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CLACX seeks to enrich the academic and public profile through knowledge production and community engagement of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies\u2014to draw on these histories and cultures, and their interconnections, as a way to engage the pressing questions and debates of our time.<\/p>\n

Here are a few examples of lauded research by our outstanding affiliated faculty:<\/p>\n

The Engine for Art, Democracy and Justice<\/h3>\n

\"\"The Engine for Art, Democracy and Justice, a trans-institutional partnership comprising Vanderbilt University, Fisk University, the Frist Art Museum, and Millions of Conversations, will launch its Spring Program on April 1<\/span>st<\/sup>, 2021. The EADJ, founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair and Professor o<\/span>f Fine Arts and CLACX affiliated faculty Mar\u00eda Magdalena Campos-Pons, is a forum for diverse and inclusive discussion about the role of art in forging a more just and democratic future.<\/p>\n

Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n

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Interregional Archaeology in the Age of Big Data<\/h3>\n

\"\"The study, \u201cInterregional Archaeology in the Age of Big Data: Building Online Collaborative Platforms for Virtual Survey in the Andes<\/a>,\u201d led by Vanderbilt anthropology professor\u00a0Steven Wernke<\/a>, with Parker Van Valkenburgh of Brown University and Akiro Saito of the National Museum of Ethnology in Japan, has brought a fresh perspective to the forced resettlement of more than a million Indigenous Andeans by Spanish colonizers in the 1570s.<\/p>\n

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DNA Tracing for Formerly Enslaved Africans<\/h3>\n

\"\"In 2011, more than five centuries after those formerly enslaved Africans, known as Maroons, escaped to the interior, Associate Professor of Anthropology\u00a0Jada Benn Torres<\/a>\u00a0used DNA testing to trace their lineage to adults living today in Accompong Town on the western side of the island.<\/p>\n

Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n

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Immigration Practice Clinic<\/h3>\n

\"\"Karla McKanders is helping Vanderbilt Law School<\/a>\u00a0students understand firsthand the real-world implications of immigration law and policy. In 2017, she launched the school\u2019s first\u00a0Immigration Practice Clinic<\/a>, which accepts eight students in the fall semester and includes the option for a second \u201cadvanced\u201d semester. The clinic provides students the opportunity to defend clients against deportation in the Memphis Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the federal courts of appeals.<\/p>\n

Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n

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