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<p class="MsoNormal">Hola Ecuatorianistas,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Me ha impresionado el nivel de entusiasmo y solidaridad que mostraron los miembros de nuestra sección en el Congreso de LASA en Lima. Pronto vamos a subir las fotos de la reunión y la recepción
al sitio web para que podamos compartir estos sucesos. <br>
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Premios de la Sección:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="mso-ansi-language:
ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Felicitaciones al ganador del Premio Dolores Cacuango al<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Mejor Ensayo sobre Estudios Ecuatorianos: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
Taylor C. Nelms</b> (University of California, Irvine) por su artículo </span><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">“The Problem of Delimitation: Parataxis, Bureaucracy,
and Ecuador’s Popular and Solidarity Economy” publicado en <i>Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute</i> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Y había dos menciones de honor:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Jean Muteba Rahier</b> (Florida International University) por su trabajo “F<span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">rom Panacea for Harmonious Race Relations
to Ideological Tool for Oppression and National Identity Imagination: Reflections from the Andes on Mestizaje through Time and Space”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Kathleen Fine-Dare
</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">(Fort Lewis College) por su trabajo "Hidden Histories of Indigeneity in Urban Andean Ecuador: Transubstantiation, Ceremony, and Intention in Quito”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="color:
black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">El trabajo de estos expertos ecuatorianistas impresiona y nos asegura del dinamismo y la vitalidad de nuestro campo de
estudios. Gracias a todas las personas que nominaron artículos para este premio.
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</span></span></span><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:
ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">Oportunidades para Colaborar con la Sección:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="color:
black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">En nuestra reunión en Lima, solicitamos la colaboración de los miembros en 4 áreas, y algunas personas se ofrecieron para
ayudar en trabajo colectivo de la sección. Ya tenemos suficientes voluntarios/as para el comité de premios…
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">¡</span><span style="color:black;
mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">Gracias! Pero todavía tenemos
tres oportunidades más. Son buenas maneras de involucrarte en la sección. ¿Te animas?</span></p>
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normal"><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic" lang="ES-EC"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic" lang="ES-EC">Consejo Ejecutivo</span></b><span style="color:black;
mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">:
Necesitamos 2 vocales para servir 2 a</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic" lang="ES-EC">ñ</span><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">os.
Vocales ayudan a hacer decisiones relacionadas con los gastos, los eventos, y las prioridades de la sección. No requiere mucho trabajo, y no se requiere que asistan al Congreso de LASA. Vamos a hacer elecciones electrónicas otra vez este a</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">ñ</span><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">o.
Si te quieres ofrecer como candidato/a al puesto de vocal, por favor avísame <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
antes del 25 de mayo.</b></span></p>
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normal"><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic" lang="ES-EC"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic" lang="ES-EC">Comité
<i>ad hoc</i> de Medios Sociales</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">: Necesitamos actualizar nuestra página web, y LASA nos ha pedido que exploremos la idea de hacer una cuenta Twitter. Tal vez
queremos estar en Facebook… este comité va a promover las actividades y los intereses de la sección en el mundo virtual. (Se buscan 3 personas)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic" lang="ES-EC">Comité de becas de viaje</span></b><span style="color:black;
mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">:
Las secciones tienen el derecho de otorgar becas para ayudar con el costo de viajar al Congreso de LASA. En la reunión decidimos que es algo que queremos hacer para facilitar la participación entre los y las ecuatorianistas en el Congreso. El comité tendrá
que decidir cuántas becas y el monto de ellas tanto como las reglas de solicitar las becas y los criterios de elegibilidad. (Se buscan 1-2 personas)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="color:
black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">Envíame un mensaje si te interesa colaborar:
<a href="mailto:erynn.casanova@uc.edu">erynn.casanova@uc.edu</a></span></p>
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black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC"><a href="mailto:erynn.casanova@uc.edu"><br>
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</span></span></span><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:
ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">Congreso de LASA Barcelona 2018: Como saben, el Congreso del próximo a</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">ñ</span><span style="color:black;
mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">o
será en Barcelona (Espa</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">ñ</span><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">a).
La sección, gracias a su crecimiento reciente, tiene derecho a formar dos paneles en el Congreso. En la reunión que hicimos en LASA, se sugirieron algunas ideas muy buenas para los temas de estos paneles. Pero queremos también las opiniones de las personas
que no pudieron estar en la reunión. Si tienen algunos temas sobre Ecuador que les parecen interesantes, por favor envíenmelas pronto porque tenemos que decidir sobre los paneles y pasarle esta información a LASA cuanto antes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="color:
black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">Otra cosita: si conoces Barcelona o resides allá, y puedes colaborar con información local en nuestra planificación de
las actividades de la sección en el Congreso, por favor, comunícate conmigo.</span></p>
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black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC"><br>
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</span></span></span><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:
ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">Noticias/Anuncios:</span></p>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Está abierta la convocatoria de paneles para el 56º Congreso de Americanistas que será en Salamanca en julio de 2018 (fecha límite para entregar propuestas: 15 de mayo)</span></p>
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<a href="http://americo.usal.es/iberoame/?q=node/3158" target="_blank"><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">http://americo.usal.es/iberoame/?q=node/3158</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="mso-ansi-language:
ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">También en la Universidad de Salamanca está abierta una convocatoria para presentar propuestas de cursos abiertos de 10 horas de duración. Hay muy pocos cursos
sobre Ecuador. </span><a href="http://americo.usal.es/iberoame/?q=node/3174" target="_blank"><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">http://americo.usal.es/iberoame/?q=node/3174</span></a><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Si has leído hasta aquí, eres realmente un/a ecuatorianista comprometida y entusiasta. :)</span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:
Wingdings" lang="ES-EC"><span style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings"></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">
Muchas gracias por ser parte de la sección.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Saludos,</span></p>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Erynn</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Hello Ecuadorianists,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">I was impressed with the level of enthusiasm and solidarity that the members of our section demonstrated in the LASA Congress in Lima.
