Sign in

Olivia Arigho Stiles

@oliviaarigho.bsky.social
114 followers 116 following 24 posts

OSUN Fellow @ Uni. de Los Andes🌞 Researcher of Anthropocene & Bolivian campesino-Indigenous history 🍃

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Latin America Bureau (LAB) @latinamericabureau.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Watch Bolivia Burning, a @thegeckoproject.org doc following Bolivian human rights lawyer Alvaro Bozo García & British journalist David Hill as they hear from people impacted by the fires which ripped through over 12.5 million hectares of the country in 2024. lab.org.uk/bolivia-burn...
lab.org.uk
Bolivia Burning: ‘We are on the edge of a precipice’ | Latin America Bureau
In a record year for forest loss across the tropics, more than a fifth of all the primary forest destroyed in 2024 was in Bolivia, placing the Latin
011
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Delighted to join AmericanPrestige podcast this week to discuss the shock results of the recent Bolivian elections. You can listen to the update here 🇧🇴📢 americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/ameri...
americanprestige.supportingcast.fm
American Prestige | News - Trump-Putin Summit, India Turns From US to China, and Bolivia Election w/ Olivia Arigho-Stiles
020
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Antoine Rousseau @tonitorousseau.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
@oliviaarigho.bsky.social se demande dans les colonnes de @jacobinmag.bsky.social si ces élections signeront la fin du MAS jacobin.com/2025/08/boli...
jacobin.com
Is This the End of MAS?
Bolivians head to the polls on Sunday amid a spiraling economic crisis and the total collapse of the Movement Toward Socialism. A right-wing victory could bring neoliberal austerity back to Bolivia, u...
111
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Latin America Bureau (LAB) @latinamericabureau.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Award-winning Brazilian photographer Marilene Ribeiro is an artist, ecologist & activist. Her most recent work is a handcrafted book of images and artefacts entitled Photo-Rituals for Disappearance. She spoke to LAB's Linda Etchart about the project: lab.org.uk/photo-ritual...
lab.org.uk
Photo-Rituals for Disappearance: elegies to the disappeared | Latin America Bureau
In this interview with LAB’s Linda Etchart, artist Marilene Ribeiro explains the inspiration behind her recent projects rooted in humans’ relationship
031
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Bolivia stands on the precipice - elections are tomorrow and the right are surging amid an economic crisis. Read my analysis here: jacobin.com/2025/08/boli...
jacobin.com
Is This the End of MAS?
Bolivians head to the polls on Sunday amid a spiraling economic crisis and the total collapse of the Movement Toward Socialism. A right-wing victory could bring neoliberal austerity back to Bolivia, u...
000
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Fellowship Opportunity! Harvard University - 2026-27 Faculty Fellowship: Commemorative Acts (Harvard's Charles Warren Center) networks.h-net.org/jobs/68902/h...
networks.h-net.org
Harvard University - 2026-27 Faculty Fellowship: Commemorative Acts (Harvard's Charles Warren Center) | H-Net
013
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The French looked less happy: ‘You see all the same faces as you see in Paris,’ one producer told me, ‘most of whom you try to avoid.’ www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
lrb.co.uk
Daniella Shreir · Diary: What happens at Cannes
I arrived​ in Cannes with a terrible line from Sélection officielle ringing in my head: ‘To paraphrase Woody Allen...
010
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Global Forum on Democracy and Development @globalforum.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Our Cape Town hub, at the Nelson Mandela School of Governance, University of Cape Town, held its final conference in the program. The topic: Building democratic resilience and economic transformation in Africa. More info: globalforum.ceu.edu/conference-i...
001
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Yesterday, @oliviaarigho.bsky.social @rociofernandezu.bsky.social @sarahthompson.bsky.social Elena Perez and Pooja Kalita participated in an @globalforum.bsky.social cross-hub collaboration at UCT on ecology, land and democracy.
The cross-hub collaboration between research fellows sitting together at the conferenceThe research fellows from Bogota and Colombo on a tour of UCT's campusDineo Seabe introducing the conferenceIn conversation with Mnqobi Ngubane about his film, The Spirits of the Land
153
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Thomas Graham @thomas-graham.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Big news in Bolivia, where Andrónico Rodríguez, president of the senate and VP of the six tropics coca growers federation, says he will be a candidate in August's election. That means three will be going for the MAS vote: Arce, Morales and now Rodríguez. larazon.bo/nacional/202...
larazon.bo
Andrónico mueve el tablero electoral, acepta ser candidato
"Desde acá, queridos hermanos y hermanas, quiero expresar en respuesta a este pedido: acepto", dijo el senador Andrónico Rodríguez en Oruro.
