Faculty Research Grant

Palenquera vending fruit in Cartagena / photo by Maria Fernanda Escallón.

Palenqueras and the Trap of Visibility

By Maria Fernanda Escallón, Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology

Author
Maria Fernanda Escallón
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Elena Perez, one of the women leaders of the Cacao Cooperative in the community.

Decolonizing Knowledge: Caribbean Women Healers Project

by Alaí Reyes-Santos, Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, and 
Ana-Maurine Lara, Assistant Professor, Department of  Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Author
Alaí Reyes-Santos
Ana-Maurine Lara
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Angela Joya

Political Economy of the Middle East: A Conversation with Angela Joya

Interviewed by Michelle McKinley, CSWS Director and Professor, School of Law, and Alice Evans, CSWS Managing Editor 

 With a new book forthcoming from Cambridge University Press, Angela Joya is pressing forward with more projects focused on the Middle East and North Africa. An assistant professor in the UO Department of International Studies, Joya was born in Afghanistan, lived for twelve years as a refugee in Pakistan, and immigrated with her family to Canada when she was sixteen.

Q :Tell us about your book project.  

Author
Michelle McKinley
Alice Evans
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Workers at a compliant factory that has met all safety checks after the 2013 industrial accident. Line supervisor is on the far left.

After Work: Female Workers in the Garment Industry in Bangladesh

An anthropological study of female workers in the global apparel industry in Bangladesh uncovers a zero-sum game. Aged out by 40 with worn-out bodies and younger workers ready to take their place, women often have little or no savings to sustain them.

by Lamia Karim, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

Author
Lamia Karim
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
The regime promoted new lab-born products, like Galbani cheese, to expectant mothers /  photo provided by Diana Garvin.

Food Under Fascism

by Diana Garvin, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages 

Author
Diana Garvin
Publication Year
2020
Publication type
Annual Review