Rebecca HansonAssistant Professor of Crime, Law, and Governance, University of FloridaKellogg Institute Visiting Fellow Discussants:Abby CórdovaAssociate Professor of Global AffairsKellogg Faculty FellowRachel SweetAssistant Professor of Politics and Global AffairsKellogg Faculty FellowErnesto VerdejaAssociate Professor of Political Science and Peace StudiesKellogg Faculty FellowSince the mid-2000s Venezuela has been ranked one of the most violent countries in the world as homicides and police violence skyrocketed. Much has been written about the country’s turn to Chavismo but scholarship has ignored what will perhaps be the revolution’s most important legacy: how Chavista policies transformed coercive power and the security landscape. This panel will discuss the Rebecca Hanson's book of the same name, which provides the first in-depth analysis of policing and security policies during the left turn in Latin America by focusing on the experiences of three groups: police officers, police reformers, and residents of neighborhoods most affected by violence. Drawing on ethnographic, interview, and survey research collected over ten years, she analyzes how security policies within the context of the pink tide and later turn to authoritarianism contributed to the expansion of lateral violence and the pluralization of non-state violent actors. Far from the always-already authoritarian project proposed by many scholars and pundits, Hanson shows that the Bolivarian Revolution was defined by highly contested and contrasting visions of security that resulted in a fragmented and inconsistent ordering of state and society. Moreover, by pairing the vantage point of street-level police officers with that of ordinary barrio residents, she provides a unique analysis of how insecurity during revolution was experienced “from below.”Click here for more information   

The McDonald Center, University Counseling Center, and Student Government Association invite you experience the gift of compliments and positive self-talk! Originally published at mcwell.nd.edu.

We invite you to join us for an insightful lecture by Ph.D. candidate Diego Felipe Lopez-Aguirre, exploring the intersections of archaeology, history, and colonial narratives. In 1691 several archeological items came to light during an extirpation of idolatry made in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia). This talk examines how the objects became part of a series of transatlantic collection networks and were used by several lettered Creole historians in the invention of the past of the new Granada kingdom.  Don't miss this engaging discussion on the politics of history and the construction of the past. Originally published at artdept.nd.edu.

Anne Slovin and Rose Wollman present a program of works for voice and viola centering on Gilda Lyons' song cycle Charms and Blessings, alongside pieces by Nettie Simons and Jessica Meyer and arrangements of popular songs by Joni Mitchell, Joanna Newsom, and Bob Dylan. This program explores the unique interplay between the timbres of these two instruments, rarely heard on their own without a piano or other strings. This event is free and open to the public.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.

A story of resilience and creativity, "Creative Force" captures the inspiring stories of everyday Ukrainians who transform their daily professions into acts of defiance against an invading force. This documentary explores the intersection of creativity and resistance in times of conflict. Film director Alex LeMay and film producer Maris Lidaka will join for a Q&A following the film screening. This event is cosponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

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