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Table of Contents Welcome Letters 3-9 Executive Committee 10 Conference Staff 11 Contact Information 12 Sponsors Hotel Information 13-21 22 Maps 23-32 Daily Program March 27, 2006 33-45 Film Series Daily Program March 28, 2006 Film Series 46 47-54 55 Daily Program March 29,2006 56-68 Justice for Women Conference, NMSU 69-70 Daily Program March 30, 2006 71-79 Tourist Information 80-83 CONTACT INFORMATION Dr. Tony Payan Dr. Irasema Coronado Robin Milikien Lineae Terrarum Office Political Science Department Virginia López (915) 269-5025 (915) 549-1988 (915) 383-0036 (915) 747-7976 (915) 747-5227 (915) 261-8911 Dr.Neil Harvey Dr. Jason Ackelson (505) 646-6816 (505) 646-4935 Dr. Francisco Javier Lléra Pacheco (656) 688.1888 Lic. Amaelvi Arce Ponce (656) 688.1889 Emergency Contact Numbers Police, Fire Dept. Hospitals(El Paso) Campus Police(UTEP) U.S. Consulate Policia Municipal/Police (Cd. Juárez) Dept de Bomberos / Fire Dept. (Cd. Juarez) Red Cross / Cruz Roja (Cd. Juárez) Campus Police (NMSU) 911 (915) 747-5611 (915) 611.3000 060 (915) 612.3165 (656) 616.9911 505) 646-3311 LINEAE TERRARUM Drawing Lines, Bridging Divides International Borders Conference - Conferencia Internacional Sobre Fronteras El Paso, Texas - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua - Las Cruces, New Mexico UTEP - UACJ - EL COLEF - NMSU Campus of The University of Texas at El Paso Tomás Rivera Conference Center, Union East Building Monday March 27, 2006 Lunes 27 de marzo 2006 9:00 – 9:50 Opening Statement and Introduction / Palabras de Apertura Dr. Irasema Coronado, Chair of Political Science Department at The University of Texas at El Paso and President of The Association of Borderlands Studies, USA Remarks by University Presidents / Palabras de los rectores de las Universidades Dr. Diana Natalicio, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Dr. Felipe Fornelli Lafón, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, USA Dr. Jorge Santibañez Romellón, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Dr. Mike V. Martin, New Mexico State University, USA Monday March 27, 2006, 10:00 – 11:30 Lunes 27 de marzo del 2006, 10:00 – 11:30 The Mysteries of a Traveling Conference / Los misterios de una conferencia itinerante Dr. Tony Payan, University of Texas at El Paso Plenary Session I Room: Chair/Moderator: Speakers: Three Decades in the Making: The Development of Border Studies / Tres décadas en construcción: El desarrollo de los estudios fronterizos Tomás Rivera Conference Center, Union East Building Z. Anthony Kruszewski, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Edward J. Williams, The University of Arizona, USA C. Richard Bath, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Ellwyn R. Stoddard, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Oscar J. Martínez, The University of Arizona, USA Jorge A. Bustamante, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte / University of Notre Dame, USA Monday, March 27, 2006, 11:45-13:15 Lunes 27 de marzo del 2006, 11:45-13:15 Panel I.1 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Boundary-Making and the Meaning of Borders / La construcción de líneas divisorias y el significado de las fronteras Templeton Suite B Marshall Carter-Tripp, US State Department ( Ret), USA State Management of National Minorities Across International Borders: The case of West Bank Palestinians and Israeli Palestinians. Silvia Pasquetti, University of California at Berkeley, USA Vivir de este lado de la frontera: Una aproximación a la definición de la región fronteriza del norte de México. Claudia Campillo, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México El modeló social de la comunidad judía en México: Fórmulas para la continuidad grupal. Liz Hamui Sutton, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México Extending Political Rights in Kuwait. Yousuf Ali, Kuwait University, Kuwait Panel I.2 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Imagined Communities and Mythogeography / Las comunidades imaginarias y la mito geografía University Suite A Mario Alfaro, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA La frontera norte en la comunidad imaginada del siglo XIX. Enrique Rajchenberg, Universi dad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico and Catherine Héau-Lambert, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México Short Chronicle of the Construction of a Theory of the Global Frontier between Mexico and the United States. Juan Ángel Salas Pérez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, México The United States-Mexico Border Energy Forum as a Centerpiece for Improved Communications. Soll Sussman, General Land Office, USA Panel I.3 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Bordering Spaces / Espacios Divisorios University Suite B Francisco Llera Pacheco, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Boundary Studies and the Problem of Contextuality. Anssi Paasi , University of Oulu, Finland Historiografía y tipología de fronteras. Miguel Fernández-Carrión, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia en España, Spain The Discursive Terrain of Indigenous Identity on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Jeffrey Shepherd, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Panel I.4 retórica Room : Chair/Moderator: Papers: Cross Border Communication and Rhetoric / La comunicación transfronteriza y la Panel I.5 tiempo Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: The Geopolitics of Changing Space and Time / La geopolítica de los espacio y cambios del Panel I.6 Cultural Understanding in a Trans-boundary Setting / El entendimiento cultural en un contexto transfronterizo Elkins Room Oscar J. Martínez, The University of Arizona, USA La frontera como espacio del pensar. Antonio Muñoz Ortega, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Ray Room John Márquez, University of Texas at El Paso, USA Bicultural Communication along the Borderlands. Andrea Betancourt, New Mexico State Uni versity, USA Refashioning Rhetoric on the Border. Elizabeth Fricke, New Mexico State University, USA U.S.-Mexico Border Rhetoric. Barry Thatcher, New Mexico State University, USA Can Language and Communication Have a Boundary-Making Function? Vicenzo Matera, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy Smiley Room Roberto Ham-Chande, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Frontera: ¿Muro divisorio o tejido de relaciones? Nicole Diesbach Rochefort, Instituto de Investigación Social, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México Borders of East-Central Europe in the New Geopolitical Situation of the XXI Century. Sergei Matjunin, Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland Borders, Emigration, and Immigration-Symptoms of a Greater Problem: A Study of Raced, Classed, and Gendered Constructs. Cesar A. Rossatto, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; John Boucher, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA and Simon Chandler, Annunciation House of Migrant Hospitality, USA Boundaries of the Republics in the Russian Federation. William B. Kory, University of Pitts burgh at Johnstown, USA Esquizofrenia y transición: Dominicanos y haitianos en la frontera. Sobeida de Jesús Cedano, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Dominican Republic Panel I.7 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel I.8 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Changing Border Functions and Roles in Europe / La transformación de los papeles y las funciones de las fronteras en Europa Barry Room Edward J. Williams, The University of Arizona, USA Planning Without Passport: A Project of and for European Elites. Andreas Faludi, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands Impact of Border Management on Border Communities: A Case study of the Southern Adriatic Cross Border Triangle. Bohdana Dimitrovova, EastWest Intitute New York Borders and the Europeanization of Space: EU Geopolitics and Evolving Theoretical Perspect ives on Borders. James W. Scott, Free University of Berlin, Germany Interrelaciones político-territoriales de las fronteras en Ibero América y el suroeste de Europa Lorenzo Lopéz Trigal, Universidad de León, México Hosted by Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch: Immigration and the Chang ing Labor Market: New Perspectives on the Border and beyond / Inmigración y cambios en el mercado laboral: Nuevas perspectivas en y mas allá de la frontera Templeton Suite A Madeline Zavodny, Agnes Scott College, USA Changes in the Cross-Border Earnings Effect between 1990 and 2000: An Analysis of Residents in U.S.-Cities along the Mexican Border. Marie T. Mora, University of Texas–Pan American, USA and Alberto Dávila, University of Texas–Pan American, USA Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans. Brian Duncan, University of Colorado, USA at Denver and Stephen J. Trejo, University of Texas at Austin, USA Did 9/11 Worsen the Job Prospects of Hispanic Immigrants? Pia M. Orrenius, Federal Resrve Bank of Dallas, USA and Madeline Zavodny, Agnes Scott College, USA Monday March 27, 2006, 13:30 – 15:00 Lunes 27 de marzo del 2006, 13:30 – 15:00 Plenary Session II Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: University, Israel Border Security / Seguridad en las fronteras Tomás Rivera Conference Center, Union Building East Gaspare Genna, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Borders and Bordering: Towards an Interdisciplinary Dialogue. David Newman, Ben Gurion Boundary-Making and the Production of Insecurity. Joseph Nevins, Vassar College, USA Border Security Policies in the European Union and NAFTA Countries in Comparative Perspective. Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly,University of Victoria, Canada Territorial Claims and Armed Conflict Between Neighbors. Paul Hensel, Florida State University, USA *Note: Plenary Session Includes Lunch *Nota: Sesión Plenaria incluye almuerzo Monday, March 27, 2006, 15:15-16:45 Lunes 27 de marzo del 2006, 15:15-16:45 Panel I.9 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel I.10 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel I-11 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: The Creation and Transfer of Rights Across the U.S.-Mexico Border / La creación y la transferencia de los derechos en la frontera México-Estados Unidos Templeton Suite A Jon Amaste, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Mexican Transnationals and the Vote Abroad. Gregory Schober, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA The Good News About the Border: U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership. Sylvia Peregrino, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Beyond Remittances: Hometown Associations as a Mechanism for Immigrant Political Incorporation in the United States. DeniseGonzález, University of Southern California, USA and Adrián Félix, University of Southern California, USA Remises: Mexican Workers’ Remittances and their Impact on the Economy. Robert Coronado, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas–El Paso Branch, USA Globalización y acción sindical internacional: Algunas experiencias. Josep María Antentas, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain Terrorism and Borders Post 9/11 / El terrorismo y las fronteras después del 11 de Septiem bre Templeton Suite B Moira Murphy, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Campus Ciudad Juárez), México Bordering the Post-9/11 World. Jason Ackleson, New Mexico State University, USA and Yosef Lapid, New Mexico State University, USA Terrorism, the Border and the Rhetoric of Fear. Anita August, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Border Security Research and the Role of the Social Scientist in the Formation of Public Policy: The Rapid Response Border Protection Act of 2005. Lee Maril, East Carolina University , USA Border Clashes and Sovereignty / Los conflictos y la soberanía en las fronteras University Suite A Richard Bath, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Theories of International Law Compliance: An Analysis on the Syrian Compliance with Interna tional Law and Withdrawal from Lebanon. Mario Alfaro, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA The Ethio-Eritrean Border/Boundary: A Seesaw Puzzle. Bahru Zewde, The Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Ethiopia Periodismo de frontera: un proyecto para la paz. Maria Luisa Portugal de Rodrich, Universi dad de Piura, Perú Disengagement II. George Gavrilis, University of Texas at Austin, USA Panel I.12 Conceptualizing Borders in Historical Perspective / La conceptualización de las fronteras en una perspectiva histórica Room: University Suite B Chair/Moderator: Maceo Dailey, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Papers: Borders Are the Scars of History: Maciej Kozminski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland History and Identity as Factors in Cross Border Cooperation. Martin Klatt, Danish Institute of Border Region Studies, Denmark Mapping the First-Person of Empire: John Russell Bartlett’s Personal Narrative and Borderlands Epistemology. Robert L. Gunn, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Domestic incorporation? The work of gender in the Texas Mexican yellow fever epidemic of 1882. John Mckiernan-González, University of Texas, USA Panel I.13 The Legacies of Post-Colonial Border Creation / El legado de la creación de límites después del colonialismo Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Ray Room Taeko Hiroi, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Legacies of Anglo-French Colonial Borders: A West African and Southeast Asian Comparison. William F. Miles, Northeastern University of Boston, USA Immigrants from the North: Reconsidering the Québecois Settlement in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Jane E. Evans, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA A Cross-Border Not-For-Profit Organization of Machela o’Oba Indigena: A New Beginning for the People. Cristina Ramírez, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Negotiation, Litigation, Advocacy, Awareness, and the Everyday. Nadia Abu-Zahra, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Panel 1.14 Room: Chair/Moderator: En la frontera la vida no vale nada / On the Border, Life Is not Worth Anything Smiley Room Samuel Brunk, University of Texas at El Paso Papers: Drug-Trafficking Stories: Everyday Forms of Narco-Folklore on the Border. Howard Campbell, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Colonialism, Contested Citizenship and the Structural Embeddedness of Border Violence along the U-S/Mexico Border. Roberto Hernández, University of California at Berkeley, USA “Antonio Benavides Killed While Resisting an Officer in the Line of Duty.” Manuel Ramírez, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Shared Legacies, Disparate Outcomes: Why American South Border Cities Turned the Tables on Crime and Their Mexican Sisters Did Not? Pedro H. Albuquerque, Texas A&M International University, USA Round Table A Room: Chair/Moderator: The Future for Learning-in-Retirement in Cd. Juarez-El Paso / El Futuro del aprendisaje al retirase Cd. Juarez-El Paso Barry Room Peter Rivera, Center for Live Long Learning, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Jean Miculka, Professor Emerita, Communications, UTEP; Past Exec. Chair, CLL Micheline Makario Kissack, M.D., CLL Member Julius Rivera, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, UTEP; Past Curriculum Chair, CLL Esp. Julian Avila Ponce, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez Arturo Quevado Rivero, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez Monday, March 27, 2006, 17:00-18:30 Lunes 27 de marzo del 2006, 17:00-18:30 Panel I.15 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel I.16 Room: Chair/Moderator: Claims and Conflicts: The EU and the Post-Soviet Borders / Reclamos y conflictos: La UE y las fronteras de la ex-Unión Soviética Barry Room Ellwyn R. Stoddard, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA The Contested EU-Russia Border: Four Cases of Conflict. Pertti Joenniemi, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark States and the Sources of Border Control: Central Asian Cases. George Gavrilis, The University of Texas at Austin, USA The Eastern Border of Poland (European Union) After the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. Leszek Zasztowt, University of Warsaw, Poland Gender Violence on the Border / Violencia de género en la frontera Templeton Suite A Irasema Coronado, University of Texas at El Paso, USA Papers: Violencia contra la mujer (frecuencia y distribución). Lilia Carmona, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México; Gerardo Ochoa Meza, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico; Jesús Burciaga, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México and Elizabeth Aguirre, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México El feminicidio sexual sistémico: Categoría jurídica desde el análisis feminista. Julia Monárrez Fragoso, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México State Migration and Abortion Regimes: Conjunctions and Disjunctions at the Border. Eithne Luibheid, Arizona State University, USA Panel I.17 U.S. Border Control Enforcement: Policies and Structures / El control policíaco de la frontera México-Estados Unidos: Políticas y estructuras Room: Templeton Suite B Tony Payan, University of Texas at El Paso, USA ¿Cuándo nos salió la mexicanada? Authority, Law Enforcement and Border Identity in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez in the Early Twentieth Century. Miguel A. Levario, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Sabotaging National Security: Another Unintended Consequence of U.S. Immigration and Border Enforcement Policies. Walter Ewing, American Immigration Law Foundation, USA 21st Century Border Patrol Enforcement Efforts in the El Paso, Texas-Southern New Mexico Area. Timothy Dunn, Salisbury University, United Kingdom Policing in the Binational Region: A Call for the Development of a Center on Border Region Policing. David Eisenberg, Chula Vista Police Department, USA Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel I.18 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Cross Border Structural Violence / La violencia estructural transfronteriza University Suite A Núria Homedes, University of Texas at Houston “I’ll Pay You a Million Dollars if You See Haitians in This Town”: The Peculiar but Deadly Rise of Anti-Haitian Violence in the Dominican Republic. Edward Paulino, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA Rebordering the Mediterranean: European Citizenship and its New Frontiers. Liliana Suárez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Illicit Border Crossings: Policeability, Enabled Violences, and the Politics of Race in the Mexico-US Border Borderlands. Gilberto Rosas, Northwestern University, USA The Price of Migration from Bangladesh to Distant Lands: Narratives of a Few Recent Tragedies. Ahsan Ullah, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark Panel I.19 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Distinctive Approaches to Border Violence / Acercamientos a la violencia fronteriza Ray Room María Socorro Tabuenca Córdoba. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Asylum and Identity: The Transvestite Case. Debra A. Castillo, Cornell University, USA ¿La violencia en el arte o el arte de la violencia en Ciudad Juárez? Patricia Ravelo Blancas, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, México and Rosa María González Ramírez, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antro pología Social, México “Troublemakers” in Poverty Endure Violence: Critical Pedagogy as a Transformational Exodus. César A. Rossatto, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Juanita Esparza, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Daniel Heiman, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; and Cecilia Enríquez, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Los hombres violentos en escena: Representación de la violencia en el teatro y la televisión fronteriza. Héctor Domínguez-Ruvalcaba, University of Texas at Austin, USA Panel I.20 Crime and Violence on the Border: Present-Day Realities and Hoped-For Solutions / El crímen y la violencia en la frontera: Las realidades y las esperanzas Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Smiley Room Martha Smithey, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Violence on the Border: Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life. Kathleen Staudt, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA A Grassroots Caravan for Justice Targets Femicide in Ciudad Juárez. Carole Mueller, Arizona State University, USA Ciudadana X: Gender Violence and the Denationalization of Women’s Rights in Ciudad Juárez, México. Alicia Schmidt Camacho, Yale University, USA National Security v. Human Security in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands. Julie Murphy Erfani, Arizona State University West Campus, USA Panel I.21 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel I.22 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Border Zones, War and the Construction of a National Identity / Las zonas fronterizas y la construcción de una identidad nacional Elkins Room Stephen P. Mumme, Colorado State University, USA What If? National Security, National Identity and National Treasure. Moira Murphy, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México Teaching about the United States War in Iraq: Perspectives from Schools in Northern Mexico. Timothy Cashman, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA and René A. Rubio, University of Texas at El Paso, USA Border Zones Between and within Military Occupied Territories: The Israeli-Palestinian Case. Nir Gazit, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Gabachos, Toreros and Terrorists: Border Tourism and Stereotypes in the Basque Country. Aitzpea Leizaola, University of the Basque Country, Spain Theorizing on Borders / La teorización sobre fronteras University Suite A Nadia Abú Zahra, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Sealed Borders and the Atomic Threat to World Peace: The Case of North Korea. Z. Anthony Kruszewski, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Reconfiguring Borders in the EU: The Irish Case. Liam O’Dowd, Queen’s University, United Kingdom The EU’s Policies Toward the Mediterranean: The Link Between Denomination of Space and Security. Ulla Holm, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark A Border Film series is going to be running continuosly from 12:00 to 16:30 at the Union East Cinema / Una serie corrida de peliculas sera llevada acabo de las 12:00 a las 16:30 en el Cinema de la Union Este Film Series Courtsey of Dr. Dennis Bixler-Marquez March 27, 2006 12:00-1:20 Crossing the Line: Sobrepasando la Línea 80 min Abstract: This documentary looks at how Mexican, U.S. and Canadian workers have fared under NAFTA, and how they are inventing modes of cross-border alliance to counter the corporations’ abilities to cross borders. Over four years it follows these struggles in the face of resistance from governments, businesses and official union and despite cultural differences. 1:30-2:30 American Jobs Runtime: 60 min Abstract: Jobs are moving to low-wage countries... is the American worker’s way of life at stake? Disturbed by the news that three million manufacturing jobs had disappeared between 2000 and 2003, Director Greg Spotts saw firsthand the permanent, structural changes confronting America’s blue- and white-collar families as multinational corporations take advantage of “global sourcing” to hire the lowest-wage labor. 2:40-3:40 Crossing the Line? The Battle at America’s Border 60 min Abstract: Hosted by Lester Holt. The program uses two men to present most of the story behind illegal immigration. One is Tim Donnelly, founder of the Minuteman of California. The other is Enrique Marones, the leader of the Border Angels, which opposes the efforts of the Minutemen to close the border. 3:50-4:20 Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey 33 min Film Courtesy of Dr. Daniel Groody, Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture (CLSC) University of Notre Dame Abstract: Immigration is a complex issue that is changing the face of cultures worldwide. In the face of many social, economic, political issues, what often gets lost are the human issues at stake. Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez Centro Cultural Universitario Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Martes 28 de marzo del 2006 9:00 – 10:30 Plenary Session III Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Cross Border Trade and Economic Integration / Comercio e integración transfronteriza Auditorio, Centro Cultural Universitario Christopher A. Erickson, New Mexico State University, USA Tratados de Libre Comercio, migrantes y seguridad en la frontera sur de México. Daniel Villafuerte, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, México Mexico’s Economic Integration and Regional Economic Growth: Recent History and Outlook. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Mexico’s Economic and Political Policies Associated with Peso Devaluations: 1976-1994. Ellwyn R. Stoddard, University of Texas at El Paso, USA Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 10:45 -12:15 Martes 28 de Marzo del 2006, 10:45 -12:15 Panel II.1 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel II.2 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Free Trade Agreements and Their Impact on Participating Countries / Tratados de libre comercio y su impacto en los países participantes Auditorio, Centro Cultural Universitario Manuel Loera de la Rosa, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez The Border Region and NAFTA: Border Initiatives and Global Outcomes a Decade Later. Víct or Ortiz, Northeastern Illinois University, USA When Triangulation Does Not Work: The FTAA and the EU-MERCOSUR-FTA. Gaspare Genna, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Market Integration in the U.S. Avocado Industry: Examining the Impact of Mexican Avocado T rade, 1997-2005. Lois Stanford, New Mexico State University, USA Cross Border Economic Integration / Integración económica transfronteriza Sala 1, Centro Cultural Universitario Ramsés Jiménez Castañeda, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Mexican and U.S. Integration: The Case of the Maquila Industry. Christopher A. Erickson, New Mexico State University, USA and Miguel Cortez A Firm-level Analysis of Cross Border Trade, Logistics Management, and the Location of Pro duction at a Time of Heightened Security. James E. McConnell, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA and Alan MacPherson, University New York at Buffalo, USA La integración económica de las ciudades de la frontera México-Estados Unidos. Jorge Edu ardo Mendoza Cota, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México BF-Texas-Mexico Border City Pair LQ Analysis. Ebetuel Pallares, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Production and Business Networking for Economic Cooperation: Case Study of Mae Sot, Thailand Bordering Myanmar. Chuthatip Maneepong, Shinawatra University, Thailand Panel II.3 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers Cross Border Microentreprises and Economic Development / Las microempresas transfronterizas y el desarrollo económico Sala 2, Centro Cultural Universitario Kathleen Staudt, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Creating the Gorizia-Goriska Europrovince: A Cross Border Administrative Model for Integrated Socio-economic Development Daniele del Bianco, International Sociology Institute of Gorizia, Italy Conflict Management at Border Enterprises. Tammy Arieli, Bar Llan University Ramat Gan, Israel Changing Institutional Borders and Daily Life: Impact of Open Borders on Informal Trade. Martin Van Der Velde, Nijmegen Centre for Border Research, Netherland The Transborder Trade of Second-Hand Clothing Between the United States and Mexico. Mélissa Gauthier, Concordia University, Canada Panel II. 4 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Immigration and Public Policy on the U.S.-Mexico Border / La inmigración y la política pública en la frontera México-Estados Unidos Sala 3, Centro Cultural Universitario Lourdes Ampudia Rueda, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Borderplex Migration Modeling. Thomas Fullerton, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA and Martha Barraza de Anda, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México State of Emergence: Art and Immigration in Southern Arizona. Gerry Cadava, Yale University, USA Boundary, Bridge or Both: Translocal Dynamics and Migration on the U.S.