Japan-Latin America Academic Conference 2018 in Nikko
Social Movements, Contentious Politics, and Civil Society Sessions


Nikko Sessions

September 28, Friday

11:20-12:50
Social Movements, Contentious Politics, and Civil Society Session 1

Session Organizer: Takeshi WADA (The University of Tokyo) 
Chair: Kota MIURA (The University of Tokyo) 

Rodrigo Miguel MEDEL SIERRALTA (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
“What makes a big demonstration? Exploring the impact of mobilization strategies on the size of demonstrations”

Takeshi WADA (The University of Tokyo)
“Prospect of political event data analysis in Latin America”

Moises ARCE (University of Missouri, Columbia) 
“Understanding opposition and support for resource extraction”




13:30-15:00
Social Movements, Contentious Politics, and Civil Society Session 2

Session Organizer: Takeshi WADA (The University of Tokyo)
Chair: Yoshiyuki AOKI (The University of Tokyo)

Yoojin KOO (The University of Tokyo)
“Conservative Movements and Political Threats in Japan”

Jorge CADENA-ROA (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
“Emerging trends in contentious politics in Mexico”

Arturo Javier ESCANDON GODOY (Nanzan University) 
“From intuition to concept: a Hegelian perspective on Chile's social movements”






September 29, Saturday

15:30‒19:30
Urabandai Ph.D. Student Dissertation Workshop Session 1

Session Organizer: Takeshi WADA (The University of Tokyo)
Invited Discussants: Jorge CADENA-ROA (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
                                    Moises ARCE (University of Missouri, Columbia)

Kota MIURA (The University of Tokyo)
“What Enabled a Student Movement to Achieve Free Higher Education?”

Daniela SERRANO (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica, Mexico)
"Emotional responses to criminal violence: address the enigma of the protests against crime in contexts of double risk"

Virginia LORENZO HOLM(El Colegio de México)

“The Gap is still Giant: Gender Inequality in Mexico” 




September 30, Sunday

09:00‒12:30
Urabandai Ph.D. Student Dissertation Workshop Session 2

Session Organizer: Takeshi WADA (The University of Tokyo)
Invited Discussants: Jorge CADENA-ROA (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
                                    Moises ARCE (University of Missouri, Columbia)

Antony FLORES MERIDA (
El Colegio de México)
“Collective action and social media: Networks of action and organization in response to the earthquake in Mexico, the case #Verificado19s” 

Yoshiyuki AOKI (The University of Tokyo)
"Why social movements decline? -The struggle of student movements against covertrepression-"