The forum for inter-american research (fiar) is the official electronic journal of the International Association of Inter-American Studies (IAS). fiar was established by the American Studies Program at Bielefeld University in 2008. We foster a dialogic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Americas. fiar is a peer-reviewed online journal. Articles in this journal undergo a double-blind review process and are published in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. We do not charge readers or institutions for full text access. In addition to written work we also publish selected audiovisual material of conference presentations, keynotes, and video features. The editorial board consists of a broad range of international scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.

Current Issue

Vol. 16.1 (Jun. 2023) Dancing with the World, Magicking Life Download a pdf of the complete issue here. Paola María Marugán Ricart, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Xochimilco, México: Introducción: Bailar con el mundo, estrategias para magiar la vida Damiana Bregalda, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brasil: Cosmocoreografias: políticas do mover e aldear o chão Benedita Esteves, Universidade Federal do Acre, Brasil Dinis Zanotto, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: Forró: dançar encantos para transfigurar existências seringueiras na Amazônia acreana Alysson Amancio de Souza, Universidade Regional do Cariri – URCA, Brasil: Danças interioranas cearenses: construindo outros modos de ser e estar no mundo Ludmilla Almeida: Video “Performance Marés” Thaynã…

Journal’s Archive

2022 Vol. 15 No. 2 (Dec. 2022): Struggles over Mining and Territory in Latin America Vol. 15 No. 1 (Sep. 2022): Entanglements and Interdependencies in the Americas: Perspectives form the Carib – Kalinago – Garifuna People 2021 Vol. 14 No. 2 (Nov. 2021): Imaginaries of Home in the Caribbean Diaspora and the Americas Vol. 14 No. 1 (Feb. 2021): Technologies and Social Change in the Americas 2020 Vol. 13 No. 3 (Dec. 2020): 100th anniversary of the death of Max Weber: Commemoration from the Americas Vol. 13 No. 2 (Jul. 2020): Cine InterAmericano: (des)conexiones por, en y a través del cine en las Américas Vol. 13 No. 1 (Mar. 2020):…

Videos

I Live for Art – An Ecocide Romance Esther Figueroa, Vagabond Media/Jamaica Blood is Money, Blood is Race, Blood is Sex: Using the Vampire to Challenge Sexual Norms in Caribbean Literature. Giselle Anatol, University of Kansas Inter-American Studies: Why and Whither? Josef Raab, University of Duisburg-Essen “The boiled-down juice of human living” – The Anthropological Fieldwork of Zora Neale Hurston Sandra Becker, Paul Franke & Florian Reschke, Universität Bielefeld Chicana Futurism Michelle Habell-Pallán, Washington, Seattle The Urban Southwest: The New American Gateway Alan H. Lessoff, Illinois State University La justicia indígena en el Ecuador. Entrevista a Nina Pacari (Quito) Christian Büschges, Universität Bern A Whiter Shade of Transnationalism: Diaspora and…