Research Group

BORDERLANDS
TECHNOLOGIES
Data, Practices, and Stories
Activists, migrants, and researchers in Central America, Mexico,
and the United States are cultivating alternative technological
worlds in the Mexican Borderlands, using Genetics, Chemistry,
GPS, Internet Communication Technologies (ICT), and biometrics.
Hear from those researching, creating, hacking, and reworking
humanitarian technologies in the US, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Join us for a series of conversations about emergent spaces
of resistance and innovation that seek to enable just technological
futures in the Mexican Borderlands.

Bill Budington
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Laura Aragon
Mukira

Ivonne Orozco
Teachers Against Detention

Michel Stephenson
Fundación de Anthropología Forense de Guatemala

Belen Sandoval
Grupo Pericial en Anthropología Forense

Graciela Pérez
Milynali Red-CFC

Carolina Robledo
CIESAS, Mexico City

Robin Reineke
Southwest Center, University of Arizona

Rodrigo Parrini
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco
FALL 2021 DIGITAL SPEAKER SERIES
CROSSING THE US BORDER WITH YOUR DIGITAL DEVICES: PROTECTING YOUR DATA FROM PRYING EYES
Bill Budington
Electronic Frontier Foundation
September 9, 2021
HOW TECHNOLOGY IS GIVING HOPE IN CASES OF FEMINICIDIO IN JUÁREZ
Laura Aragon
Mukira
September 16, 2021
TEACH IN, SPEAK OUT: TEACHERS AGAINST CHILD DETENTION - ALBUQUERQUE
Ivonne Orozco
Teachers Against Detention
September 23, 2021
FAFG'S MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH APPLIED TO THE SEARCH FOR AND IDENTIFICATION OF DISAPPEARED PERSONS
Michel Stephenson
Fundación de Anthropología Forense de Guatemala
September 30, 2021
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND STABLE ISOTOPES: A NEW TOOL FOR COMPLEX IDENTIFICATION CASES
Belen Sandoval
Grupo Pericial en Anthropología Forense
October 7, 2021
EXTERMINATION SITES IN TAMAULIPAS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CITIZEN ACTION
Graciela Pérez
Milynali Red-CFC
October 14, 2021
PEDAGOGIES OF SEARCHING IN REGIMES OF DISAPPEARANCE THROUGH DISPOSSESSION
Carolina Robledo
CIESAS, Mexico City
October 21, 2021
THE USE OF FORENSIC GENETICS BY NON-STATE ACTORS IN THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDERLANDS
Robin Reineke
Southwest Center, University of Arizona
October 28, 2021
TECHNOLOGIES OF DISPOSSESSION: WASTE, MONEY, AND MOVEMENT
Rodrigo Parrini
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco
November 18, 2021