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May 1, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Health, Environment, and Democracy in Latin America and its Borderlands: Making Collaborative Knowledge in Dire Times
Over the last several decades, extractive economic development and democratic instability in Latin America have intensified vulnerabilities to harm across interconnected life systems of ecology, health, and social welfare. To understand and act upon these dire circumstances, fostering collaboration across research disciplines is vital but can pose serious methodological and institutional challenges that we as researchers are often not equipped to overcome. This symposium brings together scholars at the University of Arizona from different disciplines who work on issues of Health and the Environment in Latin America and its Borderlands to examine possibilities for working together across the health, ecological, biological, and social sciences.
Public Keynote lectures:
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Michael Anastario, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, Norther Arizona University
"Anthroposomics and Agrichemicals: Case studies from milpa farming in El Salvador and avocado production in Michoacán, Mexico."
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Elizabeth F.S. Roberts, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
"Bioethnography in Latin American Environmental Health Research."
Workshops (RSVP only)
Workshops open to UA faculty, researchers, and students. Participation is limited.