20^th ANNIVERSARY MEETING (2002)

ACADEMIC PROGRAM
SPONSORS
UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA RADICAL PHILOSOPHY ASSOCIATION
SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY
Cuban Society of Philosophical Research Union of Radical Political Economists
Institute of Philosophy, Committee on Blacks in Philosophy,
Ministry of Science, Technology American Philosophical Association & the Environment
School of Economics, Society for the Philosophical Study
University of Havana of Marxism

[Note: The work of the conference is organized into Commissions, each of which meets on successive days. You are encouraged to stay with one Commission as much as possible so the discussion can be cumulative.]

COMMISSION 1: POLITICS

TUESDAY JUNE 25
ROOM: SALON 250 ANIVERSARIO. ”ENRIQUE JOSE VARONA” BUILDING
HOURS: 9 AM TO 3 PM
CHAIRPERSONS: Thalia Fung and Cliff DuRand
RELATEUR: Marta Perez

PAPERS :
* Cuba & the US Embargo. Jon Sapirstein
* The US Blockade: Damages to the Cuban Economy and People. Alejandro Aguilar
* A Holistic Evaluative Social Justice Response to Nine Eleven. M.Radh Achutan.
* The Socio cultural Framework of Economic Cooperation and its Possibilities. Manuel Quintana Perez
* Marginality and Exclusion . An Assessment from a Present time Perspective In Cuba. Aurora Vazquez

WEDNESDAY JUNE 26
ROOM: SALON 250 ANIVERSARIO “ENRIQUE JOSE VARONA” BUILDING
HOURS: 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM
CHAIRPERSONS: Glen S. Martin and Jorge Gonzalez
RELATEUR; Alicia Morffi

PANEL: Political Sciences and Political Philosophy

PAPERS :
* Looking to the Future Struggle Against the American Empire. Bob Randolph
* The State and the Myth of American Exceptionalism. Walter C. Opello, Jr.
* Political Science and the UNO: A Perspective for the 21st century. Thalia Fung
* Equality and the Digital Divide. Gerald Doppelt
* Technological Changes and Integration: A Perspective from the South. Jorge
Carlos Bernal.
* Robert Nozick’s neoliberalism. Armando Chavez
* Political Culture and the Argumentation Theory. Antonio Vazquez Armas
* The Transition from an Emancipating Political Culture to a New Civility in the
Cuban Experience. Carlos Cabrera Rodriguez
* A Challenge to Political Science in this Century: A Conformation to its Methodology. Luisa Redondo

THURSDAY JUNE 27
ROOM: SALON 250 ANIVERSARIO. ”ENRIQUE JOSE VARONA” BUILDING
HOURS: 9 AM TO 3:00 PM
CHAIRPERSONS: Isaac Saney and Luis Aguilera
RELATEUR. Joaquina Cruz

PANEL: Tendencies and Present day Political Junctures.

PAPERS :
* Governability and Governance: Five Theses in the Light of 21st century
Capitalism. Luis O. Aguilera Garcia
* Democratic World Government and Socialist Values. Glen F. Martin
* Democracy and Socialism: Confrontation of Ideas without Apriori Truths. Jesus
Garcia Brigos
* Some Considerations on the Concept “Democracy”. Carmen Gomez
* Theory and Practice of Empowerment. Doug Morris
* The Transit of Isolation in Modern America. Muna Hijazi
* The Western Democratic Transition and its Effects on Cuba. Alicia Barrios.
* Martin Luther King, Jr. In Cuba. Jualynne Dodson

FRIDAY JUNE 28
ROOM: SALON 250 ANIVERSARIO. ”ENRIQUE JOSE VARONA” BUILDING
HOURS: 9 AM TO 3:00 PM
CHAIRPERSONS: Jualynne Dodson and Antonio Armas
RELATEUR: Maura Salabarria

PAPERS
* Reform of the US Prison System: An Issue of the Black Race. Corey Harris
* Race, Inequality and the Cuban Revolution: Some Reflections. Isaac Saney
* Cuba: the Right to Education. Looking into Two Periods. Ana Julia Garcia Dally
* Government Response to Social Unrest: Comparisons Between the US Civil Rights Movement and the Cuban Revolution. Andrea Stewart
* An Only Party: Is There Another Alternative?. Elsie Plain

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COMMISSION 2: EDUCATION AND CULTURE

TUESDAY JUNE 25
ROOM: 2 “E. J. Varona” Building
HOURS. 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
CHAIRPERSONS: Suzanne Basualdo and Olga Lidia Miranda
RELATEUR Nereyda Moya

PAPERS:
* La Virgen de Regla  Reversing the Slave Master’s Ideology. Stephen Holler
* Virgen de Regla and/or Yemaya. Rosa Maria de Lahaye Guerra
* Transformations in Cuban Protestantism. Re Cardenas Medina
* On the Culture and Religion of the Incas. Engenio and Suzanne Basualdo
* Religion and Ethics in Cuba on the Eve of May 20, 1902. Jose Arostegui Sanchez

