Past Events
Second seminar
The 2nd seminar of the TCD Andes program “Understanding the political dynamics of social protest and elite response around extractive industries” was held in the Latin American Centre (St Antony’s College, Oxford University) on May 2nd, 2008.
(See our section 'Seminars')
The book 'Minería, movimientos sociales y respuestas campesinas. Una ecología política de transformaciones territoriales' was launched at the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Lima on August 9th.
- Comments on the book by Anthony Bebbington (PDF, 35KB);
- Comments on the book by Javier Torres (PDF, 35KB);
- Comments on the book by Fernando Eguren (PDF, 35KB).
(The book can be purchased in the IEP)
The report 'Mining and Development in Peru, with special reference to the Rio Blanco Project' was presented at the Houses of Parliament, London, March 27th, 2007, in an event sponsored by the All Parliament Group on Peru and the Peru Support Group.
From left to right. Anthony Bebbington, Lord Eric Avebury, Michael Connarty MP, Wendy Coxshall.
(The report can be downloaded from our section Publications).
The Spanish version of the report was also presented to the Peruvian media and the public in Lima and Piura.
(To see the Press coverage of both events, please, follow the links below).
- Correo 19th May 2007 (PDF 18KB);
- El Tiempo 19th May 2007 (PDF 42KB);
- La Republica 19th May 2007 (JPG);
- La Semana Piura May 2007 (PDF 390KB);
- Local Press Divers (PDF 45KB);
- The Peru Support Group News;
- Inter Press Service News;
- Cristal de Mira;
- Inter Press Service News;
- FinalCall.com News;
- La Republica 30th May 2007.
The Research Programme on the Political Ecology and Rural Development in the Andean Region was launched and initially presented at the following conferences:
- LASA 2007. XXVII International Congress of Latin American Studies Association (Montreal, Canada), September 5-8, 2007.
- SLAS Annual Conference 2007 (Newcastle, UK)
- The 2007 Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (San Francisco, CA).
(Papers can be downloaded from our Publications section )