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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.

2021 Speaker Series: Research

FALL 2021 INVITED SPEAKERS

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Bill Budington

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Laura Aragon
Mukira

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Ivonne Orozco
Teachers Against Detention

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Michel Stephenson
Fundación de Anthropología Forense de Guatemala

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Belen Sandoval
Grupo Pericial en Anthropología Forense

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Graciela Pérez
Milynali Red-CFC

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Carolina Robledo
CIESAS, Mexico City

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Robin Reineke
Southwest Center, University of Arizona 

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Rodrigo Parrini
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco

2021 Speaker Series: Our Team

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

2021 Speaker Series: Our Team
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