CEDLA LECTURE

Reimagining value from Bolivia's popular markets:

Economic diversity in El Alto

SPEAKERS: Kate Maclean, University College London

DISCUSSANT: Soledad Valdivia, University of Leiden

DATE: 13 June 2025
TIME: 15:30

ACTIVITY: CEDLA LECTURE
VENUE: Vox-Pop, Binnengasthuisstraat 9, Amsterdam

This lecture explores the livelihood strategies of indigenous women working in El Alto’s vibrant popular markets, offering a new way to think about modernity, value, and economic inclusion—grounded in their worldviews and practices. These markets have been central to Bolivia’s evolving economy, but the ideas and activities of urban indigenous women have often been overlooked, even in the radical decolonial vision promoted by Evo Morales’ government.

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CEDLA LECTURE

Reimagining value from Bolivia's popular markets: Economic diversity in El Alto

Drawing on twelve years of research into rural credit, contraband trade, and the rise of an indigenous bourgeoisie transforming Bolivia’s cities through architecture and fashion, this talk reimagines economic inclusion from the ground up. KNOW MORE

OLA WORKSHOP

Ethnographic writing workshop
June 17th 2-5pm at CEDLA

Practical workshop with Dr. Julienne Weegels for PhD students working on Latin America and looking to strengthen their ethnographic writing. In the workshop we will look at how to create evocative scenes, and how to weave vignettes and theory together in ethnography. The workshop will be hands-on, including shared discussion as well as writing exercises. MORE INFORMATION

MASTER COURSES 2025-2026

Introduction to Latin American Studies

Explore key debates and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary Latin American Studies. This course examines crisis as both a challenge and a catalyst for change, offering new perspectives on conflict, resistance, and social transformation across the region. Grounded in current CEDLA research and weekly readings, it equips students with critical tools to understand Latin America today.

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STUDY AT CEDLA

Bachelor, Master and PhD

CEDLA has promoted Latin American Studies in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond. We do this by conducting and stimulating relevant and original research on developments in Latin America and distributing the results of this research internationally via academic education at BA, MA and PhD levels.

MINORS

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Minor Latin American Studies
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CEDLA BOOK COLLECTION

The collection includes books and journals

The book collection will be available from the summer of 2025 in the new University Library of the UvA, also on the Binnengasthuisterrein, diagonally opposite CEDLA. In the meantime (August 2024 – August 2025), CEDLA books can be requested via the UvA library catalog and picked up and returned at one of the pickup points; please allow one or two days between reservation and availability.The new Latin American Studies acquisitions of the last three months are listed here

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Tracing the Centre’s history

This December brings the celebration of 60 years since the establishment of CEDLA to a close. Over the coming weeks, we will look back on key moments from these six decades, which are featured in an interactive timeline

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New research project exploring the impact of migration on self-built neighbourhoods in Latin America, with case studies in Moravia, Medellín (Colombia) and La Carpio, San José (Costa Rica).

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