Academic interests
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology. My work moves across economic, political and multimodal anthropology.
About
I’m currently working on my book manuscript, an ethnographic account of predatory financial inclusion of Ecuadorian migrants in Spain and their political engagement to face over-indebtedness. It documents creative forms of social organizing against indebtedness and precarity through detailed ethnographic accounts. It follows Ecuadorian families in Barcelona who helped create the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages—or la PAH for its Spanish acronym—and changed Spain’s political history. My book provides a unique approach to critically engage the financialization of global migration and the potential for real democratic transformation.
I’m also involved in various collaborative research projects on different themes including: the production of knowledge around mental health, transnational pandemic responses, and the potential for digital collaborative platforms.
Courses taught
SOSANT2270 – Contemporary Studies in Kinship and Gender
ANTH4030 – Advanced Anthropological Methods