Articles by Carla M . Guerron Montero
Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies, 2020
This article aims to decrease the cultural invisibility of the wealthy by exploring Brazil's emer... more This article aims to decrease the cultural invisibility of the wealthy by exploring Brazil's emergent elites and their preferred living arrangements, elitist closed condominiums (BECCs), from a micropolitical perspective. We offer insights into the motivations of this emergent elite toward elective residential segregation and aim to answer the following question: How is intimacy lived and experienced in a collective living arrangement such as BECCs? To do so, we trace the history of the elite home, from the master's house (casa grande) to contemporary closed condominiums. Following this, we discuss the features of closed condominiums as spaces of segregation, fragmentation, and social distinction, characterized by sparse public life and an internalized sociability. Finally, based on ethnographic research conducted in the mid-sized city of Londrina (state of Paraná) between 2015 and 2017, we concentrate on four members of the emergent elite who live in BECCs, addressing their collective production of subjectivity.
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Current History, 2024
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CABI Tourism Cases, Nov 23, 2023
In this case study, I take the reader on a voyage through Ecuador’s railway system. It was inaugu... more In this case study, I take the reader on a voyage through Ecuador’s railway system. It was inaugurated as a unifying component of the nation’s transportation infrastructure at the beginning of the 20th century, then reconstructed and transformed into a heritage tourism attraction in the early years of the 21st century. The reconstruction project, initiated in 2008 by controversial President Rafael Correa Delgado (2007–2017), restored a large portion of the original railway system for heritage and tourism purposes. Even though subsequent administrations have abandoned the project, the revitalization of the railroad system is considered to this day as one of the most emblematic successes of Correa’s tourism policy and a model for railway tourism. Based on ethnographic and bibliographic research conducted between 2014 and 2023, I discuss the successes and limitations of using railway heritage tourism to enforce political ideologies and nation-building.
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Tourism Analysis, 2018
Anthropology has expanded by including within its purview the study of tourism. Although tourism ... more Anthropology has expanded by including within its purview the study of tourism. Although tourism is a subject of relative recent concern among anthropologists, anthropological scholarship on tourism has contributed greatly to tourism studies. In this conceptual article, I offer a preliminary study of the state of tourism studies and anthropology in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on a survey of literature published in English, Spanish, and Portuguese in Latin America, the US, and Europe. My primary concern is to discuss the relationship between tourism studies and anthropology in studying Latin America and the Caribbean. I conclude proposing that for the anthropology of tourism to advance towards more vibrant development, there needs to be an equal and multilingual dialogue among scholars, practitioners, and tourism stakeholders in the Global North and South, as well as a conceptualization of tourism as one aspect of a larger spectrum of movements, representations, and practi...
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Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 2022
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Journal of Leadership, Equity, and Research, 2022
A university's culture cycle includes institutional ideas around racial/ethnic diversity that inf... more A university's culture cycle includes institutional ideas around racial/ethnic diversity that inform institutional practices and norms, which shape daily interactions and individual experiences of students. Using qualitative methods, we explore how Latinx students experience these elements of campus culture at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) publicly committing to engaging in diversity work. We examine the university's ideas and institutional practices and compare them with the interactions and individual experiences of students. We discuss what Latinx students' experiences reveal about how the university's culture cycle considers and promotes the inclusion of Latinx perspectives, experiences, cultural traditions, histories, and challenges. We supplement our understanding of the culture cycle model with elements of Latinx Critical Race Theory SHALLOW INCLUSION 136 Vol 8, No 2 (LatCrit) to account for the pervasive influence of race and racism. We conclude that a raceinformed Latinx cultural consciousness is only present in shallow ways within the culture cycle of the university studied. To facilitate an understanding of Latinx student perspectives, meaningfully serve Latinx students, and extend the benefits of diversity to all students, a Latinx cultural consciousness must be infused in all phases of the culture cycle.
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Practicing Anthropology, 2002
The purpose of this special issue is to highlight the experiences, challenges, projects, research... more The purpose of this special issue is to highlight the experiences, challenges, projects, research, and accomplishments of scholars and practitioners based in Latin America. The articles in this issue encompass research on gender and ethnicity, children's rights in urban contexts, as well as the fieldwork experience, education, and anthropological trends. The authors focus on the methodological approaches that have been especially useful to them, the particularities and limitations of conducting research and teaching in Latin America, and the creativity needed to overcome chronically inadequate funding. This collection also provides a venue for scholars in Latin America to publish their findings in the United States, and to contribute to the development of a dialogue on anthropological practice.