-Mexico Border. A lison Newby, New Mexico State University, USA Panel II.5 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Workers and Wages on Border Terms / Trabajadores y salarios en un contexto fronterizo Sala 4, Centro Cultural Universitario Ramón Chavira, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Not So Much Boom Towns as Trickle Towns: a Comparison of Kpetoe (Ghana/Togo) and Darsilami (Gambia/Senegal) as Border Towns. Paul Nugent, Edinburgh University, United Kingdom Políticas públicas migratorias en Costa Rica: El caso nicaragüense. Dalia Borge, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica and Debora L. VanNijnatten, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Calculating More Accurate U.S. Work life Expectancies for Undocumented Mexican Migrant Workers. Jeannie Elliot, Econ One, USA Bridging the Border: the Role of Civil Society in a Conflicted Border Region. Daniel J. O’Neil, The Pan American Development Foundation, Dominican Republic Panel II.6 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: El Norte de nuestros sueños / The North of Our Dreams Sala 5, Centro Cultural Universitario Rosario Rosales Lerma, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México La identidad étnica Mam ante los procesos migratorios extra-regionales en al región Soconusco, Chiapas. Joaquín Peña-Piña, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, México Migración y cambio social en la frontera México-Guatemala. Gabriela Patricia Robledo, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, México Looking North: Mexico on Images of Immigration. Ricardo Ainsle, University of Texas at Austin, USA and Daphny Tobias, Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio), USA Panel II.7 Rethinking the Socioeconomic Benefits of Increased Immigration / Reconsiderando los beneficios económicos de una mayor inmigración Sala Audiovisual de Nutrición César Olivas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Unequal Mobility and the De/Rebordering Debate. Josiah M. Heyman, The University of T exas at El Paso, USA and Robert Pallitto, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Boundary Formation in Action. Ernesto Castañeda, Columbia University, USA Opening the Door: The Economic, Political and Social Benefits of Increasing Immigration. Andrew Bosworth, University of Texas at Brownsville, USA The Household Food security, Nutrition, and Health of Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker in the Paso del Norte Border Region. M. Margaret Weigel, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Rodrigo X. Armijos, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Yolanda Posada-Hall, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Yolanda Ramírez, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA and Rubí Orozco, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Panel II.8 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel II.9 sorias Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers Immigration Policy and Nativism at the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Threat to Public Health and Social Policy / La política migratoria y el nativismo en la frontera México-Estados Unidos: Una amenaza a la salud pública y la política social Audiovisual, Anfiteatro Consuelo Pequeño Rodríguez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Immigration Policy and Nativism at the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Threat to Public Health. Cecilia Rosales, The University of Arizona, USA; Jill Guernsey de Zapién, The University of Ari zona, USA and Joel Meister, The University of Arizona, USA Immigration Policy and Nativism at the U.S.-Mexico Border: a Threat to Social Policy. Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith, The University of Arizona, USA and Celestino Fernández, The Univers ity of Arizona, USA The Impact of International Border Formation / El impacto de la formación de líneas diviSala Audiovisual, Biblioteca Sergio Peña, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Assessing the Migration Behavior of Women Working as Prostitutes along the Mexico-U.S. Border. Mitch Crader, Texas State University - San Marcos, USA Transborder Transgressions: Windsor, Ontario as Detroit, Michigan’s “Underage” Entertainment District. Robert M. Kerr, University of Central Oklahoma, USA La junta municipal de agua y saneamiento de Cd. Juárez (JMAS): Gestión del agua y modalidad de descentralización. Jorge Salas Plata, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Panel II.10 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Corredores migratorios en Latinoamérica / Migration Corridors in Latin America Salón 104 Planta baja del Edificio B Rodolfo Rubio, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Dos corredores migratorios en la frontera sur de México. Jorge Luis Cruz Burguete, Universi dad Autónoma de Chiapas, México Migración limítrofe e integración económica en la Argentina en la larga duración. Mariela Gisela Ceva, Universidad Nacional deLuján, Angertina Los transitados de la frontera: sentidos, representaciones y pasajes en Bella Unión (Uruguay)/ Monte Caseros (Argentina)/Barra do Cuareim (Brasil). Silvia Merenson, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina Comparing Migratory Trajectories Crossing the Guatemala-Chiapas Border. Carmen Fernández, The University of Essex, United Kingdom Language Accessible Government Services. Christine Thurlow Brenner, Rutgers University, USA Panel II.11 Potpourri on Migration, Identity and Cross Border Integration / Popurrí sobre inmi gración, identidad e integración transfronteriza Salón 105 Planta baja del Edificio B Neil Harvey, New Mexico State University, USA El Paradís: ¿Un lugar para todos? Sohyun Lee, The University of Arizona, USA National and Continental Attachments and Attitudes Towards Immigrants: A Cross-National Exploration. Leslie Laczko, University of Ottawa, Canada Societies of Cities, Regions and Borderlands: A Roadmap to the Ibero-American Dream. Manuel Freire Barcia, Comité Pro-Desarrollo del Estado Barinas(COMBAR), Barinas, Venezuela; Fortunato González Cruz, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela and Román Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Hernández D., Instituto Universitario de la Frontera, Venezuela Dinámica demográfica, estructuras de población e interrelaciones en la frontera MEX-US. Roberto Ham-Chande, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Dos países en un mismo país: implicaciones culturales de la frontera franco-española y la construcción europea en la Cerdanya (Pirineo). Albert Moncusi Ferré, Universitat de València, Spain Round Table B Room: Chair/Moderator: Las fronterizas / Border Women Salón 106 Planta baja del Edificio B Irasema Coronado, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Raquel Márquez, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Mary Petron, Texas A and M International-Laredo, USA María Socorro Tabuenca Córdoba. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 1:15 PM - 14:45 Martes 28 de marzo del 2006, 1:15 PM - 14:45 Plenary Session IV Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Human Mobility and Migration / La movilidad humana y la migración Auditorio, Centro Cultural Universitario Z. Anthony Kruszewski, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Revising NAFTA and the European Referent: Labor Mobility, Regional Integration and the F uture of U.S.-Mexico Relations. Mark Miller, University of Delaware, USA In the Earnings Gap Between Natives and Immigrants along the U.S./Mexico Border. Alberto Dávila, The University of Texas Pan America, USA and Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas Pan America, USA Trapped People and Communities in a Time of Increased Border Vigilance. Josiah M. Heyman, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA and Guillermina Nuñez, The University of Texas a t El Paso, USA Anthony Asiwaju, University of Lagos, Nigeria *Plenary Session Includes Lunch Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 15:00 – 18:00 Martes 28 de marzo del 2006, 15:00 – 18:00 TOUR OF CIUDAD JUÁREZ. OPTIONAL. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THE TOUR AT REGISTRATION TIME. GIRA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ. OPCIONAL. FAVOR DE ANOTARSE PARA LA GIRA DURANTE LA INSCRIPCIÓN. Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 18:30 - Dinner/Tour of Juaez, or Dinner and Tour in El Paso. CENA Y EVENTO CULTURAL EN CIUDAD JUAREZ FAVOR DE ANOTARSE EN LA MESA DE INCRIPCION. ESTE EVENTO ESTA INCLUIDO EN EL COSTO DE LA INSCRIPCIÓN DINNER AND CULTURAL SHOW IN CIUDAD JUAREZ. PLEASE SIGN UP AT REGISTRATION IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. THIS IS AT NO COST TO REGISTERED CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS. For those unable to attend the conference in Cd. Juarez, there will be a Border Film Series showing in the Student Union Cinema, a tour of El Paso, and a reception dinner. Film Series Courtsey of Dr. Dennis Bixler-Marquez March 28, 2006 2:00-3:25 La Batalla de Las Cruces 82 min Spanish with English subtitles Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social (CIESAS) Abstract: An expose of the ten years of femicide in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua that is taking place with impunity. 3:35-5:05 The Mexican Americans 90 min Abstract: Actor Ricardo Montalbán, comedian Paul Rodriguez, singers Vikki Carr and Tish Hinojosa, U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson, director Luis Valdez ((La Bamba), activist Dolores Huerta, artists, politicians, journalists, community leaders and others from a broad spectrum of cultural experience share their personal stories in an exploration of Mexican culture north of the border 5:10-5:40 Mixed Feelings: San Diego/Tijuana 26:46 min Abstract: A documentary about the San Diego/Tijuana region and its inevitable transnational future. Conversations with scholars, planners and architects from both cities open a window into an unprecedented dialogue now occurring on the U.S./Mexican border. Campus of The New Mexico State University Corbett Center Student Union Wednesday March 29, 2006 Miercoles 29 de marzo del 2006 9:00 – 10:30 Plenary Session V Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Border Health Issues / Asuntos transfronterizos de salud Ballroom Conference Center, Corbett Center Neil Harvey, New Mexico State University, USA U.S.-Mexico Border Binational Collaboration in Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities. Eva Moya, Border Health Commission, USA and Fernando González, Asociación de Médicos Egresados de la Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Strategies to Assist Health Professions Education Colleges in Addressing Health Disparities in the Southwest U.S.