DR. MINTZI AUANDA MARTÍNEZ-RIVERA Sociology Department Providence College C:787-420-0519 O:401-865-1978 [email protected] EDUCATION 2014 2009 2007 2004

Dual Ph.D. in Anthropology and Folklore, Indiana University, Bloomington. M.A. in Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington. M.A. in Folklore, Indiana University, Bloomington. B.A. in History, Magna Cum Laude, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2018-present 2017-2018

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Sociology Department, Providence College. Visiting Researcher, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, Bloomington. Visiting Scholar, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Bloomington. Visiting Assistant Professor, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Bloomington. Interim Associate Director, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Bloomington. Associate Instructor, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Bloomington.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS Latin/o America, P’urhépecha culture, indigenous youth culture, indigenous popular culture, expressive cultural practices, Critical Indigenous and Anti-Oppressive research methods, and cultural transformations. PUBLICATIONS Book Manuscripts in progress

From Rituals to Popular Culture: Indigenous Youth and the Transformation of Indigenous Cultures Book proposal sent to The Ohio State University Press for Global Latin/o American Book Series.

Edited Volumes in progress

Critical Folkloristics: Critical and Ethical Approaches for the 21st Century. Co-Edited with Solimar Otero.

Journal Articles in progress

“Historical Transformations of the Tembuchakua: An Ethnohistorical-Ethnographic Analysis of the P’urhépecha Wedding from La Relación De Michoacán to the Present.” To be sent for review to the Journal Ethnohistory.

2014

‘De El Costumbre al Rock’: Rock Indígena and Being Indigenous in 21st Century Mexico. Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies. 9:3, 272-292.

2012

Food for Decoration: An Ethnographic Note on Semana Santa in the P’urhépecha Community of Santo Santiago de Angahuan, Michoacán, México. Digest, A Journal of Foodways and Culture. Fall 2012. Vol. 1. http://digest.champlain.edu/vol1/rn1_1.html

2004

“Sagas, Laws, and Feuds: Keys to understanding Medieval Iceland.” Contornos. 18: 48-54.

2003

“Soldadera, líder de familia, testigo de una revolución: La Mujer en la Revolución Mexicana, 1910-1920.” Contornos. 17: 42-49.

Book Chapters Accepted

“Conducting Research in a Conflict Zone: Cultural Practices, Drug Wars and State Violence in Michoacán, México” For publication in Critical Folkloristics: Critical and Ethical Approaches for the 21st Century. Edited by Solimar Otero and Mintzi Martinez-Rivera.

Accepted

“(Re)Imagining Indigenous Popular Culture” For publication in Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture, edited by Domino Perez and Rachel Gonzalez-Martin. Expected publication, October 2018.

Co-Writen Pieces in progress

“Introduction.” Critical Folkloristics: Critical and Ethical Approaches for the 21st Century. With Solimar Otero.

2017

“Introduction” Poder y Cultura: Latinx Folklore and Popular Culture. With Solimar Otero. Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. 2:1

Special Issues Journals 2017

Co-Editor with Solimar Otero, Poder y Cultura: Latino/a Folklore and Popular Culture, Special Issue, Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. 2:1

Book Reviews 2016

Open Your Heart: Religion and Cultural Poetics of Greater Mexico. By David P. Sandell. 2015. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. http://www.jfr.indiana.edu/review.php?id=1902.

2014

Singing for the Dead: The Politics of Indigenous Revival in Mexico. By Faudree, Paja. 2013. Durham: Duke University Press. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. http://www.jfr.indiana.edu/review.php?id=1565.

2012

Embodying Mexico: Tourism, Nationalism & Performance. By Hellier-Tinoco, Ruth. 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/review.php?id=1322.

2010

The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City. By César Miguel Rondón. Translated by Frances R. Aparicio and Jackie White. 2008. Chapel Hill: M. Martínez-Rivera

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University of North Carolina Press. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/review.php?id=662. 2008

From Quebradita to Duranguense: Dance in Mexican Youth Culture. By Sydney Hutchinson. 2007. Tuscan: University of Arizona Press. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/review.php?id=549.

