patrizio-Quiñones, Curriculum
Coordinator, Biliterate Programs, Our Lady of the Lake University. TRANSNATIONALISM
RESEARCH
Gustavo Cano, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies,
University of California, San Diego, and Director, Transnationalism
Research Project, Mexico-North
Research
Network.
Session
II: Transnational Integration & Identity Construction
2:30 - 5:00pm
HOUSING,
LAND MARKETS, AND INTRA-URBAN MIGRATION: ACCESSING HOME OWNERSHIP
AMONG LOW-INCOME MEXICAN FAMILIES IN MEXICO AND THE USA COMPARED
Peter Ward, Director, The Mexican Center, University
of Texas-Austin.
IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN TRANSNATIONAL LIVES
Raquel Marquez, Research Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Texas-San Antonio.
THE FUTURE OF MEXICANS IN THE UNITED STATES: EXCLUSION, TRANSNATIONALISM
OR INTEGRATION
Agustín Escobar Latapí, Research Professor,
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología
Social.
RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW
5:30 - 7:30pm
Sponsored by
The Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives
&
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Thursday, October 28, 2004
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
1000 Constitution Ave, N.W.
Morning Session
9:00am - 12:45pm
GENERACIÓN TRANSNACIONAL/TRANSNATIONAL
GENERATION: GENDER AND NATION AMONG YOUTH IN A TRANSMIGRANT MEXICAN
COMMUNITY
Deborah Anne Boehm, University of California, San Diego.
BORDERING MODERNITIES: RACE, MASCULINITY, AND THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF
MEXICO-US MIGRATION
Deborah Cohen, Southern Methodist University.
EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES ON CONSUMPTION AND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN THE
INDIGENOUS CHATINO REGION OF OAXACA, MEXICO
Tomás Cruz-Cruz, University of Texas at Austin.
MEXICAN
IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S.: THEIR TRANSNATIONAL ROLE IN MEXICO'S U.S. POLICY
Patricia H. Hamm, Iowa State University.
Afternoon Session
2:00pm - 5:00pm
TRANSNATIONAL CONCERNS: HOW RESPONSIVE CAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BE?
Miriam Jiménez Hernández, Lehman College.
¿CONQUISTADORES O CONQUISTADOS?: IDENTIDAD
HISPANA, RESISTENCIA CULTURAL Y RELACIONES INTERETNICAS EN EL CONDADO
DE RIO ARRIBA, NUEVO MÉXICO
Danna Alexandra Levin Rojo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.
INFORMAL TRANSBORDER RECYCLING IN JUAREZ / EL PASO
Martín Medina, Colegio de la Frontera Norte.
EMPOWERING
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND CHILDREN THROUGH POPULAR EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN
MAYAN, NATIVE AMERICAN AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
Karen Lee Ogulnick, Long Island University.
MEXICANS AND CHINESE IN THE FORMATION OF GENDER, RACE, AND NATION IN
THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDERLANDS, 1910-1940
Julia María Schiavone Camacho, University of Texas-El Paso.
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