#  The Encounter of Knowledges: Challenges and Opportunities for the Social Sciences and Threats for social researchers 

 



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 **November 9, 2017** 

 12:00PM - 01:30PM EST 

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  **Merkert Chemistry Center, Room 130 | Boston College, 2601-2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, MA**  



 

 



 

 **Speaker**: Rosa Macz, Q'eqchi Maya legal researcher at AVANCSO in Guatemala

 **Macz** has worked extensively in the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala, which has seen heightened tensions between indigenous groups and extractive industries, and is co-author of the recently published *Despojos y resistencias: Una Mirada de la Región Extractiva Norte desde Tezulutulán-Verapaz \[Dispossesion and resistance: An examination of the Northern Extractive Region in Tezulutulán-Verapaz\]*.

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 See also:- [ Cambridge ](/locations/cambridge-office)
- [ Central America & the Caribbean ](/programs-initiatives/central-america-caribbean)
 
 

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