Soldiers and Kings

Subtitle: 
Violence, Representation, and Photoethnographic Practice in the Context of Human Smuggling Across Mexico
Activity Type: 
Lecture
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Presenter: 
Jason De Leon, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Date: 
Friday, March 30, 2018 - 15:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Jason de Leon has been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented migrants across Mexico. He will discuss the relationship between transnational gangs and the human smuggling industry and will outline the complicated role that photography plays as a field method and data source in this violent and challenging ethnographic context.

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Latin American Studies
Global Studies Center
World Regions: 
Latin America