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Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14, 2009

CRIME, INSECURITY, FEAR IN MEXICO: Ethnographic and Policy Approaches

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP

Co-sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego
Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
ISERP, Columbia University

Location:
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUILDING
420 West 118th Street, 15th Floor Conference Room 1512

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009

9:15 - 9:30 Welcoming Remarks
Pablo Piccato, Columbia University

9:30 - 11:30 Panel 1. Ethnographies of the Police
Markus-Michael Müller, Freie Universität Berlin
Alejandra Leal, Columbia University
Elena Azaola, CIESAS-México*
Comments: Daniel Goldstein, Rutgers University

11:45 - 1:15 Panel 2. Criminal Visibilities
Regnar Kristensen, University of Copenhagen
Laura Roush, Colegio de Michoacán
Comments: Sudhir Venkatesh, Columbia University
1:15 - 2:15 Lunch Break

2:15 - 4:15 Panel 3. The Violence of Traffic
Rihan Yeh, University of California, San Diego
Rossana Reguillo, ITESO*
Alfredo Corchado, Dallas Morning News
Comments: Mary Roldán, Hunter College

4:30 - 6:00 Panel 4. Measuring Crime and Evaluating Security: Recent Trends and Data
María Eugenia Suárez, Universidad de Guadalajara-INSYDE*
David Shirk, University of San Diego
Comments: Christopher Weiss, Columbia University

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14

9:30 - 11:30 Panel 5. Debating Public Policy
Sigrid Arzt, Centro de Análisis y Diálogo
sobre América del Norte
Joel Ortega, Former Secretary of Public
Security, Mexico City*
Diane Davis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Comments: Desmond Arias, John Jay College

11:45 - 1:15 Summary Panel
Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Columbia University
Alfred Stepan, Columbia University

* In Spanish.

 

 
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