Ethnographies of Power

I developed and was lecturer for this course (Autonomous University of Barcelona).

Ethnographic research can illuminate the diversity of human experiences and help make sense of the ways people interpret their own lives and the world around them. With readings, discussion, and an ethnographic studio, this course considers research design and methods of ethnography, including the practical and ethical dimensions ethnography entails. There will be opportunities to engage with multimodal ethnography, including visual and audio tools, using archives for historical research, and collecting and analyzing artifacts, to name but a few possibilities of multimodal approachers.

Throughout the course we will grapple with ethical dilemmas including responsibility, commitment to our interlocutors’ well-being, and gender, class, race, and other intersectional (mis)alignments in the field.

Anthro 1S: Introduction to Social / Cultural Anthropology

I developed and was co-lecturer for this course (Stanford).

Anthropology has a distinctive perspective on society and culture. This course introduces basic anthropological concepts and modes of analysis to illuminate important social, political, and environmental issues. 

Anthro 168D: Environmental Change and the Politics of Nature 

I developed and was lecturer for this course (Stanford).

This course examines some important environmental changes happening around the world, and considers the role of people’s diverse forms of politics in these changes. We cover the core concepts and methods of analysis of interdisciplinary environmental studies. With readings, documentary films and writing, students will familiarize themselves with a way of thinking that links ecology and society, bringing in issues of gender, ethnicity, race and class.

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Anthro 277: Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease

I led a section of the course (Stanford).

This course asks how human-induced environmental changes, like global warming, deforestation, and urbanization are altering the ecology of infectious disease transmission. Case studies of malaria, cholera, hantavirus, plague, and HIV.