-Mexico Border Region. Jeffrey Brandon, New Mexico State University, USA Addressing Health Disparities at the U.S.-Mexico Border Means Advancing Human Rights. Delfi Mondragon, New Mexico State University, USA Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 10:45 -12:15 Miercoles 29 de Marzo del 2006, 10:45 -12:15 Panel III.1 Health Issues in the Border Environment / Temas de la salud en un ambiente transfronterizo Room: Auditorium Chair/Moderator: Iñigo García-Bryce, New Mexico State University, USA Papers: Condiciones de salud ambiental en la frontera México-Estados Unidos. Yunia Sidney Rentería Castro, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Healthcare Utilization Across the U.S.-Mexico Border. José O. Rivera, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Recruitment Issues in Border Health Research. Nelda Mier, Texas A&M University, USA Round Table C Students’ Perspectives on Cross Border Cooperation / La perspectiva estudiantil en la cooperación transfronteriza Room: Luna Room Chair/Moderator: Gary Wingenbach, Texas A&M University, USA Manuel Piña, Jr., Texas A&M University, USA Wayne T. Hamilton, Texas A&M University, USA Noelle Chmielewski, Texas A&M University, USA Jenna Smith, Texas A&M University, USA Panel III.2 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Public Health and Public Action / Salud publica y acción publica New Mexico Room Charles Kozel, New Mexico State University, USA Environmental Health-Home Safety Education Project: Improving the Situation One Casa at a Time. Adriana Corona, New Mexico State University, USA; Claudia Leyva, New Mexico State University, USA; Lucy Palomino, New Mexico State University, USA and Benjamín Jácquez, New Mexico State University, USA New Paradigms in Border Health Community Participatory Research Using Promotoras de Salud: A Chronic Disease Risk Reduction Model. Hector Balcazar, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Beyond Ethnicity and Race: A Model for Culture Competence Education for Health Care Providers. Irene Hurst, New Mexico State University, USA Removing a Barrier to Exercise: Testing an Intervention to Control Free-Roaming Dogs in Sparks, Texas. Jane Poss, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Panel III.3 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Cross Border Health Research / Investigación sobre la salud en las fronteras Colfax Room Gonzalez, Armando S., University of Texas at El Paso, USA Barriers to Cross Border Research. Alison Days, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA U.S.-Mexico Border Interdisciplinary Research Training Project (USMBIRTP). Robert L. Anders, The University of Texas at El Paso Need for Professional Recruitment into Health Careers in Rural Areas along the U.S.-Mexico Border: Highlights from the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP). Benjamín Jácquez, New Mexico State University, USA; Sue Forster-Cox, New Mexico State University, USA and Thenral Mangadu, New Mexico State University, USA Panel III.4 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Health Across the Border / La salud en un contexto transfronterizo Senate Gallery Thompson, Sharon E, University of Texas at El Paso, USA Best Practices and Future Directions for STI/ HIV/ AIDS Prevention, Care and Policy for Mexican Migrants. Tamil Kendall, The British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society, USA Cinbugs Across the Border: Transborder Migration of Insects that Transmit Disease. Therese Markow, The University of Arizona, USA Population-Based Cross Sectional Survey of Taeniasis among Residents of El Paso, Texas and Cd. Juárez, Mexico. Casey Barton, Texas Department of State Health Services, USA Panel III.5 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Gender Violence as a Health Problem / La violencia de género como un problema de salud Senate Chambers Room Julia Monárrez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Characteristics of Community Interventions to Decrease Depression in Mexican American Women. Alison S. Mann, New Mexico State University, USA Calidad de vida en relación con la violencia en Ciudad Juárez, Chih. Alma Domínguez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México La violencia intrafamiliar: Un problema de salud pública y transformación. Silvia Domínguez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Panel III.6 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Health Alternatives and Intervention / Interveción y alternativas de salud Doña Ana Room John Law, Center for Border Health Research, USA Evaluation of Polypharmacy and Plyherbacy among Seniors in the Paso del Norte Region. Amanda Loya, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Research on Resistance Training as a Tool for Combating Youth Obesity. Sandor Dorgo, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Evaluation of Smoking Cessation Interventions in El Paso, TX. Jeri J. Sias, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Bi-national Evaluation of Herbal Product Use on the U.S./Mexico Border. José O. Rivera, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Round Table D Room: Chair/Moderator: Grant Writing and Networking for Border Research / Contribuyendo en el establecimiento de una red para la investigación de la frontera Quay Room Neil Harvey, New Mexico State University , USA Jason Ackleson, New Mexico State University, USA Yosef Lapid, New Mexico State University, USA Round Table E Teaching Borders: A Round Table on Border Pedagogy / Enseñanza fronteriza: Una meza Room: Chair/Moderator: redonda sobre estudios fronterizos Curry Room Kenneth Hammond, New Mexico State University, USA Andrea Orzoff, New Mexico State University, USA Marsha Weisiger, New Mexico State University, USA Wednesday March 29, 2006, 12:30 – 14:00 Miercoles 29 de Marzo del 2006, 12:30 – 14:00 Plenary Session VI Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Ethnic, Cultural and Religious Boundaries / Fronteras étnicas, culturales y religiosas Ballroom Conference Center, Corbett Center Yosef Lapid, New Mexico State University, USA The Dilemmas of Colonial Boundaries in Contemporary Africa. Geoffrey Nwaka, Abia State University, Nigeria Frontiers in the Arabic World: Concept and Evolution. Saida Latmani, Asociación de Historia Actual, France Mexican Protestants as “Unexpected” Characters in Border Narratives. Pablo Vila, Temple University, USA A Spirituality of Immigration? Daniel Groody, University of Notre Dame, USA Crossing Intimate Borders: Indigenous Child Removal in the United States and Australia, 1880-1940. Margaret Jacobs, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA *Note: Plenary Session Includes Lunch *Nota: Sesión Plenaria incluye almuerzo Wednesday March 29, 2006, 14:15 – 15:45 Miécoles 29 de marzo del 2006, 14:15 – 15:45 Panel III.7 cultural Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Boundaries in the Political and Cultural Context / Las fronteras en un contexto político y Round Table F Local Government Responses to Immigrants / La respuesta de los gobiernos locales a los inmigrantes Luna Room Christine Thurlow Brenner, Rutgers University, USA Rosalinda Gámez Gastélum, Universidad de Occidente, México Room: Chair/Moderator: Panel III.8 Room: Auditorium Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University, USA Los sistemas políticos de la región andina y la repercusión en sus fronteras. Edgar Mauricio Solano, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia Cultural Integration and Hybridization at the U.S.- Mexico Borderlands. Andrew Burridge, University of Southern California, USA and Michael Dear, University of Southern California, USA Ciudad Juarez: “Sister City” or Capitalism Gone Bad? Bonnie Galván, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA El modelo social de la comunidad judía en México: Fórmulas para la continuidad grupal. Liz Hamui Sutton, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México The Use of Spanglish in the U.S.-Mexico Border / El uso del Spanglish en la frontera México-Estados Unidos Senate Gallery Room Chair/Moderator: Papers: Daniel Villa Border Crossings of Language and Peoples in Contemporary Children’s Literature. Jacqueline Gmuca, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Bilingualism and the Myth of Acculturation. Lucy Dura, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Can Language and Communicating Have a Boundary-Making Function? Vicenzo Matera, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy Panel III.9 y los fronterizos Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Marginalization, Citizenship and Transborder People / La marginalización, la ciudadanía Panel III.10 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: East-European Identities / Identidades en Europa del este Doña Ana Room Andrea Orzoff, New Mexico State University, USA Ethnic, National and Local Identities at Russia’s Baltic Borders. Laura Assmuth, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland Social and Cultural Consequences of Newly Established Border in Latvian and Russian Border Areas. Aija Lulle, University of Latvia, Latvia Two Goricas – One City? Cross-Border Cooperation And Relations Between Slovenian Town Nova Gorica and Italian Town Gorica/Gorizia Katja Jerman, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Round Table G Proposal of a Pilot Program on Regional and Borderland Integration based on Sustainable Economic Development Principles / Propuesta de un programa piloto sobre integración regional transfronteriza fundamentado en principios de desarrollo económico sustentables Rio Grande Room Manuel Freire Barcia, Comité Pro-Desarrollo del Estado Barinas (COMBAR), Barinas, Estado Barinas, Venezuela Fortunato González Cruz, Director Centro Iberoamericano de Estudios Provinciales y Locales (CIEPROL), Universidad de los Andes (ULA), Mérida, Venezuela Román A. Hernández, D. Director Nacional, Instituto Universitario de la Frontera, IUFRONT), San Cristóbal, Venezuela Bernardo Méndez Lugo, Cónsul for Trade and Business Promotion, Consulate General of México en San Francisco, California, USA John Jairo Betancur, Asociate Profesor, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Angela Sanbrano, President of National Alliance of Latin American Caribbean Communities (NALACC), USA Room: Chair/Moderator: Panel III.11 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Senate Chambers Room Neil Harvey, New Mexico State University, USA Border Marginalities. Francisca James H., Pima Community College, USA Neither Here nor There: Rethinking Citizenship on the U.S.