WEDNESDAY JUNE 26
ROOM: 2 “E J. Varona” Building
HOURS: 9:00 am. to 3:00 p.m.
CHAIRPERSONS: Stephen Holler and Leonor Amaro
RELATEUR: Caridad Fernandez

PAPERS:
* Re constructing “Latinoamericanidad” in Toronto. Magaly San Martin
* Cyberidentities: Effects of Technological Globalization. Nereyda Moya and Juana
Maria Brito
* From Salsipuedes to Tabare: The Construction of the Uruguayan Subject. Vanina
Sztainbok
* The Theoretical System of Cultural Identity. Miguel Rojas Gomez
* Critical Notes on the Negative Effects of Mass Culture. Luis Guerra y Nancy Lopez
* Constructing a New Image of African American Womanhood. Tiamba Wilkerson
* African American Religion in America. Jessie Strong
* A Virtual Educational Model for Graduate Courses. Ileana Alfonso
* Freire in the Classroom: Thinking Critically after September 11″. Peggy Rivage-Seul

THURSDAY JUNE 27
ROOM: 2 “E. J. Varona” Building
HOURS: 9:00 am. to 3:00 p.m.
CHAIRPERSONS: Laurence Hanley and Maria de los A. Arias Guevara.

RELATEUR: Olga Lidia Miranda

PAPERS :
* Postcolonial Philosophy of Culture: Elizabeth Kassab
* Crime and Education in Puerto Rico. A Case Study of Thirteen Fourteen Year olds. Laubel Pimentel and Julio Borras
* Reconstructing a History of Spanish Immigrants in West Virginia. Tom Hidalgo
* Settlements of Immigrants from the Canary Islands in Cuba: Research Proposals. Leonor Amaro
* Spanish Migration: Jews in Cuba During Colonial Times. Caridad Fernandez
* Transculturation, Culture, and Cubanness: Three Key Concepts of the Fernando Ortiz Thought. Judith Salermo Izquierdo
* The Least Restrictive Environment; A Means to Accessing the General Curriculum for Students with Disabilities. Suzanne Basualdo
* The Internet Education Revolution. Eugenio Basualdo
* University Thought and Policies in Latin American. Jesus M. Garcia del Portal

FRIDAY JUNE 28

ROOM: 2 “E. J. Varona” BuildingHOURS: 9:00 am. to 12:00 am.
CHAIRPERSONS: Elizabeth Kassab and Laubel Pimentel
RELATEUR: Judith Salermo

PAPERS:
* Virtual University: Resisting the Techno liberalization of Higher Education. Laurence Hanley
* Educational Opportunities in Cuba: Lessons and Dilemmas. Paul Green
* Culture, Education and Identity in a Globalized World: Possible Alternatives. Maria de los Angeles Arias Guevara
* A Unique Approach to Undergraduate Teacher Certification at HWS. Toby Coleman
* Criticism of Contemporary Teaching in Cuba. Olga Lidia Miranda

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COMMISSION 3: ECONOMY

TUESDAY JUNE 25th
ROOM: #3 “E.J. Varona” Building
HOURS: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
CHAIRPERSONS: Olga Perez. and Paddy Quick
RELATEUR. Jesus Cruz

PAPERS:
* Pushing Neo-Liberal Nonsense off the Table so we Can Create an Honest, Viable, and Sustainable World Development Policy. J.W. Smith
* The Effects of Neoliberalism on the U.S. Working Class. Al Campbell
* Political Economy and the Small Developing States within Globalization. Ernesto Molina
* Los Trueques as Alternatives to Neoliberalism in.Argentina. Ankur Shah
* Dilemmas of the Latin American Enterprises before and after? September 11th. Magalys Leon

WEDNESDAY JUNE 26
ROOM: #3 “E.J. Varona” Building
HOURS: 9:00 am to 12:00 am, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
CHAIRPERSONS: Al Campbell and Margarita Garcia
RELATEUR: Zoe Medina

PAPERS:
* How Hitler Saved Capitalism and Won the War: What Mrs. Cheney Might Be Shocked to Discover about Textbooks and Gobalization. Michael Rivage-Seul
* Financial Globalization and Problems of Development. Olga Perez Soto
* Household and Community Production: An Expanding Sector of Socialist Economy? Paddy Quick
* The Transition: Theory and Practice of the Deconstruction of Socialism. Gelvis de Armas
* Economic Justice in the Americas. Nathaniel Scott Owens
* Militarization of the Economy: The Great Formula. Zoe Medina and Lazaro Diaz ‘
* Stratification and the Dual Economy: Have the Seeds Been Shown for Political Unrest? Danielle Taylor
* The Impact of the Economic Reforms in the Formation of the Cuban Economist.
Margarita Garcia
* Coopertives and Local Development. Jesus Cruz

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COMMISSION 4: PHILOSOPHY

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26
ROOM: #4, “E. J. Varona” Building
HOURS. 9:00 am to 12:00 am., 1:00 p.m to 3:00 p.m
CHAIRPERSONS: Rashmi Mayur and Carlos Delgado
RELATEUR: Morning Session  Marta Perez

Afternoon Session Vivian Giro Orazes
Morning: (9:00 a.m to 12:00 am.)
Panel: Humanism and Literature
* Intellectual Frustration in Borges. Jesus Feire

* Humanism in Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda. Juan Lazaro Martinez Montalvo.

