School of Social and Political Science

Description

Join us for an exploration of memory and language as consequential embodied experiences. Verónica Márquez examines the role of language in identity formation amongst exiled Chilean children who remained in the UK after the country's return to democracy. Cecilia Prieto explores the stigma and shame attached to medical labels for body weight in the context of the medicalisation and surveillance of children's health and wellbeing in Chile.

Speakers:

Verónica Márquez (Hispanic Studies). "The Country I never went back: A critical discourse analysis of Chilean bilingual exiled children in the U.K."

Cecilia Prieto (Population Health Sciences) "' I thought I was normal’. Children’s views and experiences on weight and body. A qualitative study in Santiago, Chile."

An initiative of the Centre for Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CCLAS)

These events are organised by an interdisciplinary committee of colleagues in Geography, History, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, and Sociology as an initiative of the Centre for Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Edinburgh (CCLAS).

Organising committee:

• Carla Quiroz (Sociology)
• Gustavo Herrera Taboada (Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies)
• Dr. Julie Gibbings (History)
• Prof. Julie Cupples (Geography)
• Dr. Charlotte Gleghorn (Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies)
• Dr. Tod Van Gunten (Sociology)
• Dr. María Angélica Thumala Olave (Sociology)