-Mexico Border. T. Mark Montoya, Northern Arizona University, USA Incidencia de la frontera entre la población autóctona. Miguel Fernández-Carrión, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia en España, Spain The Indian Diaspora in the United States. Vikas Sharma, Punjabi University, India Educational Experiences on the U.S.-Mexico Border / Las experiencias educativas en la frontera México-Estados Unidos Colfax Room Eduardo Arellano, New Mexico State University, USA Teachers Crossing Borders: Unexamined Assumptions about Mexico Revealed. David Rutledge, New Mexico State University, USA Using a Joint Related Graduate Program as a Means of Boundary Spanning. Glen Sparrow, San Diego State University, USA Mathematics Education on the Border: Challenges and Opportunities. Larry Lesser, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Sally Blake, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Solanja Perez, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Carol Fonseca, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Carolyn Jablonski and Marco Gallo, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Negotiating the Borders. Tijen Tunali, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Panel III.12 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel III.13 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Education and Multiculturalization in Border Studies / La educación y la multiculturalización en el estudio de las fronteras New Mexico Room Herman Garcia, New Mexico State University, USA Crossing Borders in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Historiography: The Latin American Writings of Washington Irving and William H. Prescott. Brian Yothers, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Action Research: Transcending Borders in Teacher Preparation. Elissa Wolfe Poel, New Mexico State University, USA and Carolyn Dietrich, New Mexico State University, USA Engaging Non-Students in Border Studies. Edward Lorenz, Alma College, USA Una aproximación teórica para el entendimiento multicultural de las relaciones culturales trans fronterizas. Raúl Delgado, Universidad de Occidente, Mexico and Bertha Madrigal, Universidad de Guadalajara, México Culture and Literature / La cultura y la literatura Socorro Room Daniel Smith, New Mexico State University, USA Marxism, Popular Cultural and the Hip Hop Connection. Marc Pruyn, New Mexico State University, USA; Rob Haworth, New Mexico State University, USA and Curry Malott, New Mexico State University, USA Cherrie Moraga’s Shadow of a Man: Growing Up, Betwixt and Between. Beverly Redman, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Geopolitics, Religion and Mental Borders in South Asia. Sanjay Chaturvedi, Punjab University, India Jewish Writing from Mexico City to Manhattan: A Cross Border Conversation. Ezra Cappell, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Wednesday March 29, 2006, 16:00 – 17:30 Miércoles 29 de marzo del 2006, 16:00 – 17:30 Panel III.15 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel III.16 Room: Hispanidad and Mexican Culture in the U.S. / La hispanidad y la cultura mexicana en los Estados Unidos de América Colfax Room Lucy Mar Camacho, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Towards Higher Levels of Integration of Hispanics in the American Productive Society. Herbey Zepeda, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Biological Anthropology and the Border: Exploring the Biological Meaning of Hispanic. Catherine Willermet, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA and Heather J.H. Edgar, The University of New Mexico, USA Las tierras fronterizas circundantes entre México y los Estados Unidos. Jeffrey Max Jones Jones, Senado de México, México Cultural Expresions from Music to Visual Arts / Manifestaciones culturales de la música a las artes visuales Senate Gallery Room Chair/Moderator: Papers: Jesús Barquet, New Mexico State University, USA De la bohemia a la acción cultural: El papel de artistas e intelectuales en la construcción de instituciones culturales en la ciudad de Tijuana. Cuauhtémoc Ochoa Tinoco, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México Las fronteras simbólicas que se cruzan en los corridos. María Luisa De la Garza, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Prácticas y procesos musicales transnacionales: Del rap chicano a Regional Urbana. Identidades transnacionales? Olivia Elías, The University of Arizona, USA Panel III.17 Transforterizos on the Tijuana-San Diego Border: Community, Education, and Identity / Transfronterizos: Las etnias y la cultura en la frontera de Tijuana y San Diego Senate Chambers Room Christopher A. Erickson, New Mexico State University, USA Los estudiantes transfronterizos de Tijuana-San Diego y su impacto en el concepto de comunid ad transnacional. Guillermo Alonso, El Colegio de La Frontera Norte, México Ethnic and Cultural Borders of Transfronterizo Students in San Diegan Schools. Ana María Relaño Pastor, The University of Arizona, USA Educación en México and Education in the USA. Cristina Pérez-Iñiguez, University of California at San Diego, USA Racial and Ethnic Components of Transfronterizo Identity on the Tijuana-San Diego Border. María Balandrán, University of California at San Diego, USA Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel III.18 interactivo Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Acculturation, Language, and the Interactive Future / Aculturacion, idioma, y el futuro Panel III.19 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Open and Closed Borders / Fronteras abiertas-fronteras cerradas Doña Ana Room Mark Horowitz, New Mexico State University, USA La Ciudad Juárez contemporánea. José M. Campero González, México Hacia una geografía feminista: Sanando ‘la herida’ en La luna siempre será un amor dificíl, de Luis Humberto Crosthwaite. Olga Ríos-Soria, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Transformations of Polish Eastern Borders After the Second World War: Problems of Closeness and Openness. Monika Trojanowska-Strzeboszewska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland NAFTA’s Effect on Growth and Quality of Life in Border Counties and Municipios. Joan Anderson, San Diego University, USA Panel III.20 Stability and Instability on International Borders / La estabilidad y la inestabilidad en las fronteras internacionales New Mexico Room Jason Ackleson, New Mexico State University, USA Change and Continuity in the Border Discourse in Israel–Palestine. David Newman, Ben Gurion University, Israel The Politics of Stable Borders: The United States-Mexico Border (1836-1994). Sergio Sáenz, University of Pennsylvania, USA Interrupting Borders of Nationality: Transatlantic Mobility in Post-Soviet Cultures. Skaidra Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Auditorium Lois Stanford, New Mexico State University, USA Midiendo la aculturación en los estudiantes transfronterizos de Tijuana-San Diego. Jéssica López-Vázquez, University of San Diego California, USA Transfronterizo Talk: Spanish and English Varieties and Attitudes in Tijuana-San Diego. Ana Celia Zentella, University of California at San Diego, USA Los transfronterizos: Hacia un futuro interactivo. Mauricio Chávez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Trilupaityte, Philosophy and Art Research Institue, Lithuania Violencia y democracia: Chihuahua 1994-2004. Servando Pineda Jaimes, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Panel III.21 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Border Film and Pedagogy / La cinematografía y la pedagogía Socorro Room Claude Fouillade, New Mexico State University, USA Cartographies of Struggle”: The Corporate Calavera Project. Matt Benjamin Jenkins, University of Denver, USA Border Crossings in Silent Cinema. Sheila Skaff, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Critical Pedagogy, Anarchism and Revolutionary Pedagogies: Making the Connections, Building the Bridges. Marc Pruyn, New Mexico State University, USA and Rob Haworth, New Mexico State University, USA Round Table H Promoting the Mexican Indigenous People’s Way of Life Through a Self-Sustaining Life Style and Higher Education / Promoviendo a los ciudadanos indígenas de México un camino de vida a través de un desarrollo auto sustentable de vida y educación media superior Rio Grande Room Moisés Guerrero, Pte. Machela O’Oba Indigena USA, Miembro Gran Consejo Supremo Room: Chair/Moderator: Indígena, Chihuahua Cristina Ramírez, The University of Texas at El Paso , USA Bill Rhodes, Gila River Pima, Governor, USA Lille Torres, Gila River Pima, Tribal Elder, USA Douglas Torres, Gila River Pima, School Board, USA Mary Thomas, Gila River Pima, Lt. Governor Ret., Usa Esther lotring, Salt River Pima Board Member, USA Alberto Castellano, Pte. Consejo Supremo Pima, México Manuel Coronado, Director Escuela Pima, México Luis Coyote, Gobernador Pima, México Jorge Angel Galaviz, Pte. Comité de Trabajos Pima, México Dip. Humberto Pérez Rodriguez, Pte. Consejo de Asuntos Indigenas, México Lic. Pablo Arguello, Dir. Escuelas Indigenas de Chihuahua, México Prof. Samuel Díaz Palma, Pte. Gran Consejo Supremo Indigena, México Lic. Noel Carrasco, Mem Gran Consejo Supremo Indigena, México Hector Felipe Delgado, Gob. Tarahumara, México Profa. Socorro Monserrate Ceballos, Dir. Escuela