38th Conference of Latin American Geographers

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 22-26, 2024

We are thrilled to announce the preliminary details about the 38th Conference of Latin American Geography (CLAG), May 22-24, 2024 (Fieldtrips May 24 (afternoon), 25, & 26), Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Conference Registration

We expect participants to be a member of CLAG (cost is only $70, $20 for students who are then eligible for grants and awards) but have provided a non-member rate. A discount is offered to those in the 'Global South' who are currently based in institutions or are independent scholars in Latin America or the Caribbean.

In person attendance (includes refreshments, lunches, etc. Conference banquet is additional cost)

Early Registration Deadline: January 19, 2024
CLAG members: $200 ($50 discount for those based in 'Global South')
CLAG member Students: $125 ($50 discount for those based in 'Global South')
Non CLAG members or guests of participants who wish to attend conference: $225
Banquet/Conference dinner: $50

Late Registration Deadline: February 23,2024
CLAG members: $250 ($50 discount for those based in 'Global South')
CLAG member students: $150 ($50 discount for those based in 'Global South')
Non CLAG members or guests of participants who wish to attend conference: $250
Banquet/Conference dinner: $50

How to Register

Before registering for the CLAG meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, you must be a CLAG member. If you are a member, please login and then visit this registration page again. If you have never been a member, please join CLAG and then visit this registration page once you are logged in as a member.

Antes de registrarse para la reunión de CLAG en San Juan, Puerto Rico, debe ser miembro de CLAG. Si es miembro, inicie sesión y luego visite esta página de registro nuevamente. Si nunca ha sido miembro, únase a CLAG y luego visite esta página de registro una vez que han iniciado sesión como miembro.

Antes de se registrar para a reunião do CLAG em San Juan, Puerto Rico, você deve ser um membro do CLAG. Se você for um membro, faça o login e visite esta página de registro novamente. Se você nunca foi membro, associe-se ao CLAG e visite esta página de registro assim que estiver logado como membro.

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Submit an Abstract

Conference abstract submission is now open for Puerto Rico 2024. Please submit your abstract before February 23, 2024.

1. Please submit abstracts to Sarah Blue <sblue@txstate.edu>.
2. In the subject line of the email please put “your name: CLAG 2024 ABSTRACT” followed by the word “poster or paper” – choose one depending on your intended presentation type)
3. In the body of the email please include your abstract. Please follow the example below from a previous CLAG conference.

Example Abstract:

Kendra McSweeney

Department of Geography

The Ohio State University

FROM PORTRAIT TO LANDSCAPE: USING PHOTOGRAPHS TO ACCESS LOCAL PERCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN EASTERN HONDURAS

The success of local-outsider collaboration in managing biodiverse landscapes depends in large part on how much different groups’ perceptions of environmental change—its trajectory and the urgency of its mitigation—converge.  Recent research has questioned whether such convergence exists.  This paper examines how dissonance in perception of environmental change might arise from local peoples’ distinctive collective memories of past events, and their conceptualization of time more generally.  Research was conducted in eastern Honduras, where Tawahka Amerindians are working with national and international NGOs to manage a new Biosphere Reserve.  70-year old photographs of Tawahka ancestors were used to elicit local views of resource use change. Resultant discussions revealed surprising accounts of local history, and an unexpected view of the role that North Americans play as keepers of the landscape’s past.  Findings suggest that closer attention to local notions of long-term environmental change in conservation-and-development initiatives.

Keywords: environmental change, photographs in fieldwork, conservation and development, Tawahka, Honduras, Latin America.

Dates to remember:

• February 23rd Regular Registration & Abstract Submission Deadline CLAG 2024
• March 15 last day to submit abstracts CLAG 2024

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Organize a Session

If you want to organize a session, please use the CLAG listserve to make calls for papers.  Once you have a complete session (five papers each, or four papers and an discussant) please e-mail Sarah Blue <sblue@txstate.edu> with the session title and a list of the participants.  Encourage your session participants to submit their abstracts as instructed here.

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Conference Program

• May 21 Informal Evening get together in Old San Juan
• May 22-24 Conference Sessions CLAG 2024
• May 24, 25, & 26 Field Trips CLAG 2024

Please stay tuned for more details ...

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Accommodations (no official conference hotel)

Hotels close to the Conference

• High ($200+)
  • El Convento
  • Villa Herencia
  • Decanter Hotel
  • Casa Sol
  • Sheraton Old San Juan
  • Casa Blanca
• Medium ($100+)
  • Navona Studios
• Low
  • Air B&B or hostal options… but also travel in and out of Old San Juan via Uber is easy

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Field Trips

Please stay tuned for more details ...