122
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Living With Water @livingwithwater.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
livingwithwater.hcommons.org pleased to share our website, which has all the essential links and info
livingwithwater.hcommons.org
Living With Water: Agency, Materiality, Narratives – International online seminar series, May 2025
1811
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Penelope Anthias @penelopeanthias.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Enjoyed this from Matthew Gavlin: "I seek to articulate a political theory of non-relation – a schematic model through which Indigenous Peoples might disguise themselves to the forces that expose and govern them in the Anthropocene" #indigeneity #Anthropocene doi.org/10.1177/0305...
doi.org
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
162
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
kicking off now! Our third ECODEM talk: Sri Lanka in the age of Anthropocene with Kasun Kariyawasam @globalforum.bsky.social 🌴🇱🇰 (message for zoom link!)
030
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Ppl attending @slaslatam.bsky.social SLAS come to our UKLAH panel on Thursday 10 April, 15:15 – 16:45 ! NEW TRENDS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY I will be there on zoom and am getting FOMO from the amazing programme, the organising team have done a great job! 🙌
062
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Global Forum on Democracy and Development @globalforum.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Exciting talk by @hochstet.bsky.social organized under our ECO-DEM project, on energy transitions & democracy in the Global South. globalforum.ceu.edu/eco-dem-talk... @oliviaarigho.bsky.social @pedroalarcon76.bsky.social @dyzenhaus.bsky.social @sarahthompson.bsky.social @rociofernandezu.bsky.social
064
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
50 personas fallecidas y 8 personas desaparecidas, más de 360 mil damnificadas, por las lluvias en Bolivia Climate catastrophe ... rains in Bolivia have left 50 people dead + more than 360,000 people homeless www.vision360.bo/noticias/202...
vision360.bo
Las lluvias ya dejan 50 personas fallecidas y hay 8 desaparecidos
El viceministro de Defensa Civil calificó la situación como "muy compleja y crítica".
000
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Eline van Ommen @elinevanommen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
For historians of Latin America based in the UK: you can now submit materials to the 2025 UK Latin American Historians Early Career Article Prize AND the 2025 UKLAH Dissertation Prize. Deadline is 31 March 2025. Please spread the word! More information here: uklah.wordpress.com/opportunitie...
uklah.wordpress.com
Opportunities and Awards
UK Latin American Historians (UKLAH) has three prizes open to its members, at least one of which will be awarded each year at the annual UKLAH conference. Early Career Article Prize (awarded biennu…
024
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Excited to host @hochstet.bsky.social in Bogotá on Fri 21 March as part of our ECO-DEM project on energy transitions and democracy in the Global South. @globalforum.bsky.social Prof Hochstetler (LSE) will discuss energy transitions in Amazonian countries 🌴🔋 Hybrid format. Message for details!
164
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed? I tackle these topics in my book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism 👀 September 2025 @wwnorton.bsky.social
511079293
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians
buff.ly
More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach
26th February 2025
3293164
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Looks like #lithium is once again a political hot potato in Bolivia... #EnergyTransition Amid protests in Potosí over the contracts with a Chinese and a Russian company, President Arce is defending his lithium industrialisation plans... www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/p...
lostiempos.com
Arce defiende la industrialización del litio para diversificar la economía
En medio de las protestas y el rechazo de varios sectores del departamento de Potosí a los contratos con una empresa china y otra rusa, el presidente Luis Arce defendió este viernes el proceso de indu...
000
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Global Forum on Democracy and Development @globalforum.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Our ECO-DEM project, looking at energy transitions and political transformations across the Global South, has kicked off in Bogotá. @pedroalarcon76.bsky.social @oliviaarigho.bsky.social @rociofernandezu.bsky.social @sarahthompson.bsky.social globalforum.ceu.edu/eco-dem-proj...
074
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Do any academics need documents from Bogotá archives? #twitterstorians If you are seeking materials in archives/repositories in Bogotá area, do get in touch !
011
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
CARNAVALES, MISAS Y KUTICHIKUY PARA NO OLVIDAR lindo artículo por @ameriqo.bsky.social #Peru jugo.pe/carnavales-m...
jugo.pe
Carnavales, misas y kutichikuy para no olvidar
Manifestaciones creativas y rituales catárticos a un año del estallido social.
