Anthropologists of Latin America (SLACA)
A starter pack of members of SLACA (the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, a section of the AAA) and other anthropologists working in the region. Learn more about SLACA here: slaca.americananthro.org
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@csammells.bsky.social
@alana-ackerman.bsky.social
Phd candidate, sociocultural anthropology, critical refugee studies, migration, violence, war, intimacy, the law, disability.
@nogodnomaster.bsky.social
Anthropologist • Researcher • Writer • Educator • Organizer Fascinated by it all Research on state violence, surveillance, mobility, migration, and and movements
@jpfeldman.bsky.social
assistant professor of anthropology at Metropolitan State University of Denver. politics, museums, Peru, Latin America. Memories before the State/Cuando el Estado elabora el pasado. mostly teaching now. 🏳️🌈 he/him
@anthropologist.bsky.social
Dad, husband, anthropologist, gamer Historical memory activism in Guatemala K'iche' revitalization
@doctorgrayduck.bsky.social
Anthropologist Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Angeles Honorary Research Associate, University of Manchester
@archaeoguy.bsky.social
Archaeologist of food, specifically Ecuador and Peru. Canadian unfortunately living in Texas. he/they
@ronwater.bsky.social
Retired professor of anthropology, Queens College, CUNY. Lives in Oaxaca, Mexico. Political economy of indigenous peasantry, Oaxaca, Latin America.
@bairdcampbell.bsky.social
He/him - Communications Professional, Erstwhile anthropologist of queer social media, polyglot, lover of spreadsheets, projectionist/film weirdo. Ask me about my radical gay agenda! Bairdcampbell.com
@rahorowitz.bsky.social
anthropological archaeologist at WSU | Maya archaeology | lithic technology | views are my own | she/her
@rajoyce.bsky.social
Archaeologist, anthropologist, once upon a time blogger. Author “The Future of Nuclear Waste”, “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives”, “Sites, Traces and Materiality”. Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, Honorary PhD, Leiden Univ
@jhonhwalker.bsky.social
Bicycle commuter, Amazonian archaeologist, historical ecologist; Faculty at University of Central Florida | Illinois, Philadelphia, Florida, Orlando, Bolivia, Beni, Santa Ana del Yacuma.
@msalas.bsky.social
Asst. Prof @LafCol | @CornellAnthro PhD | I teach and write about Mex and LatAm; visual culture, ruins, memory, nation-state formation, archives, petroculture
@erichirsch.bsky.social
Environmental + economic anthropologist of growth, adaptation, mobility, climate change, and env j*stice, with projects based in Peru, the Maldives, and Pennsylvania. Book: ACTS OF GROWTH (https://tinyurl.com/Acts-of-Growth). More: https://eric-hirsch.com
@sarahtaylortash.bsky.social
@archaeogirl.bsky.social
Archaeologist 🏺and anthropologist, collaborative community heritage. Left my heart in coastal Ecuador 🇪🇨. Living in the borderlands. Views my own. https://utrgv.edu/parcc
@tiffany-fryer.bsky.social
Multilingual feminist thinker, writer, speaker, maker practicing anthropology, archaeology, & history
@nikifabs2024.bsky.social
I teach anthropology at Towson and organize with the South Baltimore Community Land Trust (SBCLT) around just transitions!
@caelaoconnell.bsky.social
environmental & economic anthropologist. I study ag communities, disasters & hazards, water quality, climate adaptation, bananas, and complex people-plant-microbial interdependencies. asst. prof at UNC at Chapel Hill. SECR Lab. Posts my own. Not pithy.
@jradovicfanta.bsky.social
Anthropologist, educator, ethnographer | gender, labor, first gen college experiences, migration, América Latina, Chile | Antropóloga que estudia género, el trabajo y procesos migratorios Associate prof @ Governors State University
@anthrogyalzen.bsky.social
Anthropologist, CRM Archaeologist. Mo’Bay Gyal, Trelawny Town Maroon descendant, Land Defender
@meghanfwebb.bsky.social
Mixed methods researcher working on migration, heat stress, and (occupational) global health in Latin America | author of PUBLIC LOVES, PRIVATE TROUBLES Opinions are my own.
@christinekray.bsky.social
Anthro Prof @ RIT. Books: Maya-British Conflict at the Edge of the Yucatecan Caste War; Race, Gender, and Political Culture in the Trump Era: The Fascist Allure; Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Gender and Race in the 2016 US Presidential Election. She/her.
@felinfante.bsky.social
🌎 Anthropologist interested in socio-ecological systems, political ecology and social network analysis 🇨🇱 Antropólogo interesado en sistemas socioecológicos, ecología política y análisis de redes sociales
@sarahwilliams.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Medical Anthropology @ UConn. Hiker, forager, keeper of cats. Research on repro & perinatal health, repro justice, and queer health in Mexico and Canada.
@caritusing.bsky.social
Dra. en Antropología. Land/sea-scapes, property, agribusiness, foodways, fire en 🧉 Paraguay, Chile y Brasil. Académica. Profe UC y Postdoc-UCopenhagen; opiniones propias.