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Espacio y desarrollo,, 2003
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Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales, 2015
En medio de la transición nutricional global, en este artículo se examinan prácticas locales de m... more En medio de la transición nutricional global, en este artículo se examinan prácticas locales de madres de familia en la sierra norte del Ecuador, haciendo uso de métodos de investigación etnográfica. Los resultados de este estudio demuestran que las comunidades estudiadas continúan preparando alimentos enteros en su gran mayoría; no obstante, al mismo tiempo están presentes alimentos procesados que son deseados y usados en algunos hogares de la zona. Finalmente se discute sobre dos discursos que motivan las selecciones alimenticias en esta región: la nostalgia y el cosmopolitanismo.
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Plural. Antropologías desde América Latina y el Caribe , 2021
Estudiar las formas como las diferentes tradiciones intelectuales han
entendido las epistemología... more Estudiar las formas como las diferentes tradiciones intelectuales han
entendido las epistemologías y pedagogías antropológicas, así como las
teorías de la práctica, nos permite avanzar la propuesta de las antropologías
mundiales de decolonizar la disciplina. Decolonizar la disciplina implica
reconocer no solo la multiplicidad de conocimientos, sino también las
múltiples formas en las que la antropología puede contribuir a la eliminación
del colonialismo y su responsabilidad de hacerlo. La práctica
antropológica en América Latina ha estado permeada por la política y
el activismo; como resultado, los antropólogos en América Latina han
cuestionado constantemente su papel y el nivel de compromiso con la
realidad que estudian. En este artículo discuto el desarrollo de la antropología brasileña en el marco de las antropologías mundiales, utilizando como ilustración el caso del trabajo antropológico con comunidades quilombolas. Enfatizo la necesidad de reflexionar sobre la complejidad de los procesos que confrontan las antropologías mundiales, las distinciones artificiales entre la antropología académica «pura» y la antropología aplicada, así como el compromiso político profundo que ha caracterizado a la disciplina en la práctica.
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Why the World Needs Anthropologists, 2021
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Within the broader context of the global nutritional transition, in this article we examine local... more Within the broader context of the global nutritional transition, in this article we examine local dietary practices in the northern highlands of Ecuador drawing on ethnographic research. The results of this study demonstrate that the communities studied continue to prepare whole foods for the most part. However, processed foods are also desired and consumed in some households in the area. Finally, we discuss two discourses that motivate dietary choices in this region: nostalgia and cosmopolitanism.
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Tourism Culture & Communication, 2020
Using a critical tourism studies framework, I discuss the participation of "cultural experts... more Using a critical tourism studies framework, I discuss the participation of "cultural experts" (anthropologists, historians, and cultural heritage professionals) in the production of legitimacy, authenticity, and sovereignty of Brazilian quilombos. Quilombos are defined as communities composed of peoples of African, indigenous, and European descent, who constructed independent societies outside the plantation system. I address the process of cultural experts whose individual, institutional, and interdisciplinary identities are intertwined with power–knowledge relations in both academic and applied contexts. I focus on the role of these professionals in two main issues: 1) the debate over conceptualizing and identifying quilombos; and 2) the legitimation of quilombo cultural heritage for tourism purposes. Through this discussion, I aim to problematize scholarly reflexivity, which has permeated anthropological and social sciences debates since the 1990s and critical tourism s...
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Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2018
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Communication Papers, 2012
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The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism, 2017
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Anthropology in Action, 2016
I explore the relationships among state, culture and politics in the context of the largest educa... more I explore the relationships among state, culture and politics in the context of the largest educational project of social inclusion, local participation and citizenship in the Municipality of Camaçari, state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil. The City of Knowledge (Instituto Raimundo Pinheiro – Cidade do Saber), or CDS, offers free access to education, cultural events, and sports and leisure activities to economically disadvantaged children and adults, based on the concept of ‘plural citizenship’, the understanding that wider access to education, culture and sports shortens social distances and generates sustainable human development. Concepts of social inclusion, local participation, critical thinking and constructions of citizenship are applied, tested and contradicted on the ground. Sustainability is experienced as sustainable human development; sustainable urbanism; environmental sustainability and challenges to the sustainability of CDS, a community of practice where stakeholders a...
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Practicing Anthropology, 2002
This article is the synthesis of a series of short essays given to the students of the course I t... more This article is the synthesis of a series of short essays given to the students of the course I taught in conjunction with Dr. María Eugenia Bozzoli. It was entitled Theory and Praxis of Central American Sociocultural Anthropology, offered in the graduate program in anthropology at the University of Costa Rica, during the second semester of the year 2001.
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Practicing Anthropology, 1998
How are students throughout the United States applying their degrees in national and internationa... more How are students throughout the United States applying their degrees in national and international contexts? What are they learning and in which areas are they employing their skills? This special edition of Practicing Anthropology provides a sampling that captures some of the diversity of activities and instances where students are applying their knowledge of anthropology.
