(CANCELLED) The Conquest of the Desert: Argentina's Indigenous Peoples and the Battle for History
- Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Building: Bagnani Hall
Room: 101
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
For more than one hundred years, the Conquest of the Desert (1878–1885) has marked Argentina’s historical passage between eras, standing at the gateway to the nation’s “Golden Age” of progress, modernity, and --- most contentiously --- national whiteness and the “invisibilization” of Indigenous peoples. This traditional narrative has deeply influenced the ways in which many Argentines understand their nation’s history, its laws and policies, and the role of Indigenous peoples within the national community. Larson explores traditional narratives about the Conquest and their legacies in Argentina, with an eye to critical dialogue with First Nation experiences in Canada and the United States.
Carolyne Larson is an associate professor of Latin American history at St. Norbert College. In her research, she is particularly interested in how everyday cultural practices connect to identity, politics, consumerism, science and race. She is also interested in historical analysis of photographs, maps, monuments, museum objects, paintings and other non-textually-based sources. Larson’s current research explores the “Conquest of the Desert,” a military campaign launched by the Argentine state in 1878 to eradicate the indigenous peoples of the pampas (a region of fertile grasslands in the central part of the country). The conquest and its historical legacies have clear implications for indigenous communities in Argentina, and also shed important light on indigenous-state relations throughout the Americas and beyond.
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Posted on February 5, 2020