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QUEEN MARY University of London and the INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES are pleased to announce a round table celebratingBolivia’s elections: ‘ELECTIONS IN BOLIVIA: WHAT CHANGES?’Tuesday 5November 20196pm – 8pmQueen MaryUniversity of London (Mile End Campus)David Sizer LT,Ground Floor, Bancroft Building (Queen Mary campusmap at https://www.qmhospitality.co.uk/media/qmhospitality/documents/MEMap.pdf) On 20 October 2019, Bolivia will hold presidential andparliamentary elections. President Evo Morales Ayma will run for a fourth term,despite the results of the referendum of 21 February 2016 that produced anarrow defeat against his re-election. Recently, Evo Morales expressed concern hisparty, Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS), may lose its two-thirds majority.Polls show strong support for opposition party Comunidad Ciudadana (FRI-Sol.bo)and its presidential candidate Carlos Mesa. What does this mean for Bolivia?How does this election fit into the recent political shifts in the region? Whatwill the electoral results do to the changes set into motion during 14 years ofthe self-proclaimed left-wing and indigenous government of Morales? In this RoundTable, five experts from across the social sciences will discuss thesequestions two weeks after the Bolivian elections and, maybe, several weeksbefore the second round of the presidential elections: - Andrew Canessa (University of Essex);- Enrique Castañón (SOAS University of London)- Lorenza Fontana (University of Newcastle, TBC);- Angus McNelly (Queen Mary University of London);- Massimo Modonesi (UNAM, Mexico) Moderated by Into Goudsmit (Goldsmiths University of London). These scholarswill address key issues such as social and industrial policies, justice andhuman rights, indigenous identity and autonomy, electoral politics and thereturn of the right, coca and the coca unions, mining and hydrocarbondependency, land politics and agrobusiness, and the informal economy. We hope we can welcome you to participate in this roundtable, taking place at a critical moment in Bolivia’s recent history. For furtherinformation, contact Into Goudsmit ([log in to unmask]) or Angus McNelly ([log in to unmask]) ____________________________________________________________ Goudsmit, Into A. (2016). Deference Revisited: Andean Ritual in the Plurinational State. Durham NC: Carolina Academic Press, Ritual Studies Monograph Series (Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern, series editors). Other publications at https://golds.academia.edu/IntoAGoudsmit International development career at https://www.linkedin.com/in/into-a-goudsmit-9359b425 ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/Anthropology-Matters * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * To unsubscribe please click here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS&A=1 ***************************************************************