^aUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, CA

Abstract

The coming together of Latin American Studies and Latino Studies is a growing trend on university campuses, partly reflecting an attempt to better understand social processes of globalization and migration. Yet, there are real tensions between the fields due to differences in origins, degree of interdiscliplinarity, and epistemology. One way to bridge the academic gaps may be through tethering such programs in the sort of community accountability called for by Juan Flores, Antonia Darder, Rudy Torres, and others. This article reviews one such attempt through a community–university partnership that for six years brought together activists from Latin American and US Latino communities. We discuss the impacts this projects had on both the activists and their academic partners.