This four-volume book series reflects on how the arts have contributed to building processes of destigmatization around the world of cannabis in North America.
Book Launch Event
- When: 10am-2pm (MTN) Tuesday 11 March 2025
- Where: Room 2000, Student Commons Building, CU Denver
- Event is in-person and virtual. Visit this link to RSVP and receive the Zoom link
- Lunch at 1215pm for in-person attendees
Program
10-1010am, Introductions: Welcome and background details by Aaraón and Marty. We express our thanks to the sponsors (Office of Access and Campus Engagement, Anthropology, Communication, GES, History, Political Science and Sociology), and to the food caterers
1010-1115am, Presentations by Volume 1 Authors
- Víctor López García, “Terraza Weera, Building a Gardening and Cannabis Culture from the Global South,” (“Terraza Weera, construcción de una jardinería y una cultura cannábicas desde el Sur global”) SPANISH
- Estefanía Millán, Monserrat Angulo and Rebeca Soto, “Women Forging Joints, Forging Struggles: The Feminist Cannabis Network Breaking Stigmas through Art and Culture,” (Mujeres Forjando Porros Forjando Luchas: la red feminista cannábica que rompe estigmas a través del arte y la cultura) SPANISH
- Marty Otañez “’It Was Two Puffs, Your Honor, but I Didn’t Inhale’: Interview with Danny Stange, Cannabis and Community Leader” (“Fueron dos bocanadas, señoría, pero no inhalé”: Entrevista con Danny Stange, líder comunitario y del cannabis”) SPANISH
- Homero Mendoza Sánchez, “La resistencia a través de la oralidad y las artes: las narrativas en torno a las y los activistas de la marihuana en América del Norte” (Resistance through Orality and the Arts: Narratives Surrounding Marijuana Activists in North America) and, “Vivir la Ciudad: jóvenes cannábicos en el arte y el espacio público” (Living the City: Young Cannabis Users in Art and Public Space) SPANISH
1115am-1215pm, Presentations by Volume 2 Authors
- Moisés Curiel Sedeño, “Normalization of Cross-border Cannabis Consumption at the Tijuana-San Diego Border” (Normalización del consumo trasfronterizo de cannabis en la frontera Tijuana-San Diego) ENGLISH
- Scott Holmquist, “Hyper-situated in a War of Position: Ennobling Outlaw Grower Lives with Exclusive Art” (“Hiperubicado en una Guerra de posiciones: ennoblecedor cultivador ilegal vive con arte exclusive”) ENGLISH
- Emiliano Reyes Ramos, “Museological Proposal for Cannabis in Mexico” (Propuesta museológica de la cannabis en México) SPANISH
1215pm-1230pm: Lunch
1230pm-115pm, Presentations by Volume 3 Authors
- Roberto Jones “Cannabis-Infused Postmodern Narratives on American Television” (Narrativas posmodernas con cannabis en la televisión estadounidense) ENGLISH
- Francisco Servín “Conceptualization of an Urban Intervention Based on the Negative Image of Cannabis Consumers in Mexico” (Conceptualización de una intervención urbana con base en la imagen negativa del consumidor de cannabis en México) ENGLISH
- Lia Berman, “Photo Essay: Green Leaf, White Background. Weed-Related Stigma in Cannabis Book Covers” (Ensayo fotográfico: Hoja verde, fondo blanco. El estigma relacionado con la marihuana en las portadas de libros sobre cannabis) ENGLISH
115pm-150pm, Presentations by Volume 4 Authors
- Tlaloc Humberto Mata Zamora “Marijuana and Cypress Hill: Normalization and Destigmatization of Cannabis Consumption in the United States” (Marihuana y Cypress Hill: normalización y desestigmatización del consumo de cannabis en Estados Unidos”) ENGLISH
- Hugo Alberto Guadarrama Sanchéz “Asymmetries of Cannabis Discourse in North America: A Struggle that Continues” (Asimetrías del discurso cannábico en Norteamérica: una lucha que continua”) SPANISH
150pm-2pm, Closing comments and new directions in arts-based cannabis research by Aaraón and Marty
