{"id":2757,"date":"2023-03-30T09:55:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2023-03-30T11:47:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T15:47:46","slug":"spring-break-in-bolivia-dangl-presents-research-on-indigenous-movements-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/spring-break-in-bolivia-dangl-presents-research-on-indigenous-movements-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Break in Bolivia: Dangl Presents Research on Indigenous Movements in La Paz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2762\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2023\/03\/1200x628-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C275\" alt=\"A photo of the City of La Paz, Bolivia showing very colorful buildings with hills in the background.\" width=\"525\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2023\/03\/1200x628-1.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2023\/03\/1200x628-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2023\/03\/1200x628-1.jpeg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cals\/cdae\/profiles\/benjamin-dangl\">Ben Dangl<\/a>, lecturer in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cals\/cdae\">Dept. of Community Development and Applied Economics<\/a>, spent spring break in La Paz, Bolivia as part of his research on social and political change within the country. While there, he presented his research in talks at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres and the Universidad Publica de El Alto focusing on local Indigenous movements and the decolonization of Bolivian history. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Prior to UVM, Dangl worked as a journalist for nearly two decades covering politics, protest movements and human rights issues, and has published three books on Latin American politics, natural resource conflicts and grassroots strategies for social change.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2760 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-30-at-9.31.56-AM-e1680188193445.png?resize=525%2C822\" alt=\"screenshot of a tweet with the text &quot;Had an amazing talk and discussion today about my research on Indigenous movements in El Alto, Bolivias Public University with Aymara historian Carlos Mamani. Huge turnout, great conversations, grateful for the opportunity.&quot; and depicts two men standing outside a brick building.\" width=\"525\" height=\"822\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Dangl, lecturer in the Dept. of Community Development and Applied Economics, spent spring break in La Paz, Bolivia as part of his research on social and political change within the country. While there, he presented his research in talks at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres and the Universidad Publica de El Alto focusing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/spring-break-in-bolivia-dangl-presents-research-on-indigenous-movements-in-the-country\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spring Break in Bolivia: Dangl Presents Research on Indigenous Movements in La Paz&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,28,14],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-2757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-faculty","category-research","tag-cdae"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":783,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/dangl-indigenous-social-justice\/","url_meta":{"origin":2757,"position":0},"title":"Dangl Examines Indigenous Social Justice Struggles in Bolivia","author":"CALS Communications","date":"December 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The following articles published in \"Oral History Review: Journal of the Oral History Association,\" examine how Indigenous movements in Bolivia have used oral history as a tool for social justice struggles and decolonizing research methods in the Andes. 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