</span>We will son upload to the website photos of our meeting and reception so that we can share in these events.
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"> 1) </font></span></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">Section Prizes:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in">Congratualations to the winner of the Dolores Cacuango Prize for Best Article on Ecuadorian Studies:
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Taylor C. Nelms</b> (University of California Irvine) for his article
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
“The Problem of Delimitation: Parataxis, Bureaucracy, and Ecuador’s Popular and Solidarity Economy” publicado en
<i>Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute</i> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">There were also two honorable mentions:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Jean Muteba Rahier</b> (Florida International University) for his article “F<span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">rom Panacea for Harmonious Race Relations
to Ideological Tool for Oppression and National Identity Imagination: Reflections from the Andes on Mestizaje through Time and Space”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Kathleen Fine-Dare
</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">(Fort Lewis College) for his article "Hidden Histories of Indigeneity in Urban Andean Ecuador: Transubstantiation, Ceremony, and Intention in Quito”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="color:black;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">The work of these expert Ecuadorianists is impressive and assures us of the dynamism and vitality of our field. Thanks to all the people who nominated articles
for this prize.</span></p>
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2) Opportunities to Get Involved with the Section:</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="color:black;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">In our meeting in Lima, we solicited member volunteers in 4 areas, and some people offered to help with the section’s collective work. We already have enough
volunteers for the prize committee… Thank you! </span><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">But we still have three more opportunities open. Will you help out?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Executive Council</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">: We need 2 council members who will
serve for 2 years. These representatives help to make decisions related to the section’s expenses, events, and priorities. It is not a lot of work, and does not require that you attend the LASA Congress. We will do electronic elections again this year. If
you would like to be a candidate for council member, please let me know before <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
May 25.</b></span></p>
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normal"><i><span style="color:black">Ad Hoc
</span></i><span style="color:black;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Social Media Committee</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">: We need to update our web page, and LASA has asked us to explore the idea of making a Twitter account. We
may want to have a Facebook page… This committee will promote the activities and interests of the section in the virtual world. (We need 3 volunteers)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Committee for Travel Scholarships</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">: Sections have the
right to grant scholarships to help cover costs of travel to the LASA Congress. In the meeting we decided that this is something we want to do to facilitate the participation of Ecuadorianists in the Congress. The committee will need to decide how many scholarships
and the amount of the scholarships as well as the eligibility criteria. (We need 1-3 volunteers)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="color:black;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Send me a message if you want to volunteer:
</span><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC"><a href="mailto:erynn.casanova@uc.edu"><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">erynn.casanova@uc.edu</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"> 3)
<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">LASA Congress Barcelona 2018: As you know, next year’s Congress will be in Barcelona (Spain). The section, thanks to some
recent growth, has the right to sponsor two panels in the Congress. In our meeting at LASA, some very good ideas for panel themes were suggested. But we also want the opinions of those who could not attend the meeting. If you have any
Ecuadorian topics<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>that you think would be interesting, please send me these ideas soon, because we will have to decide about panels and give LASA the information as soon as possible.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> One more thing: If you know Barcelona well or live there, and can help out with local information as we
<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> plan our section activities for the Congress, please let me know.</span></p>
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italic"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"> 4)
<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:
ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="ES-EC">News/Announcements:</span></p>
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auto">
<span style="color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES-EC;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic" lang="ES-EC"> </span></p>
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The call for panels and proposals is open for the 56th Congress of Americanists that will take place in Salamanca in July 2018 (deadline to submit proposals: May 15th)</p>
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auto">
<a href="http://americo.usal.es/iberoame/?q=node/3158" target="_blank"><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC">http://americo.usal.es/iberoame/?q=node/3158</span></a><span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC"></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-EC" lang="ES-EC"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in">Also at the University of Salamanca, a call for proposals to offer open courses of 10 hours. There is a need for courses on Ecuador:
<a href="http://americo.usal.es/iberoame/?q=node/3174" target="_blank">http://americo.usal.es/iberoame/?q=node/3174</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have read this far, you are really a committed and enthusiastic Ecuadorianist. :)<span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:
Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings"></span></span>
Thank you for being part of the section.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saludos,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Erynn</p>
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<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Erynn Masi de Casanova, Ph.D.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Associate Professor, </font><font size="2" face="tahoma">Sociology</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">University of Cincinnati<br>
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</font><font size="2" face="tahoma">President, Ecuadorian Studies Section, Latin American Studies Association<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">1015 Crosley Tower</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">P.O. Box 210378</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Cincinnati, OH 45221-0378</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">513.556.4707 telephone</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">513.556.0057 fax</font></div>
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