2007

Afro-Cuban Tales: Cuentos Negros De Cuba. By Lydia Cabrera. Translated by Alberto Hernández-Chiroldes and Lauren Yoder. 2004. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/review.php?id=226.

Encyclopedia Entries 2012

“Jan Gerard Palm”; “Nemours Jean Baptiste”; “Webert Sicot”; “Lord Kitchener”; “Mighty Sparrow”. Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico en Línea. Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. http://www.enciclopediapr.org/esp/section.cfm?cat=53.

Internet Publications 2007

Biography “Father of Mexican Anthropology: Manuel Gamio (1883-1960).” In Sociocultural Theory in Anthropology http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/theory_pages/Gamio.htm. Posted on March 2, 2007.

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS, AND HONORS 2018 2017 2016 2016 2014 2014 2013 2012 2011 2011 2011 2009 2008 2008

Conference Travel Grant, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Gerald L. Davis Fund Travel Grant, American Folklore Society. Faculty Recognition, Herbert Presidential Scholars, Indiana University. Emerging Scholar Award, Latino Faculty and Staff Council, Indiana University. Postdoctoral Fellowship-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (declined) Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico. Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia. Graduate Student Conference Travel Award, College Arts and Humanities Institute, Indiana University. Program Award for the César E. Chavez Undergraduate Research Symposium in Latino Studies, Latino Faculty and Staff Council, Indiana University. Gerald L. Davis Fund Travel Grant, American Folklore Society. Grant-in-Aid of Doctoral Research, University Graduate School, Indiana University. Latin American Fellowship, General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) of Indiana and the Office of Vice President for International Affairs, Indiana University. Honorable Mention List- Dissertation Competition, Ford Foundation Fellowship Program for Minorities, Ford Foundation, Washington, DC. Richard Dorson Dissertation Award, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University. Summer Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs & University Graduate School, Indiana University. Skomp Research Feasibility Award, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University. M. Martínez-Rivera

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Student Travel Award, American Folklore Society. Tinker Field Research Grant, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indiana University. Summer International Enhancement Grant, Office of International Programs, Indiana University. Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for P’urhépecha, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indiana University. Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, Department of Education, United States. Educational Opportunity Fellowship, Graduate School, Indiana University. Honorable Mention List-Pre-Doctoral Competition, Ford Foundation Fellowship Program for Minorities, Ford Foundation, Washington, DC.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2005-Present

Mexico Ethnographic and archival research in indigenous communities in Michoacán, Mexico: Angahuan (2006-present), San Juan Nuevo (2005-2006).

Summer 2012

Malaysia Interdisciplinary and Multinational Research Summer Program conducting research in Indigenous communities in Sarawak, Malaysia (Native American Research Lab-University of Montana, AGEP-Indiana University, NSF, Sarawak Biodiversity Foundation, and Universiti Teknologi Mara).

INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATIONS 2016

The Mintzi Auanda Martinez-Rivera collection from Angahuan, Michoacán, México. Personal Ethnographic Research Collection from Michoacán, Mexico [Video, Audio, Interview Transcripts, Field Notes, Photographs]. Added to the Collections of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. https://lccn.loc.gov/2016655322

2011

Visiting Researcher. El Colegio de Michoacán, Michoacán, México.

PRESENTATIONS Invited Talks 2017 2017 2017 2017

“P’urhépecha Cultural Practices in a Time of Violence.” Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin. “Indigenous Youth Culture in Mexico: Hamac Caziim, Sak Tzevul and the Indigenous Rock Movement.” Trinity University, San Antonio. “How I Became a Latina.” Keynote for the Latino/Latin American Expo: A Celebration of the Arts. Organized by Paso a Paso, Indiana University, Bloomington. “(Re)Imagining Indigenous Popular Culture.” First Nations Education and Cultural Center Brown Bag Series, Indiana University, Bloomington. M. Martínez-Rivera

