Crisis, Response and Recovery: A Decade on from the Argentinazo

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1 Crisis, Response and Recovery: A Decade on from the Argentinazo Thursday 8 th December 2011 Court Room, Senate House, University of London

2 About the Conference and Conveners As the tenth anniversary of Argentina's 2001 economic crash approaches, this one-day conference brings together scholars and professionals working on Argentina in order to debate and discuss short and long-term response to crisis and subsequent trajectories of recovery. The term response is not limited to the sphere of economic/political economy, but also encompasses the societal, cultural and literary fields. This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars working on a wide variety of topics, such as literary representation of crisis, social activism and mobilisation, macro-economic and fiscal reform and shifts in state policy. This conference is a joint initiative between the Argentine Research Students Network (ARSN) and the Crises of Capitalism in the Americas Research Network (COCARN). Argentine Research Students Network (ARSN) Established in 2009, ARSN brings together postgraduate students from a wide range of disciplines who have a research interest in Argentina. It provides a forum that aims to improve interaction, the dissemination of information, sharing of research and fostering of academic discussion among student researchers of Argentina in the UK or those who work through UK universities. It collaborates with broader Latin American networks and institutions to stage joint workshops and events whilst maintaining a countryspecific focus. For more details about ARSN, please Dr Cara Levey (C.L.Levey@leeds.ac.uk) or Dan Ozarow (d.ozarow@mdx.ac.uk) Crises of Capitalism in the Americas Research Network (COCARN) COCARN provides an institutional and intellectual framework, focused at ISA, to (i) enable the development of collaborative research and research facilitation initiatives that enhance our understanding of key crises in the history of capitalism in the Americas and their impact on the region s economies and societies, (ii) open new avenues for inter and multidisciplinary research on the history of capitalism that frame the American experience in a broader global context, and (iii) help shape debates on the causes, nature, and consequences of the current global crisis. If you would like further information or have any queries about the network, please contact Dr Paulo Drinot (Paulo.Drinot@sas.ac.uk)

3 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Registration: Welcome: Professor Maxine Molyneux, Director, Institute for the Study of the Americas, Cara Levey and Dan Ozarow (Conference Convenors) Panel 1: Debating the post-crisis economy: The Argentine Miracle or an idol with feet of clay Chair: Dr Paulo Drinot, Institute for the Study of the Americas. The causes of the Argentine financial crisis: Economic imbalance and social upheaval - Dr Christopher Wylde (York University) Have financial efforts helped Argentina out of IMF servitude? - Dr Francisco Dominguez (Middlesex University) Post-convertibility growth in Argentina: long term dynamics and limits - Ms Cecilia Lanata Briones (London School of Economics and Political Science) Co-written with Mr Rubén Lo Vuolo (Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Políticas Públicas) The political economy of Kirchnerist s post-neoliberalism and the relentless power of transnational corporations: The case of Soy agro-industrial complex - Mr Miguel A. Rivera Quiones (University of Sussex) Coffee:

4 Panel 2: (De)Mobilization and organization: Social movements during and since the crisis Chair: (TBC) Since the Argentinazo: From spontaneous uprising to transition or a crisis intermezzo? - Ms Heike Schaumberg (University of Manchester) The Assemblies Movement of Buenos Aires: From disruption to demobilization - Dr Federico Rossi (European University Institute) It s not the about the money stupid: Why crises or foreign financing do not cause mass mobilization, lessons from Argentina (2001) and Ukraine (2004) - Dr Olga Onuch (University of Oxford) Lunch: Panel 3: Cultures of capitalism: Literary, cinematic and technological responses to the Crisis Chaired by: Dr Joanna Page, University of Cambridge Cultural productions and racial discourses in the context of the Argentinazo - Mr Ignacio Aguiló (University of Manchester) The Argentinazo and Por un nuevo cine en un nuevo país: The media as a site of political contestation and social struggle and the escrache as a politico-cultural form - Prof Else Vieira (Queen Mary, UL) and Dr Guillermo Olivera (University of Sterling) Assembling the past, performing the nation: A deconstruction of the Argentinean bicentenary commemorations

5 - Ms Cecilia Dinardi (London School of Economics and Political Science) The politics of software in Argentina - Mr Ivor Jones (London School of Economics and Political Science) Coffee: Panel 4: The politics of crisis: Legacies, challenges and change Chair: Dr Celia Szusterman, Institute of Statecraft The challenges of the political class - Dr. Laura Tedesco (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/Instituto de Empresa Madrid) Disagreement: The hidden transcript in the grammar of political recovery post Crisis - Dr Ana Dinerstein (University of Bath) Que se vayan todos?: People vs. multitude during the Argentinazo and beyond - Dr James Scorer (University of Manchester) Keynote: From que se vayan todos! to the intensification of the National-Popular Model - Dr Maristella Svampa (CONICET and Universidad Nacional de la Plata) Wine reception: (Macmillan Hall, Senate House)

6 The Argentinazo conference is funded by generous financial support from the following organisations: The conference organisers are grateful for the administrative and organisational support provided by:

7 APARU is the Association of Argentine Professionals in the United Kingdom, a non-profit organization registered under the Central Registry of Charities of England and Wales. APARU provides direct support to organizations in Argentina which are mostly small, rather invisible and lack access to regular financial sources but outstand for their strong social compromise to improve wellbeing, health and education of the poorest, most vulnerable and often neglected populations in Argentina. By bringing together the Argentine and other UK residents engaged in sciences, finance, medicine, arts, technology, law and other areas of knowledge, APARU offers a unique platform that promotes both, professional discussion, conferences, exchange and expression of ideas, and fundraising initiatives for solidarity projects in Argentina. APARU organizes Panels and talks surrounding subjects of great interest; few past events are Experience and Challenges of Argentine Professionals in the UK - From brain drain to brain gain?; Opportunities in Argentina: Realizing the Potential in Medical Research and Biotechnology; and Past, Present and Future of the British-Argentine Long-Lasting Relationship. APARU current fundraising aims to support two organizations in Argentina: - FUNDACION ALMA (Soul Foundation) The ALMA Hospital is a Train that brings health care and treatment, social assistance and child diagnosis to small towns in the north of Argentina. - FUNDACION PEQUENOS GESTOS, GRANDES LOGROS (Small Gestures, Big Achievements Foundation) helps Toba aboriginals through sanitary, educational and immediate assistance campaigns. For more information, please visit our website: or contact us at info@aparu.org.uk

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