Tarahumara, México José Alberto Aragón, Pte. Machela O’Oba Indigena Chihuahua, México Tela Barick, Board Member, Machela O’Oba Indigena Chihuahua, México Dr. Neil J. Devereaux, Board Member Machela O’Oba Indigena, USA Felix Valenzuela, Board Member Machela O’O Indigena, USA Nicholas Houser, Board Member Machela O’O Indigena, USA David Mojica, Board Member Machela O’O Indigena, USA NMSU IS HOLDING ITS SECOND ANNUAL J. PAUL TAYLOR SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, PRESENTING A PANEL AT 6:30 PM AT ITS CAMPUS IN LAS CRUCES. THIS YEAR’S THEME IS JUSCE R WOMEN: A SYMPOSIUM ON FEMICIDES IN THE US-MEXICO BORDER REGION. PLEASE SIGN UP AT REGISTRATION IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. THIS IS AT NO COST TO REGISTERED CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS / NMSU PLANEA LLEVAR ACABO SU SEGUNDO SYMPOSIO ANUAL DE JUSTICIA SOCIAL J. PAUL TAYLOR , PRESENTANDO UN PANEL A LAS 6:30 PM EN EL CAMPUS DE LAS CRUCES. ESTE AÑO EL TEMA ES JUSTICIA POR LAS MUJERES: UN SYMPOSIO ANALIZANDO LOS FEMINICIDIOS EN LA REGION FRONTERIZA DE ESTADOS UNIDOS-MEXICO. FAVOR DE ANOTARSE EN LA MESA DE INSCRIPCION. ESTE EVENTO ES GRATIUTO PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES DE LINEAE TERRARUM. Campus of The University of Texas at El Paso Tomás Rivera Conference Center, Union East Building Thursday March 30, 2006 Jueves 30 de marzo del 2006 8:30 – 10:00 Plenary Session VII Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Cross-Border Cooperation and Future of Border Studies / La cooperación transfronteriza y el futuro de los estudios fronterizos Tomás River Conference Center, Union East Building Tony Payan, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Regional Integration and Border Conflict Transformation: The European Experience. Thomas Diez, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom The Past and Future of Research on European Frontiers. Malcolm Anderson, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Flows of Globalization and Borders - a Case Study of the Eurasian North. Lassi Heininen, University of Lapland, Finland Sustainable Peace and Cooperation in Borderlands: The Danish-German Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations of 1955. Jørgen Kühl, Danish Institute for Border Region Research, Denmark Thursday March 30, 2006, 10:15 – 11:45 Jueves 30 de Marzo del 2006, 10:15 – 11:45 Panel IV.1 región Paso del Norte Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Integration and Mobility at the Region Paso del Norte / La integración y la movilidad en la Panel IV.2 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Technology and Information at Borders / La tecnología y la información en las fronteras Templeton Suite B Cesar A. Rossatto, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA A Networked North? The Northern Dimension, ICT and Circumpolar Geopolitics. Heather Nicol, University of West Georgia, USA Towards Secure Cyber infrastructure for Sharing Border Information. Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Information Systems along the Mexico-U.S. Border. Matthew McCool, New Mexico State University, USA The Panopticon Border: The Use of Technology on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Tony Payan, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Panel IV.3 ciudades y países Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: The Impact of Borders on Divided Cities and Countries / El impacto de las fronteras sobre divididos Ray Room Sergio Peña, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Mutual Forces: Spain-Moroco/Spain-Gibraltar, Case Study May 2005. Kristin Jensen, Topotronic, Belgium Divided Cities: Projecting the Rift. Anna Grichting, Harvard University, USA Templeton Suite A Christopher A. Erickson, New Mexico State University, USA La movilidad urbana en Ciudad Juárez: actores, factores y efectos colaterales. Fernando Lozada, Universidad Autonóma de Ciudad Juárez, México Paso del Norte: viabilidad y disputa de una región transfronteriza. Manuel Arroyo, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Globalization and the Transborder Metropolis: El Paso-Ciudad Juárez. César Fuentes, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México The Neighborhood of Poland and Germany on the Border: Is it Possible to Fill the Historical, Mental and Economic Precipice Between Nations? Andrzej Kotula, Germany and Northern Europe Institute, Szczecin, Poland Border Crossers: Behaviors, Experiences and Expectations. Cheryl Howard, University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Adrián Mata, University of Texas at El Paso, USA and Leticia Fernández, University of Texas at El Paso, USA Panel IV.4 países Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Cross Border Integration Between Two Countries / Integración tranfronteriza entre dos Panel IV.5 en un contexto Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Local Government Cooperation Across Borders / La cooperación entre gobiernos locales transfronterizo Smiley Room Cesar Fuentes, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México The Song Remains the Same: Cooperation and Coordination in Cross Border Governance from Local to International Scales. Abigail York, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Gobiernos locales y fronterizos en México. María del Socorro Arzaluz Solano, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México La institucionalización de la integración fronteriza en el Perú. Hugo Che Piu, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Spain Urban Administration on the Ciudad Juárez Border Region. Francisco Javier Llera Pacheco, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Panel IV.6 fronteras Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Education and Popular Culture Across Borders / La educación y la cultura popular en las Panel IV.7 Community-Scale Coopertative Planning in the Middle East (Session I) / La cooperación entre comunidades en la planeación en el Medio Oriente (Sesión I) University Suite A Mario Alfaro, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Groundwater Contamination in the Baqa ash Sharqiyah Area. William R. Hutchison; Deepti D. Gaddala-Vijay and Gloria A. Villaverde Local-level Planning between Israeli and Palestinian Communities. Jesse Roseman and Ed Hamlyn, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: University Suite B Stephen P. Mumme, Colorado State University, USA Give Peace a Chance: One Bridge, Two Nations, and Three Approaches to Cross-Border Deci sion-Making in the Binational Niagara Region. Kathryn A. Foster, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA The Achievements and Challenges of Peace: Innovation, Interdependence and Integration in the Ecuador-Peru Borderlands. Raúl Saba, Arizona University, USA Borderscapes, the Influence of National Borders on Spatial Planning. Arjan Harbers, T Topotronic, Belgium Elkins Room Pilar Herrera, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA U.S.-Mexico Higher Education Collaboration: What Does It Take? Eduardo Arellano, New Mexico State University, USA Bridging U.S. and Mexican Education Systems: Cultural Expectations and Learning. Susan Rippberger, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Collaboration Beyond the Borders for Students with Visual Impairments. Jackie Wood, New Mexico State University, USA Considerations about Environmental Education in the Borderland U.S.A.-Mexico: Today’s Ecol ogy as ICT and Tool. Andrés Rodríguez, New Mexico State University, USA Olive Mill Wastewater Treatment. Charles D. Turner, Ed Hamlyn, José Luis Jiménez, Edward Keenan and Brian Valenzuela Thursday March 30, 2006, 12:00 – 13:30 Jueves 30 de marzo del 2006, 12:00 – 13:30 Plenary Session VIII Border Environmental Issues and Water Sharing / Temas del medio ambiente y la compartición del agua en las fronteras Room: Tomás Rivera Conference Center Chair/Moderator: Ed Hamlyn, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Papers: Social Movements and Policy Change in U.S.-Mexico Border Water Management. Stephen P. Mumme, Colorado State University, USA Good Water Neighbors: Developing Cross Border Community Partnerships to Overcome Con flict and Advance Human Security. Gidon Bromberg, Israeli Director, Eco-Peace/Friends of the Earth, Tel-Aviv, Israel Cross Border Networks: the European Ecological Network “Natura 2000.” Carsten Kolbe-Weber, Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, Germany *Note: Plenary Session Includes Lunch *Nota: Sesión Plenaria incluye almuerzo Thursday March 30, 2006, 13:45 – 15:15 Jueves 30 de marzo del 2006, 13:45 – 15:15 Panel IV.8 Community-Scale Cooperative Planning in the Middle East (Session II) / La cooperación entre comunidades en la planeación en el Medio Oriente (Sesión II) Room: University Suite A Chair/Moderator: Irasema Coronado, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Papers: Jordan River Management Options. Santonu Goswami, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA and Amit U. Raysoni, Mumbai Company, India Solid Waste Management in the Northern West Bank. Katherine M. H. Fernald, University of Texas at El Paso, USA; James W. Leathers, University of Texas at El Paso, USA; Vishal Kapoor, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Wadi al-Tin and Wadi Zeimar – a Palestinian Restoration. Nazmul Haque and Rudy Sookbirsingh Panel IV.9 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Canada-U.S. Relations (Session I) / Las relaciones Canadá-Estados Unidos (Sesión I) Templeton Suite A Z. Anthony Kruszewski, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA The Emergence of Cross Border Regions Between Canada and the US: Framework and Key Research Findings. André Dows, Policy Research Initiative, Canada The Emergence of Cross Border Regions Between Canada and the U.S.: Lessons from the Field. Christian Boucher, Policy Research Initiative, Canada Canada-US Relations and the Emergence of Cross Border Regions. Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, University of Victoria on Canada, Canada Panel IV.10 agua en la región Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Water Policy and Management in the Paso del Norte Region / Las políticas y el manejo del Paso del Norte Templeton Suite B Christopher A. Erickson, New Mexico State University, USA Estrategias de gran visión para el abastecimiento y manejo del agua en la frontera norte de México. José María Hinojosa Aguirre, Comision Nacional de Agua, Mexico and Polioptro Martínez Austria, Comision Nacional de Agua, México The Challenges and Opportunities of Binational Water Supply Planning. Karol Parker, El Paso Water Utilities, USA and HéctorGonzález, El Paso Water Utilities, USA El agua como frontera entre México-Estados Unidos: una aproximación histórico-ambientalista. Sandra Bustillos, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Panel IV.11 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Panel IV.12 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Financing, Management and Water Sanitation / El financiamiento, el manejo y el sanea miento del agua Ray Room Jason Ackleson, New Mexico State University, USA Financing Wastewater Treatment: Case Studies on the U.S.-Mexico and Israeli-Palestinian Borders. Christopher Brown, New Mexico State University, USA Paisajes geográfico-espaciales en la sustentabilidad de los recursos de agua transfronterizos. Alfredo Granados, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Remote Sensing Crop Water Use Around the Mexico-U.S. Border Areas. Junning Wang, New Mexico State University, USA Cross Border Cooperation on Water: Canada, Mexico and the U.S. Jürgen Schmandt, The Houston Advanced Research Center, USA Emergency and Environmental Risk Assessment / La evaluación del los riesgos ambientales y de emergencias Elkins Room Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, University of Victoria, Canada Bio-Accessibility of Trace Metals Using Chemical Fractionation and In Vitro Extraction Methods. Juan Pedro Flores, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and Naomi Waissman Assadian, Texas A&M El Paso, USA The Role of International Boundaries in Hazard, Social Vulnerability, and Disaster: A Case Study along the U.S.-Mexico Border. John Tiefenbacher, Texas State University on San Marcos, USA Why Agent Orange Still Matters? Ngocnga Nguyen, University of California, USA A Brief Assessment of U.S. Environmental Policy along the Mexican Border. Oscar Ibañez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Thursday March 30, 2006, 15:30 – 17:00 Jueves 30 de Marzo del 2006, 15:30 – 17:00 Panel IV.13 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Canada-U.S. Relations (Session II) / Las relaciones Canadá-Estados Unidos (Sesión II) Templeton Suite A Taeko Hiroi, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA The Environmental Sector and Canada-U.S. Cross Border Regions. Debora L. VanNijnatten, Policy Research Initiative, Canada The Transportation Sector and Canada-US Cross-Border. Susan E. Clarke, Policy Research Initiative, Canada Panel IV.14 dora Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: The Economic Rise of the Maquiladora Industry / El surgimiento de la industria maquilaRay Room Moira Murphy, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Campus Ciudad Juárez) Globalization and Rising Expectations in Mexico’s Maquiladora Zone. Mark Horowitz, New Mexico State University, USA and Sandra Way, New Mexico State University, USA Comercio ínter industrial de la industria nacional y la industria maquiladora de exportación. Ramsés Jiménez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Las características de la conformación de un territorio innovador: la industria maquiladora electrónica en Baja California. Ruth Vargas, Tecnologico de Tijuana, México Globalization, Maquiladoras and Transnational Identities in El Paso del Norte. Robert Patrick Gun-Cuninghame, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Panel IV.15 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Transborder Marketing: Is It Really an Alternative for Every Country? / La mercadotecnia transfronteriza: ¿Es acaso una alternativa real en todo contexto? Elkins Room Lorenzo Blanco Gonzalez, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA La frontera y la codicia. Enrique Priego, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México Modeling Bi-national Economies. Dennis Soden, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA El comercio interfronterizo en el comercio binacional: El caso de Colombia y los países vecinos. Ricardo Montenegro, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia, Colombia Redes productivas en un espacio asimétrico: Una aproximación teórica en el espacio fronterizo del norte de México. Alfredo Hualde, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Panel IV.16 Room: Chair/Moderator: Papers: Open and Closed Borders 2 / Fronteras abiertas-fronteras cerradas 2 University Suite B Oscar J. Martínez, The University of Arizona, USA The United States Border Security Policy: Fact, Fallacy, Fantasy. Edward J. Williams, Arizona University, USA The Determinants of Open and Closed Borders. Charles R. Boehmer, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA and Sergio Peña, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Border Closing and Border Liberalization in Hong Kong in the 1950s and After 1997. Alan Smart, University of Calgary, Canada Transborder Economic Migrations from the Post-Soviet Union countries to Poland. Miroslaw Bieniecki, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Round Table I Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Community-level Cooperation on Environmental Issues / Cooperación en la comunidad Israelí-Palestina y Jordana en temas de medio ambiente Barry Room Gidon Bromberg, Israeli Director, Eco-Peace/Friends of the Earth, Tel-Aviv, Israel Ms. Yael Shaltieli, Mayor, of Beit She’an Regional Council, Israel Nader Saleem Al-Khateeb, Palestinian Director, Eco-Peace/Friends of the Earth, Bethle- Room: Chair/Moderator: hem, Palestine Munqeth Mehyar, Chairman, Eco-Peace/Friends of the Earth, Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Hassan S. I. (Saleh) Hussein, Mayor, Jericho, Palestine Mahmoud Ahmad Ahmad Abujaber, Mayor, Mua’z Bin Jabal Municipality, North Shouneh, Jordan Wajdy Abdelhameed Ali Masaadeh, Mayor, Tabket Fahel Municipality, Jordan Round Table K Room: Chair/Moderator: Plan Estratégico de Juárez Mexico/Strategic Plan-Juarez México Smiley Room Hector Padilla, Universidad Autonóma de Ciudad Juárez , México Lucinda Vargas, Plan Estrategico de Juárez A. C., México Dr. César Fuentes, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México Xóchitl Díaz, Delphi Corporation, México Katie Updike, Building Solutions, México Francisco Llera Pacheco, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México CIUDAD JUAREZ TOURIST INFORMATION PAQUIME— Located in the beautiful valley of Nuevo Casas Grandes. This amazing pre-Hispanic city of amazing urbanization is the most important archaeological site of the Northern México. This civilization bloomed between 900 and 1200. For its historical importance, Paquimé was recently named Cultural Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO, in a ceremony that attracted visitors worldwide. When the Spaniards first arrived at these lands, the city was almost 200 years old. Their buildings consisted until of five floors, with alcoves and interior stairs. This site is characterized by its doors in form of “T”, its system of supplying and distribution of water, as well as by the production of exquisite multi-formed poly-chrome pottery. HISTORICAL ART MUSEUM — This museum was established in 1964. The design of the enclosure was done by the recognized Mexican Architect Pedro Ramirez Vázquez. This collection contains more representations of Mexican Plastic Work and features the biggest variation of artists in our century than any other collection in Mexico. This collection also contains more archaeological pieces representational of the national culture than any of its kind. This fine museum serves a frame for cultural events, like book presentations and conferences with exhibitors that are recognized worldwide. HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF THE CUSTOMS HOUSE— This museum is located with in one of the oldest sectors in Juárez. The buildings itself is one of the oldest and represents the traditional architecture. It was constructed at the end of the XIX century and it was inaugurated September the 10th of 1889. It is of French style and it was occupied many years by the U.S. Customs and Border Agency. In this museum the interview between the Presidents of Mexico and the United States, Porfirio Diaz and William Taft, to deal with the subjects of bi-national interests, such as the return of the territory known as the Chamizal tract in October of 1909. Also remembered here, 17 May of 1911, the resignation of Porfirio Diaz after the taking of the City Juárez by the revolutionary army commanded by Francisco I. Madero. ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM—This museum is located in the interior of the Chamizal Park. Count with great delight, the amount of original pieces depicting various Hispanic Cultures and the rest of Mexico’s history. CHAMIZAL PARK— The Chamizal Treaty of 1963 was a milestone in diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States. Chamizal National Memorial was established to commemorate this treaty which resulted in the peaceful settlement of a century-long boundary dispute between the neighboring countries. Far more than mere acreage, Chamizal is an idea, a dynamic process, dedicated to furthering the spirit of understanding and goodwill between two nations that share one border. The settlement of the Chamizal dispute one of the rare instances where boundary disputes that was settled peacefully.