A curated list of “stuff we like” on the history of science and knowledge in Latin America and the Caribbean. This list includes blog posts, news media, podcasts, videos, and more. To submit content, contact us.
Este Lugar Tiene Muchas Historias / Lajtre Yuduxh Rextiixni
Este Lugar Tiene Muchas Historias / Lajtre Yuduxh Rextiixni is a decolonial repatriation and public art and history project based in Mitla, an Indigenous Zapotec town located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The project reimagines what an archive is, could be, and should be through re-assembling and transforming the ethnographic and historical knowledge extracted from Mitla through a combination of transcription, translation, and innovative visual methodologies that emphasize Indigenous ontologies (worldviews).
"Making Medical Subjects: Regeneration, Experimentation, and Women in the Guatemalan Spring"
2022This essay by 2023 SCLAC Article Prize winner Lydia Drafts examines how US and Guatemalan doctors weaponized a bureaucratic registration system to study STIs at what they deemed their main vector—sex workers.
"Ladrones de Luz: Policing Electricity in Mexico City, 1901–1918"
2021This essay by 2023 SCLAC Article Prize winner Diana J. Montaño explores Mexico City's electrification in the early twentieth century through the lens of power theft.
Brazil Institute Podcast
The Brazil Institute Podcast is a monthly program produced by the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute. Led by the Brazil Institute experts, the podcast focuses on the political highs and lows of the Brazilian nation. Each episode covers an array of current topics concerning the present state of Brazilian politics while featuring well-known subject and regional experts.
Fuentes para la historia de la psiquiatría en México
Este espacio pone a disposición del público un conjunto de fuentes primarias para el estudio de la historia de la psiquiatría en México
Some Possible Futures of the History of Science in Argentina by Pablo Lorenzano (National University of Quilmes/CONICET, Argentina)
A session of the Global Digital Festival of the Division for the History of Science and Technology.
History of Technology: Latin American and Beyond, Contributions and Circulations by Nelson Arellano (Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, Chile)
A session of the Global Digital Festival of the Division for the History of Science and Technology.
History of Sciences in Brazil: Towards Maturity? by Silvia Figueirôa (University of Campinas, Brazil)
A session of the Global Digital Festival of the Division for the History of Science and Technology.
Futures and Pasts of Sciences From the End of the World by Barbara Kirsi Silva (P. Universidad Catolica de Chile)
A session of the Global Digital Festival of the Division for the History of Science and Technology.
The Future of Storytelling in Science, Technology, and Health in Peru by Raúl Necochea López (University of North Carolina, USA)
A session of the Global Digital Festival of the Division for the History of Science and Technology.
History of Technology and Political Education by Alexis De Greiff A. (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
A session of the Global Digital Festival of the Division for the History of Science and Technology.