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beccahanson.bsky.social
@beccahanson.bsky.social
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Professor of sociology and Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. Researching violence, policing, and criminal governance in Latin America and the sexual harassment of qualitative researchers. rebeccahansonsoc.com
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dsmilde.bsky.social
So excited to finally have a hard copy of @beccahanson.bsky.social’s book in my hands. This is an incredibly solid exploration of not just violence and policing, but socialism and revolution in Venezuela.
July 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
beccahanson.bsky.social
Looking forward to this event next week!
April 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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lgamboa.bsky.social
Apliquen y compartan!! Auto-nominaciones son muy bien recibidas!

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lapislasa.bsky.social Latin American Political Institutions Section (LAPIS) @lapislasa.bsky.social · Dec 20
LAPIS abre convocatorias para el premio Donna Lee Van Cott al mejor libro sobre instituciones políticas en América Latina (2024) y mejor paper LASA 2024.
🗓 Fecha límite: 26 de enero, 2024

Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

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Political Institutions | Section Awards
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December 20, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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adamisacson.com
These are the first images we've seen of human rights defender and civil-military expert Rocío San Miguel, a friend and longtime colleague, since #Venezuela's regime imprisoned her over 10 months ago.

She needs surgery: another reason to end her captivity immediately.
𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖 @polianalitica on Twitter: 🔴 La activista de DDHH, Rocío San Miguel recibió atención médica y autorización por parte del gobierno para someterse a una operación quirúrgica. 📌 San Miguel lleva diez meses detenida por el caso “Brazaletes Blancos”.
December 11, 2024 at 3:51 AM