Academic interests
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology. My work moves across economic, political and multimodal anthropology.
About
My geographical areas of specialization are Southern Europe and Latin America. My research examines the political imagination of transnationality and social mobilization, focusing on migrant communities. I explore how novel forms of political resistance develop in response to the evolving dynamics of transnational financial flows, using decolonial perspectives to challenge predominant views of financialization based on the experiences of migrant communities.
My book manuscript, After Debt: Transnational Household Economies and the Politics of Speculation, is an ethnographic account of the predatory financial inclusion of Ecuadorian migrants in Spain and their political engagement to combat over-indebtedness. It documents creative forms of social organizing against foreclosure and precarity through detailed ethnographic accounts. The book follows Ecuadorian families in Barcelona who helped create the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages—or la PAH for its Spanish acronym—altering Spain’s political history. It offers new perspectives for imagining democratic responses to the colonial legacies of finance and property regimes that perpetuate extreme inequality and racism today. It critically examines the financialization of global migration and the potential for genuine democratic transformation.
I’m also involved in various research projects based on multimodality, collaboration, and critical pedagogies. Some research themes include: the production of knowledge around mental health, transnational pandemic responses, and the growing potential for digital collaborative platforms and films. My scholarship continually interacts with housing movements in Spain and Europe and migrant communities across the Atlantic.
Courses taught
SOSANT2270 – Contemporary Studies in Kinship and Gender
ANTH4030 – Advanced Anthropological Methods