* Philosophy and Literature. Community, interaction and conditioning. Rigoberto Pupo Pupo.

PAPERS :
* What Virtue Theory Has to Say about Oppression?. Ondina Pena Pereira and Hilan Bensusan.
* Is a Society Based on Competition ever principled? Mauro Patrao.
* Reflections about the Understanding of Theory in Cuban Sociology in the Last Two Decades. Teresa Munoz and Angela Pena.

Afternoon: (1:00 p.m to 3:00 p.m)
Panel: Science and Ecology.
* Science, Technology and Ecology. Rashmi Mayur.
* Sustainable Development: A Closer Look in the Cuban Context. Ana Maria Luna.
* Sustainable Development: A Sociological Approach of the Cuban Environmental Policies.
* Focus on the Educational Side. Anibis Broche Gonzalez.

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COMMISSION 5: GENDER

TUESDAY JUNE, 25th
ROOM: #1,”E. J. Varona” Building
HOURS. 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
CHAIRPERSONS: Ann Ferguson and Marta Nunez
RELATEUR: Dolores Vila

PAPERS:
* Practical and Strategic Gender Interests: Discour?se, Identity and Practice. Ann Ferguson
* Cuban Researches on Gender and its Methodological Approaches (1974 2001). Marta Nunez
* The Historic Stages of Cuban Feminism: Reflections, Discussions and Experiences. Julio Cesar Gonzalez

WEDNESDAY JUNE 26th
ROOM: #1,”E. J. Varona” Building
HOURS. 9:00 to12:00 a.m.
CHAIRPERSONS : Tania Flamigni and Mayda Alvarez
RELATEUR: Zoila Fajardo

PAPERS :
* Can Women’s Creativity Challenge Globalization? A Case Study. Tania Flamigni
* Women’s Access to Directive Positions: Analysis of Gender Equality in Cuba. Mayda Alvarez

* Gender Training Experiences’ outcome. Mayda Alvarez, Ana Violeta Castaneda and Inalvis Rodriguez.

* Some Outcomes of the Relation Women Agricultural Organizing Forms in Cuba Miriam Garcia and Niurka Perez.
* The Ecofeminism and its Social Significance. Celida Valdes

Hour: 1 PM TO 3 PM

Chairpersons Yadira Regueira and Digna Castaneda

Relateur: Zoila Fajardo

* Impact of Abuse and Violence on Women’s Health. Yadira Regueira
* Studies on Violence Against Women in Cuba. A Critical Reflection. Clotilde Proveyer
* Call for the 16th World Sexology Congress. Havana March 2003. Maria Teresa Diaz

THURSDAY, JUNE 27th
ROOM: #1, “E. J. Varona” Building
HOURS: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m
CHAIRPERSONS: Idali Torres and Leticia Artiles
RELATEUR: Dolores Vila

PAPERS:
* Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health. Idalis Torres
* Reproductive Health, Equality and Human Development. Reina Fleitas
* Studies on Masculinity and Fatherhood in the Last Decade in Cuba. Patricia Ares.
* The Catholic Church and Sacred Morality in the Sex Lives of Mexican Immigrant Women. Gloria Gonzalez Lopez.
* Contribution of the Gender Roles to the Determination of the Climaterio Syndrom. Leticia Artiles.

HOURS: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m
CHAIRPERSONS: Katie Michelle Goodman and Clotilde Proveyer
RELATEUR: Zoila Fajardo

PAPERS:
* Child Sexual Abuse. Katie Michelle Goodman
* Domestic Involvement and Family School Relations Among Low Income Mexican Mothers in New American Communities. Jessica Hernandez
* About Everyday Life and Women Reproduction in Junior High Schools In Granma. Sonia Videaux.
* The Conflicts of Island Prostitution. Osmani Horta

FRIDAY, JUNE 28th
ROOM: #1, “E. J. Varona” Building
HOURS: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m

CHAIRPERSONS: Gloria Gonzalez Lopez and Maria del Carmen Barcia

RELATEUR: Osmani Horta

PAPERS:
* The Image of Women in the Mass Media. Gisela Arandia
* An analysis of the Global Economy, Race and Gender in Sex Tourism. Demetria Logan
* The Slave Family in Cuba. Maria del Carmen Barcia
* The Role of the Slave Women in the Cuban Economy in the 19th Century. Digna Castaneda
* Maria Luisa Dolz and the Education of Cuban Women in the Second Half of the 19th Century. Nancy Lopez