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“Las transformaciones socio-culturales: una aproximación desde los rituales de boda en Santo Santiago de Angahuan.” Grupo Kw’aniskuyarhani de Estudiosos del Pueblo Purépecha, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México. “Cultura popular indígena: estilo y creatividad en las culturas de los jóvenes indígenas del siglo 21.” Seminario Permanente sobre el Pensamiento Antropológico, Centro de Estudios Antropológicos at El Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora, Michoacán, México. “Cultura popular indígena: estilo y creatividad en las culturas de los jóvenes indígenas del siglo 21.” Instituto de Investigaciónes Históricas at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México. “Las transformaciones socio-culturales: una aproximación desde los rituales de boda en Santo Santiago de Angahuan.” Instituto de Investigaciónes Históricas at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México. “Semana Santa en la comunidad P’urhépecha de Santo Santiago de Angahuan.” Invited presentation for panel Holy Week: Two Continents at Oberlin College, Ohio. “Following the Confetti Trail: Three Distinct Ritual Forms in P’urhépecha Culture,” Latino Studies Brown Bag Series, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University. “The Kanaani and the Social Reconfiguration of Families During the Wedding in Angahuan, Michoacán, México,” Mujeres Latinas Brown Bag Series. Indiana University.

Conferences 2018 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016

2015 2015 2014

“P’urhépecha Youth Culture and the Creation of P’urhépecha Cultures,” Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Annual Meeting. “Prácticas socio-culturales P’urhepecha en tiempos de violencia,” III Congreso Internacional de Antropología AIBR, Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red y la Universidad de Guadalajara-Centro Universitario de la Costa, Jalisco, México. “P’urhépecha Cultural Practices in a Time of Violence,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Forum “Precarity, (In)Visibility, and Inclusion: A Conversation on Privilege Within Our Own Ranks,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. “Kúrpites, Pastorelas y el ser joven en una comunidad P’urhépecha,” Quinta Conferencia sobre Etnicidad, Raza y Pueblos Indígenas, Michoacán, México. Roundtable “Discussing Latina/o Impacts and Contributions to American Folklore Futures,” Conference on the Future of American Folkloristics, Indiana University, Bloomington. “Kurpites and Pastorelas: Two examples of Youth Culture and Youth Participation in Angahuan,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Forum “Race and Racialization of Folklore Practice,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. “Indigenous Popular Culture: Style and Creativity in 21st Century Indigenous Culture,” First Annual Symposium on Indigenous Languages and Cultures of Latin America and Third Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America, The Ohio State University. “Following the Confetti Trail: Three Distinct Ritual Forms in P’urhépecha Culture,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. “The Papu Uarhani: Performing Blackness in the P’urhépecha Wedding,” Latin American Studies Association Annual Meeting. “Decolonizing Folklore: Latino/Latin American Folkloristics in/for the 21st Century,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. M. Martínez-Rivera

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“Transformación Histórica De La Tembuchakua: Un Análisis Etnohistórico-Etnográfico De La Boda P’urhépecha Desde La Relación De Michoacán Al Presente,” Latin American Studies Association Annual Meeting. “Uarhota, Kurpites y Pastorelas: Rituales de Cortejo y Cultura Juvenil en Angahuan,” Tercera Conferencia Etnicidad, Raza y Pueblos Indígenas, Oaxaca, México. “Customizing the Miskuani: Transformation in the P’urhépecha Wedding in the Community of Santo Santiago de Angahuan, Michoacán, México,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. “‘De El Costumbre al Rock’: Rock Indígena and the Mexican ‘Multicultural Nation’”, Second Conference on Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean, University of California, San Diego. “Food for Decoration: Semana Santa in the P’urhépecha community of Santo Santiago de Angahuan,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. “Miskuani: The Performance of Social Networks in the P’urhépecha Wedding,” American Anthropology Association Annual Meeting. “Getting Married in Angahuan: The Miskuani and the Socio-Cultural Transformation and Continuity of the P’urhépecha Culture,” Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin America Program, Indiana University. “Rompiendo/creando paradigmas: Rock indígena y el ser indígena en el México del Siglo 21,” Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting. “P’urhépecha Jimbo: Manteniendo el idioma a través de la educación, radio e Internet,” First Biennial Symposium on Teaching Indigenous Languages of Latin America, Indiana University. “Bailándole al Santito: Rethinking Identity in the Town of San Juan Nuevo, Michoacán,” Tepoztlán Institute for Transnational History of the Americas, Tepoztlán, Morelos, México. “The Game of Uarhukua as a subversive rite of passage,” Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium, Indiana University. “Prohibido Olvidar: Salsa as Commemorative Song,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. “Re-Thinking Tradition While Conducting Research in Indigenous Communities in Michoacán México,” Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium, Indiana University. “Dancing Spaces: Salsa and the (Re)Affirmation of Personal Cultural Identity,” Folklore and Ethnomusicology Graduate Student Conference, Indiana University. “Bailándole al Santito: La Manda en la Iglesia del Señor de los Milagros en San Juan Nuevo,” Latin American Studies Association Conference. “A crash-course in Latin American Folkloristics,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting.