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Articles by Carla M . Guerron Montero
entendido las epistemologías y pedagogías antropológicas, así como las
teorías de la práctica, nos permite avanzar la propuesta de las antropologías
mundiales de decolonizar la disciplina. Decolonizar la disciplina implica
reconocer no solo la multiplicidad de conocimientos, sino también las
múltiples formas en las que la antropología puede contribuir a la eliminación
del colonialismo y su responsabilidad de hacerlo. La práctica
antropológica en América Latina ha estado permeada por la política y
el activismo; como resultado, los antropólogos en América Latina han
cuestionado constantemente su papel y el nivel de compromiso con la
realidad que estudian. En este artículo discuto el desarrollo de la antropología brasileña en el marco de las antropologías mundiales, utilizando como ilustración el caso del trabajo antropológico con comunidades quilombolas. Enfatizo la necesidad de reflexionar sobre la complejidad de los procesos que confrontan las antropologías mundiales, las distinciones artificiales entre la antropología académica «pura» y la antropología aplicada, así como el compromiso político profundo que ha caracterizado a la disciplina en la práctica.
entendido las epistemologías y pedagogías antropológicas, así como las
teorías de la práctica, nos permite avanzar la propuesta de las antropologías
mundiales de decolonizar la disciplina. Decolonizar la disciplina implica
reconocer no solo la multiplicidad de conocimientos, sino también las
múltiples formas en las que la antropología puede contribuir a la eliminación
del colonialismo y su responsabilidad de hacerlo. La práctica
antropológica en América Latina ha estado permeada por la política y
el activismo; como resultado, los antropólogos en América Latina han
cuestionado constantemente su papel y el nivel de compromiso con la
realidad que estudian. En este artículo discuto el desarrollo de la antropología brasileña en el marco de las antropologías mundiales, utilizando como ilustración el caso del trabajo antropológico con comunidades quilombolas. Enfatizo la necesidad de reflexionar sobre la complejidad de los procesos que confrontan las antropologías mundiales, las distinciones artificiales entre la antropología académica «pura» y la antropología aplicada, así como el compromiso político profundo que ha caracterizado a la disciplina en la práctica.
In an accessible and appealing style, each author in this volume inquires about the social value and practical application of the discipline of anthropology. Contributors note that the problems the world faces at a global scale are both new and old, unique, and universal and that solving them requires the use of long-proven tools as well as innovative approaches. They highlight that using anthropology in relevant ways outside academia contributes to the development of a new paradigm in anthropology, one where the ability to collaborate across disciplinary and professional boundaries becomes both central and legitimate. Contributors provide specific suggestions to anthropologists and the public at large on practical ways to use anthropology to change the world for the better.
with production and consumption processes; consumers influence these processes, whether they are motivated primarily by nourishment or by identity. Anthropology has been concerned with the study of food through different angles in connection with nourishment and identity, including the “classic” approaches (food taboos, gifts, and commodities, recurring commensality, food as material culture, hunger, food insecurity), while also taking new directions (the senses, culinary and food tourism, the nutrition transition, food sovereignty, food activism). Food consumption is embedded in webs of power that constrain food’s physical and social meanings. Food is nestled in systems of racism, sexism, and colonialism, resulting in embodied trauma. Yet, food also lies at the heart of reciprocity. Sharing food brings people together in their struggle for connection and agency. Whether we focus on physical nourishment or identity construction, food consumption is never separate from power.
Anthropology provides an effective way to study these complexities. The broad range of anthropological approaches allows for a deep understanding of food consumption’s complexities and power inequalities. Whether the question is approached from a physical nourishment angle or that of social identities, anthropological research has shown how the two cannot be divided. Similarly, anthropologists have taken a broad view of consumption,
noting how recurrent commensality constructs the deep relationships that form the basis of human society. They have also shown the critical role that consumption plays in food production, distribution, and preparation. Robust
critiques of the global food system have emerged from this work. They have led many anthropologists to work side by side with people attempting to improve their food systems to be more localized, nutritious, and fair.
"Second, anthropologists considered tourism a subject not serious enough to discuss intellectually and ethnographically. Although in practically every ethnographic field site anthropologists encountered at least occasional tourists, they were perceived to be an undesired nuisance and given scant or no attention. In spite of this inauspicious beginning, the anthropological scholarship on tourism has contributed greatly to tourism studies. Anthropologists have made important contributions to the understanding of tourism’s impact on host communities; the impact of travel on an individual; the power relationships in tourism developments; heritage and culture commodification; types of tourism and tourists; and the relationships between tourism and ethnicity, identity, material culture, nationalism, and the"
"environment, among others."