Dr. Penglase Presents at LASA 2014 Conference

On Thursday, May 22, Ben Penglase participated in the annual International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), held this year in Chicago.  He presented a paper entitled "Narratives of Displacement: the ambiguities of violence in a Brazilian favela," for a panel on Ethnographies of street violence in Latin America.  He was also the discussant for a panel entitled Policing Democratic Latin America: a Comparative Perspective.