I am a cultural anthropologist with a regional specialization in Latin America. I have conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in rural Chile. My scholarly interests include: economic anthropology, political ecology, community resource management, identity, social memory, globalization, and migration. I am currently working on a new project that is studying the disease burden of tuberculosis in migrant communities along the U.S-Mexico border.
Office Hours Mon & Wed 12:30-1:30, Tues & Thurs 11:00-12:00 or by appointment in SB 100F (inside the archaeology lab)
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316 Exploring World Cultures: The Immigrant Experience
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Linkages of Sustainability edited by Thomas E. Graedel and Ester van der Voet, Human Ecology (published online November 9, 2011)
Review of Capitalizing on Catastrophe: Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction edited by Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller, Human Ecology 38(2): 313-316 (2010)
Review of Stories of Globalization: Transnational Corporations, Resistance, and the State by Alessandro Bonanno and Douglas H. Constance, Culture & Agriculture 32(2): 103-104 (2009)
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Paper: "After 'Shock': Disaster Capitalism Discourse and Counter-Discourse Following the 2010 Earthquakes in Chile and Haiti" American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Montreal, Nov. 20, 2011 (Session Chair: "Local Voices and Enduring Legacies Within Chile's Neoliberal State")
Paper: "A Bi-national Study of TB among Migrant Workers in Arizona and Sonora" Society for Applied Anthropology
annual meeting,
Seattle, March 30, 2011 (Session: "TB among Migrants in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands")
Paper: "A Bi-National Assessment of the Disease Burden of Tuberculosis in Migrant Communities in Arizona and Sonora" American Anthropological Association annual meeting, New Orleans, Nov. 21, 2010 (Session: "Methods and Motives for Collaborative Research: Reflections from the Field")
Paper: "From Taking Credit to Owning Up: Considering the Crisis in Chile" AAA annual meeting, Philadelphia, Dec. 2, 2009 (Session: "Engaging the State: Ethnographic Perspectives from Latin America")
Paper: "Environmental Justice Ethnography in the Classroom" Society for Applied Anthropology
annual meeting,
Santa Fe NM, March 21, 2009 (Session: "Environmental Justice and Community Responses")
Discussant: "Local Identity, Neoliberalism, and the Regulation of Natural Resources in Chile" session, AAA annual meeting,
San Francisco CA, November 21, 2008
Paper: "Immigration Trends and Issues in North Carolina"
Society for Applied Anthropology annual
meeting,
Memphis TN, March 27, 2008
(Session: "The Face of Neoliberalism in America")
Paper: “Reflections on Ethnographic Fieldwork and Ecological Resilience"
AAA annual meeting, Washington DC, Dec. 1, 2007 (Chair: “Comparative Case Studies in Ecological Consciousness, Class Inequality, and Reflections on Resilience” session)
Paper: "Revolution, Repression, and Remembrance in Chile: The Films of Patricio Guzman and What They Offer Cultural Anthropology", AAA annual meeting, San Jose CA, Nov. 17, 2006 (Session: "Information Wars: Propaganda, Conflict, and Hegemonic
Struggle")
Co-organizer & Co-chair: "Origins and Expressions of Neoliberalism in Latin America: A Comparative
Approach" session at the SfAA annual meeting,
Vancouver BC, March 29, 2006 (Paper: " 'Lost In
Transition' In Chile: Matters of Growth With(out) Equity from Pinochet to 'The Third Way' ")
Organizer & Chair: "Neoliberalism in Place, Identities in Places: Political Economy of Space and Culture
in Chile" session at the AAA annual meeting, Washington DC, Dec. 4, 2005
(Paper: "Cultural History 'Written in the Margins': Spatialized Identity in Development
Discourse")
Organizer & Chair: "Chile in Transition: Social Change, Critical Questions" session at the SfAA annual meeting,
Santa Fe NM, April 9, 2005
(Paper: "The Diligence of 'La Guerra
Bruta ' and the Persistence of Memory: Continuity of the State and Discontinuities of Development in Rural
Chile")
Curriculum Vitae
Contact me
at:
alexanderwATuncw.edu