Dr Pine on resistance and social change in Honduras, the role of women

Program Title: Latin Waves Interviews Dr Adrienne Pine
Description: Adrienne Pine is a militant medical anthropologist who has worked in Honduras, Mexico, Korea, the United States, and Egypt. In her book, Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras, she argues that the symbolic violence resulting from Hondurans’ embodied obsession with certain forms of 'real' violence is a necessary condition for the acceptance of violent forms of modernity and capitalism. Dr. Pine has worked both outside and inside the academy to effect a more just world. Prior to and following the June 2009 military coup in Honduras, she has collaborated with numerous organizations and individuals to bring international attention to the Honduran struggle to halt the state violence (in its multiple forms).

She speaks to Sylvia about how the people of Honduras are beginning to form a new discourse of not blaming themselves for their own poverty but directing their anger towards the real culprits namely the countries elite and the institutions
that enforce the violence and repression. She also speaks of the powerful role women are having in the resistance to this violence.

Host(s): Stuart and Sylvia Richardson
Featured Speakers/Guests: Dr Adrienne Pine and music by Peyoti for President

Credits: Stuart and Sylvia Richardson,
Latin Waves Grassroots Media
www.latinwavesmedia.com

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