@jsrubin.bsky.social
Anthropologist at Knox College, Spain, Forensic Science, Death, Human Rights, Radical Rethinking of News Literacy / "Fake News"
@rhryciuk.bsky.social
feminist anthropologist, fieldwork in Oaxaca (Mexico), critical food studies
@eyatesd.bsky.social
anthropology professor (sts, food justice, nuclear history). author of Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm, UC Press. she/her on sabbatical 2024-2025. 🌱🌱
@anthrotechana.bsky.social
anthropology, sts, ai, data centers. english is not my first language. bear with me. 🏳️🌈 she/her
@deanchahim.bsky.social
Anthropologist of engineering, cities, and the environment, recovering engineer, and personal chef to a toddler. | Writing about flood control and subsidence in Mexico City | Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at NYU | deanchahim.com
@mdicenta.bsky.social
animals, race & science | environmental knowledges | multispecies ethnography | feminist STS Assistant Prof at William & Mary
@anthrobite.bsky.social
Anthropologist of science, health & the environment in an unequal 🌍 | thinks a lot about Brasil & bugs 🦟 🦠 Assistant Prof at the University of Southern California; before MIT, Maastricht Univ, UFMG In a love-hate relationship with Los Angeles – ela/she
@aroddick.bsky.social
Associate prof @ McMaster; Andean Archaeologist; Bolivia; Dad; Photographer; Cyclist, Music. roddick_a@mstdn.social Opinions mine not of my employer.
@anthrodave.bsky.social
Hello! I'm an anthropologist, I study prisons, abolition and other things in Rio de Janeiro.
@kelizaw.bsky.social
Anthropologist writing about infectious disease afterlives, care, and disability worlds in Brazil + impacts of the US foreign aid freeze + maybe misophonia. Currently postdocking @dukeghi.bsky.social. Toddler mom.
@ariana33141.bsky.social
anthropologist (Cuba/SoFL/LatAm - PhD UChicago), art & social engagement, local politics, urban & media studies, writer/editor, media & comm consultant, research assoc at FIU. Barcelona-native/ based in miami beach. loves dominoes and ice skating
@alexandrinebf.bsky.social
Multimodal anthropology, infrastructure, sound, Cuba. Filmmaker. Based at the University of Victoria. Editor in Chief of Anthropologica. Sailing.
@jwhoopes2.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Archaeologist. https://hoopes.academia.edu/ I’m not here to try and change your mind. I’m here to let other people who think as I do know they’re not alone. Be kind. Love one another.
@rgalemba.bsky.social
Professor at Josef Korbel School. Co-Director DU Center for Immigration Policy & Research. Author: Contraband Corridor (Stanford Press 2017) and Laboring for Justice (Stanford Press 2023). Migration, borders, wage theft, Latin America
@jjablair.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Geography & Anthropology at Cal Poly Pomona | Author of *Salvaging Empire* | Views my own, he/him/él | jamesjablair.com
@lapeordetodas.bsky.social
Polyphonic imaginerAnthro 🚲er 😺gatera|salsera,dirty🤲🏽🌱 art+geo+forest+lepi🦋STS Nahua 🇲🇽she/ella/yejua San Francisco🌉🔁🐯Acapulco
@anthroanne.bsky.social
Professor of social anthropology at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, mainly working on the anthropology of outer space. Four cats, two daughters, one dog.
@igorayora.bsky.social
Sociocultural anthropologist, interested on the cultural dimension of cuisine and gastronomy. Research on Yucatán and on Seville, Spain. Likes to cook (and eat).
@profesoraluchadora.bsky.social
she/her anthropologist: media, performance, gender, race (lucha libre, tatuaje, memes, ai art) in the Andes (Bolivia, Chile). books: Social Media in Northern Chile, Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology, Professional Wrestling: Politics and Populism
@nzaretsky.bsky.social
Cultural anthropologist, writing about human rights, the politics of memory and belonging in the Americas and Jewish diaspora. New Book: ACTS OF REPAIR - link bit.ly/actsofrepair natashazaretsky.com
@analuizamsoares.bsky.social
(She/her/Ela)Historical Anthropologist/mom. Assistant Professor at @ufop.bsky.social History of child separation/Amazonian cities/urban indigeneities/Indigenous social media 🇧🇷
@jessacabeza.bsky.social
Cultural anthropology professor at Brown - Providence, RI, USA More info: https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jleinawe
@druizserna.bsky.social
Ethnographer of rural worlds, environmental anthropologist, and author of “When Forests Run Amok” (Duke University Press)
@darionoj.bsky.social
Scholar/ Activist/Filmmaker on topics immigration, racism, Queer and Trans Asylum, Technology, Central America & Mexico.
@antropologomormon.bsky.social
Settler anthropologist unraveling the colonial regimes of race, rationality, religion, and gender to like literally decolonize Abya Yala.
@ajfaas.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology at SJSU, car free runner-cyclist, author of "In the Shadow of Tungurahua: Disaster Politics in Highland Ecuador" http://tinyurl.com/5n78af9z linktr.ee/ajfaas
@gilanthro.bsky.social
Ethnographer of tech primarily in Brazil - skill, inequality, and creativity Asst Prof Comparative Studies (STS) Ohio State University Occasional host NBN Anthropology
@rahallclifford.bsky.social
Global health, medical anthropology, co-design for health equity. @Emory U, working in Guatemala and beyond. Loves sightings of the absurd and compassion.
@ameliafv.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @PrincetonAnthro @PrincetonSPIA deportation/migration/violence/borders/police/asylum/honduras/mexico.
@joshmayer.bsky.social
Community-collaborative researcher studying settler colonialism, imperialism, and Afro-Indigenous freedom struggles in Nicaragua and its diaspora. Assistant Prof. at UConn. Fellow at the Oakland Institute. He/him.
@meljohn.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology, Environmental Studies and Race and Ethnicity Studies at Southwestern University. Becoming Creole: Nature and Race in Belize
@csammells.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Food, Tourism, and Latin America (Bolivia, Argentina, Antarctica). Lover of plants AND zombies. Assoc Prof at Bucknell U but all opinions are my own.