Guest Lectures 2018 2017 2017

“The Indigenous Rock Movement in Mexico,” Race in America, Anthropology and Sociology Department, Trinity University. “Indigenous Youth Culture in Mexico: Hamac Caziim, Sak Tzevul and the Indigenous Rock Movement,” Race and Ethnic Relations, Sociology and History Department, Concordia University Texas. “Youth Culture and Ritual Violence,” Latino Gangs and Cartels: Crime, Culture, and Social Networks, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University-Bloomington. M. Martínez-Rivera

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2016 2012 2011 2010 2010 2008

“Youth Culture in Angahuan,” Folklore of Latin America, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University-Bloomington. “Indigenous Rock and the Mexican Multicultural Nation,” Folklore of Latin America, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University-Bloomington. “Ethnographic Research and Fieldwork in an Indigenous community.” Ethnographic Methods in Language and Literacy Education, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. “Investigación de campo y el trabajo etnográfico,” Investigación en Consejería, School of Education, Department of Graduate Studies, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. “Un ejemplo de investigación etnográfica,” Diseños de Investigación Cualitativa, School of Education, Department of Graduate Studies, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. “Usos culturales de la comunicación y métodos de investigación,” Seminario Cultura y Comunicación, Universidad Interamericana para el Desarrollo (consorcio Anahuac), México.

TEACHING EXPERINCE Courses Taught Indiana University-Bloomington Introduction to Latino Studies, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017 Introduction to Latino History, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Fall 2016, Spring 2017 Latino Folklore, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015 Latino Youth Culture: Deviance, Creativity and Folklore, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Spring 2016. Latino Youth & Urban Folklore, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015 Heritage & Cultural Diversity in Oaxaca, Mexico (Associate Instructor), Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Summer 2010. Teaching Awards 2011 2011

Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship (Declined), University Graduate School, Indiana University. Assistant Instructor Teaching Award, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University.

Training and Workshops 2014-2016

Latino Studies Faculty Learning Community. Latino Studies Program, Indiana University. M. Martínez-Rivera

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2010

Teaching Anthropology. Department of Anthropology, Indiana University.

MENTORING EXPERIENCE 2015-2016

Faculty Mentor, Graduate Mentoring Center, The University Graduate School, Indiana University.

Undergraduate Students Mary Estrada (Class 2015) Abimael Gonzalez (Class 2017) Ireri Perez (Class 2016) Claudia Viloria (Class 2016) Graduate Students Nana Amoah, African and African American Diaspora Studies (Graduated 2016) Gabriel Escobedo, Anthropology Department Stephanie Huezo, History Department Eric Cesar Morales, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology (Graduated 2018) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE United States 2015-present 2013 2010-13 2010 2006-08

Member Editorial Board, Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. Review Panelist, Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Fellowship. Pennsylvania Council of the Arts. Convener, Latino/a, Latin American and Caribeño Section, American Folklore Society. Presenter, Mexico Program, Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Smithsonian, Washington, DC. Junior-Convener, Latino/a, Latin American and Caribeño Section, American Folklore Society.

