The movement called Zapatismo has a loaded symbolic significance in the context of global social movements. Somehow, this (largely unsuccessful) movement of indigenous people and failed Marxist revolutionaries in Mexico has inspired many an activist around the world (Khasnabish 2010). This is not, because the movement was so awfully effective or because their goals were […]
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Recap Bayart/Appadurai and second writing assignment
Thank you all for a very intense double session last Friday! For those who could not be there, here is a recap of what we discussed in photographs: And for the Appadurai, I tried to collect your explanations of the most important ideas in a very sophisticated graphical display. Judge for yourself: At the very […]