We are a network of researchers based in the UK and elsewhere who work closely with geographical ideas and practices in Latin America, including close relationships with diverse civil society movements and organisations and academic/non academic institutions.
We aim to foster and deepen our relationships with geography in Latin America while also reflecting on the politics of doing so. This includes both reflecting on the circulation of Latin American geographical ideas within Anglophone geography (including publications, conferences, grants, etc) as well as thinking through our ethical commitments and responsibilities to the region's politics. We aim to provide a forum for sharing strategies of collaboration, publications and events, as well as other activities and initiatives relating to Latin American geography the UK.
LAG is a Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Our Mission
Aims for the network include, but are not limited to: exchanging and supporting each others’ research; sharing information on events relating to Latin American geography, including visiting speakers; discussing the ethical and political implications of doing research between Anglophone geography and Latin American geographers; considering ideas for deepening relations with geographical institutions or collectives based in Latin American, for example around grant applications; providing a helpful information point for graduate and postgraduate students, particularly with regards to Latin American knowledges that are systemically silenced within Anglophone scholarship; and/or organising a regular newsletter.
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LAG Committee
Chair: Sam Halvorsen (QMUL) - email
Secretary: Alejandro de Coss (Edinburgh) - email
Treasurer: Sonja Marzi (RU) - email
Conference Officer: Cordelia Freeman (Exeter) - email
Dissertation Prize Officer: Gabriel Silvestre (Newcastle) - email
Website officer: Maria Jesus Alfaro (Sheffield) - email
Website officer: Lucrecia Berteli (LSE) - email
Events Officer: Pietra Cepero Rua Perez (Durham) - email
Early Career Officer: Aline Barata - email
Early Career Officer: Ana Laura Zavala Guillén (Northumbria) - email
PGR Officer: Melisa Slep (QMUL) - email
Comms Officer: Ailén Pereyra (UNC) - email
EDI Officer: Ivette Hernández - email
Ordinary Member: Matthew Richmond (Newcastle) - email
Ordinary Member: Ana Melisa Pardo - email