México 2018 2017 2017

Commentator/Discussant, Panel Presentation La temática Purepecha, los medios digitales y la Internet. Grupo Kw’aniskuyarhani. Pátzcuaro, Michoacán. Commentator, Book Presentation, Celebración, Identidad y Conflicto: El Concurso de Zacán y el Año Nuevo de los Purépecha de Michoacán, by Lorena Ojeda Dávila. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Morelia, Michoacán. Panelist “Adaptacion y Cambio Cultural” in Primer Foro de Comunidades Originarias Migrantes de Michoacán. Secretaria del Migrante de Michoacán, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Morelia, Michoacán.

Indiana University, Bloomington 2018

Judge, Dávila Award, Best Undergraduate Student Essay Competition, Latino Studies Program. M. Martínez-Rivera

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2017 2017 2016 2016 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014-2017 2012-2014 2013 2012 2012 2012 2007-2008 2006-2007 2005-2006 2005-2006 2005-2006 2004-2005 2004-2005

Panelist, On Advocacy and Activism, organized by CommUnity Education Program. Moderator, Public Forum on The Politics of Immigration Enforcement, organized by Students Against State Violence and the UndocuHoosier Alliance-Bloomington. Co-organizer, Latin American Indigenous Film Series, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin America Project. Workshop facilitator, Starting your Research: Workshop on the First Stages of Research, Professional Development Series for Undergraduate Students: Research and Presentations, La Casa-Latino Cultural Center. Workshop facilitator, Pre-Dissertation Fellowships and Grants, Surviving and Thriving: Minority Graduate Student Professionalization Series, Latino Studies Program, La CasaLatino Cultural Center and Emissaries for Diversity-University Graduate School. Mock class, The Road to College, special class for Minority High School students, La Casa-Latino Cultural Center. Mock class, The Road to College, special class for Latino Middle School students, La Casa-Latino Cultural Center. Mock class, Para Mi Familia: Latino Parents Weekend, La Casa-Latino Cultural Center. Chair, Organizing Committee, César E. Chávez Undergraduate Research Symposium, Latino Studies Program. Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, César E. Chávez Undergraduate Research Symposium, Latino Studies Program. Panelist: Publications & Authorship, Responsible Conduct of Research Series, University Graduate School, Poynter Center, Research Ethics, Education & Policy, Office of Research Compliance, Vice President for Research. Panelist: Peer Review, Responsible Conduct of Research Series, University Graduate School, Poynter Center, Research Ethics, Education & Policy, Office of Research Compliance, Vice President for Research. Discussant for panel “Native American Identities and Politics,” 2012 Paul Lucas Conference in History. Workshop facilitator, Creating Your Idea, AGEP Grant Writing Workshop for Native Americans/ Indigenous Students, University Graduate School. Student Representative, Latino Studies Board. Co-Chair, International Latin American Students Association. Co-Chair, Latin@ Graduate Students Association. Secretary, International Latin American Student Association. Chair, Organizing Committee, Pushing Boundaries: Extreme Folklore and Ethnomusicology Graduate Student Conference, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Office Manager, Trickster Press, Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology. Secretary, Folklore Student Association.

Book and Manuscript Reviewing 2018 2017 2016

Article for Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, Indiana University Book Manuscript for Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Press, Michoacán, México. Article for Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, Indiana University.

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Outreach Activities 2017 2015 2013 2007

Radio interview. “Radio Mujer Digital.” Austin, Texas. Radio interview. “Hola Bloomington.” WFHB Radio, Bloomington, Indiana. Radio interview. “Hola Bloomington.” WFHB Radio, Bloomington, Indiana. Interviewed for documentary film New Tricks, 90 min, Color, 2008. Directed by Federico Hidalgo, Produced by Another City (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).

LANGUAGES Spanish (native), English (fluent), Portuguese (intermediate), P’urhépecha (basic). PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Folklore Society-Lifetime Member (Latino/a, Latinoamericano/a and Caribeño/a Section; Chicano/a Section). American Anthropological Association (Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology; Association for Latino and Latina Anthropologists). Latin American Studies Association (Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples of Latin America Group, Latino Studies Section). Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (Abya Yala Working Group) Grupo Kw’anískuyarhani de Estudiosos del Pueblo Purépecha. Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red (AIBR)

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