Remembering everything? Techno-optimisms and digital debris

Chloé S. Georas Santos
2016 | Brill

An already prototypical image of the internet is that of a universal repository for the patrimonial heritage of humanity. As early as 1967 Benjamin Kaplan foreshadowed what was to come when he asked us to imagine how computer networks would be capable of storing the complete trove of human knowledge ...

Trans* Legalities: Preliminary Study of Files on the Recognition of Trans* Identities in Peru

Carlos Zelada, Carolina Neyra-Sevilla
2019 | Brill

In the present article, the authors propose a novel methodology for the identification and analysis of the speeches made by plaintiffs and judges in cases involving the recognition of trans* identities. Both conclude that these actors converge from rigid binary, pathologising and genitalising ...

Sexuality, Law, and Religion in Latin America: Frameworks in Tension

Juan Marco Vaggione
2018 | Brill

One challenge opened by contemporary sexual politics in Latin America is to rethink
the relations between religion and law. The debate on the regulations of sexuality,
reproduction or the family makes visible the complex interconnections between
religious worldviews and the legal system. ...

Francis and ‘Gender Ideology’: Heritage, Displacement and Continuities

Juan Marco Vaggione
2016 | Brill