010
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
fue un gran placer compartir un borrador/work in progress en el coloquio de hoy....gracias por los comentarios de mis increíbles colegas en Historia y Geografía en Uni. de Los Andes ✨
011
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
delighted to be part of this amazing array of projects with our new ECO-DEM collaboration on energy transitions & political transformations in the Global South
022
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
En Bogotá! VII Congreso de Historia Intelectual de América Latina: balances, debates y perspectivas conectadas www.caroycuervo.gov.co/7o-congreso-...
caroycuervo.gov.co
VII Congreso de Historia Intelectual de América Latina: balances, debates y perspectivas conectadas - Instituto Caro y Cuervo
Bogotá, D. C., 24, 25 y 26 de septiembre de 2025 El Congreso de Historia Intelectual de América Latina (CHIAL) se constituyó en el año 2012 en la ciudad de Medellín. Surgió como una interpelación al e...
010
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Somerville College, Oxford @somervillecollege.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Oscar season is coming up and we are beyond proud that our alumnus Julian Brave NoiseCat (MSt History, 2015) has a film nominated for Best Documentary. Sugarcane (2024) is an incredible tribute to the Native community in Canada, revealing the abuse perpetuated at Catholic residential schools.
An Indigenous Canadian man in a wide-brimmed hat sits looking towards the camera, his face serious and his eyes shaded over by the hat.
001
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Call for Papers! Grounded Futures: the poetics and politics of soil in a changing world. Special issue of @newformations.bsky.social jeremygilbertwriting.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/c...
jeremygilbertwriting.wordpress.com
Call for Papers “Grounded Futures: The Poetics and Politics of Soil in a Changing World”
Call for Papers: “Grounded Futures: The Poetics and Politics of Soil in a Changing World”Rich with past histories of abundance and scarcity, composed of cycles of death and regeneration…
024
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New article out ! 🏔️🌎 "Children of the altiplano: Elite constructions of race and space in Bolivia 1900–1950" www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
tandfonline.com
Children of the altiplano: Elite constructions of race and space in Bolivia 1900–1950: Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
We’re here to help
120
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Excited to be part of the ECO-DEM team, working on energy transitions and political transformations in the Global South, as part of the OSUN Forum on Democracy and Development. Collaborating w/ colleagues from the Bogotá / Cape Town / Colombo hubs - stay tuned for updates! 🌎🌍🔋 globalforum.ceu.edu
globalforum.ceu.edu
Global Forum – Research incubation and education
Following a complex application and selection process, our new fellows are here!
000
Reposted by Olivia Arigho Stiles
Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Very happy to announce the 2025 Wageningen Political Ecology Spring school (7-11 april): Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations and capitalist conflicts Please spread the word or consider joining! www.wur.nl/en/activity/...
wur.nl
Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations and capitalist conflicts - 4 ECTS
The five-day intensive PhD spring school ‘Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations and capitalist conflicts’ will be held from 7-11 April 2025 in Wageninge...
03024
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
por fin un puente llega entre el estrecho de Tiquina... ?!?!??? 😯 Incertidumbre para las comunidades que actualmente transportan personas/vehículos en lancha #Bolivia www.vision360.bo/noticias/202...
vision360.bo
Pobladores de San Pablo y San Pedro cortan el paso en Tiquina
Pobladores denuncian que el Ministerio de Obras Públicas incumplió acuerdos por la construcción de un puente sobre el estrecho de Tiquina. Este lunes vence el plazo para que empresas presenten propues...
000
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
davidgraeber.org/articles/hos... Israel forces 'want a population that is compliant on a day-to-day basis, but that periodically explodes, individually or collectively, in a unstrategic and uncoordinated fashion that can represented to the outside world as irrational demonic madness.'
davidgraeber.org
Hostile Intelligence: Reflections from a Visit to the West Bank - David Graeber
In Nablus, every street seems to have a men’s hair salon. There are literally thousands of them. Most stay open until at least 2 at night; often other than mosques they’re the only places lit up and o...
000
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Delighted to be awarded seed funding by the @britishacademy.bsky.social & Humboldt Foundation for our workshop and collaborative project next year on 'Human-Animal Relationships, Extractivism and the Anthropocene' stay tuned for details! #envhums www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-bri...
thebritishacademy.ac.uk
The British Academy announces seed funding in partnership with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to explore creative interventions for social and environmental crises
The British Academy has announced seed funding for six SHAPE research projects in partnership with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as part of the Knowledge Frontiers Symposium.
030
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A discursive battle to define "el pueblo" arising from competing conceptions of the Bolivian state ... very useful analysis of the Bolivian golpe in 2019 👇
110
Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
artículo medido y perspicaz sobre la crisis actual en Bolivia por Gabriel Rodríguez García en NACLA nacla.org/bolivia-en-s... '...la falta de renovación interna y la ausencia de alternativas que permitan proyectar un futuro más allá del caudillismo.'
nacla.org
Bolivia en su laberinto
La crisis económica y política en Bolivia es un síntoma de la decadencia moral del partido Movimiento al Socialismo, que pone en cuestión sus otrora promesas y horizontes revolucionarios.
012