This Thursday, Dr. Gaston Gordillo, UBC Dept. of Anthropology, presents a talk entitled:
Places that Frighten: Residues of Wealth and Violence on the Argentinean Chaco Frontier
Location and Time
Thursday, January 24,
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
AnSo 205
Since 1987, Dr. Gordillo has based his research in the Gran Chaco region of northern Argentina. His current SSHRC-funded research project, “The Traces of History: Ruins and Memories of the Conquest of the Argentinean Chaco” involves a multi-sited ethnography on the old frontiers of the Gran Chaco. The project analyzes the legacy of the region’s long history of violence and resistance in contemporary landscapes and memories and examines the ways in which history is inscribed on, and erased from, space.
For a full list of Dr. Gordillo’s publications, see his profile page at the Dept of Anthropology. His books are available at Koerner Library, including:
- Nosotros vamos a estar acá para siempre : historias tobas (2005)
- Landscapes of devils : tensions of place and memory in the Argentinean Chaco (2004) (preview online at GoogleBooks)
- Río y la frontera : movilizaciones aborígenes, obras públicas y MERCOSUR en el Pilcomayo (2002)
To locate copies of journal articles by Dr. Gordillo, try the MetaLib search tool to search across multiple databases. Click this link to launch a predefined search for his name, or create your own search in the MetaLib Anthropology and Archaeology PowerSearch Page. After the list of results is returned from MetaLib, use the UBC eLink icon to locate a copy of the journal. Many of the articles are available electronically to UBC faculty, students, and staff.