A Gathering of Voices: Latino Studies and Pedagogies for Building Community Saturday, May 1, 2004; Anderson Hall, 200 College Avenue, Tufts University, Medford, 02155, Massachusetts
8:30-9:15	REGISTRATION
9:15-9:30	Welcome Remarks Kevin Dunn, Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts and Sciences, Tufts University
9:30-10:15	Opening Plenary Contextualizing Latino Studies, a Profile of Latino Massachusetts Andrés Torres, University of Massachusetts, Boston
10:15-10:30	BREAK
10:30-11:45	Latino Studies: The Introductory Course What is the role of an introductory course?  Does it ground Latino Studies within a specific paradigm? Is it a survey course? Is it a history course? Latin American Studies, Hispanic Studies, Spanish Departments, American Studies, Africana Studies, Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies… Does it matter where the course is located? Why? Where does the introductory course start? Cabeza de Vaca, Guadalupe Hidalgo, Cuban-Spanish-American War of 1898? Presenters: Luís Aponte-Pares, University  of Massachusetts, Boston, Chair Roxanne Davila, Brandeis University Deborah Pacini-Hernandez, Tufts University Aldo Santiago-Lauria, College of the Holy Cross	Working with Latino Children: The Connection between the Classroom and the Community Why are Latino children relevant to Latino studies? What is its relevance? Existing research programs with Latino children are an example of how the work in the classroom can be connected with the community. How can this connection be strengthened? How can students interested in Latino Studies and Latino Studies program in general leverage the connections made by grad school programs? What reciprocal relationship can be established between these two levels? Presenters: María Estela Brisk, Boston College Martha Julia Garcia-Sellers, Tufts University Mariela Páez, Boston College María Luisa Parra, Tufts University, Chair
11:45-12:45	LUNCH
12:45-2:00	Teaching and Activism: University-Community Partnerships What course structures or research projects have been used for action-oriented pedadogy? How have these worked at different institutions? How can we incorporate disciplinary and pedagogical goals with activism? What are the pitfalls in establishing a community/university partnership? Presenters: Aviva Chomsky, Salem State College, Chair Ana Echevarria-Morales, Salem State College Esther Hernandez-Medina, Brown University William Meinhoffer, College of the Holy Cross Ester Shapiro, University of Massachusetts, Boston Miren Uriarte, University of Massachusetts, Boston	Exploring the Role of Language in Latino Studies What role does language (meaning the linguistic spectrum between Spanish and English) play in the teaching of Latino culture? Can we teach cultural literacy without teaching language? And in this context, should a Latino Studies Program have a language requirement? What are the strategies for teaching Spanish heritage speakers in order to improve the Spanish linguistic skills of the students while giving them cultural background for the complex role of language in the formation of Latino Culture? Presenters: María Acosta Cruz, Clark University Angela Perez, Brandeis University, Chair Vardit Ringald, Brandeis University Alberto Sandoval, Mount Holyoke College Doris Sommer, Harvard University
2:00-2:15	BREAK
2:15-3:30	Developing the Latino Studies Program in the Institutional Context: Politics, Resources and Structure What are the necessary conditions for establishing and promoting a Latino Studies Program? What legitimacy does this kind of program have in a given institutional context? How does a Latino Studies Program reach both academic rigor and community centered-ness? Presenters: Pedro Cabán, University of Illinois John Coatsworth, Harvard University Aldo Lauria-Santiago, College of the Holy Cross, Chair Ismael Rivera Soto, University of Massachusetts, Boston Blanca Silvestrini, University of Connecticut	Latino Identity Performance: What and for Whom? How do different modes of creative expression contribute to the formulation and cultural performance of Latino identity? How is that process relevant to a conceptualization of a Latino Studies program? How do geographic location, re-location and migration shape identity at the individual and community level? How and in what ways can academic institutions and cultural institutions contribute to the formulation of a positive sense of individual and collective identity? Presenters: Sabrina Aviles, Center for Latino Arts, Boston Jorge Capetillo-Ponce, University of Massachusetts, Boston Flora Gonzalez, Emerson College Agustín Lao-Montes, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Adriana Zavala, Tufts University, Chair
3:30-4:00	BREAK
4:00-5:00	Closing Plenary Davíd Carrasco, Harvard University
5:00-7:00	RECEPTION AND PERFORMANCE

This event is free and open to the public.
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This conference has been made possible by the generous support of the
Tufts University Arts, Sciences & Engineering Diversity Fund.