Carla Guerrón Montero
Biographic Data
| ID | 104969 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carla Guerrón Montero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carla Guerrón |
| FAMILY NAME | Montero |
| SIGNATURE | MONTERO C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1128-3416 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Looking longer, seeing differently: Applied anthropology and the mobilities framework
People, objects, ideas, and capital move across borders constantly, making mobility one of the defining features of contemporary globalization. In this short article, I explore the analytical potential of mobilities studies for applied anthropology and of anthropology’s contributions to mobilities studies. I situate anthropology within a broader interdisciplinary conversation by addressing how movement has been theorized as both a social process …
Observar por más tiempo, mirar de forma diferente: Antropología aplicada y el marco de las movilidades
Vibes Up: Reggae and Afro-Caribbean Migration from Costa Rica to Brooklyn, by Sabia McCoy-Torres
Tourisms’ Tristes Tropiques II: Cultural Landscapes
In this second special issue on “Tourisms’ Tristes Tropiques” we explore “Cultural Landscapes” socio-culturally and ecologically to show how they are intertwined with historical, colonial, and neocolonial aspects of tourism. The anthropology of tourism and critical tourism studies recognize tourism as both an industry and a cultural phenomenon, and this dual approach provides a lens for exploring how cultural landscapes are created, transformed, …
Tourisms’ Tristes Tropiques I: Literary Travels
Tourisms’ Tristes Tropiques draws attention to this tropical zone where the full scale and scope of tourism and its associated challenges and consequences are rapidly becoming materially manifest. Tristes Tropiques refers to the title of Claude Lévi-Strauss’ famous work. That he wrote about the “sad tropics” in a memoir-travelogue is significant. Through a literary and reflexive engagement, he draws our attention to the important place literature…
Presentación: Etnografía para descolonizar la salud: observar, escuchar, callar y escribir: Presentation: Ethnography to decolonize health: To observe, to listen, to be silent, and to write
Panama’s Path Since the US Invasion
The Panama Canal opened in 1914. Six decades later, the United States agreed to transfer its ownership of the Canal to Panama. In 1989, a US invasion ended decades of military rule. Today, Panama is a democratic country with a robust economy. Tourism and other service industries have displaced the Canal as the primary source of income. Many North American retirees now call Panama home, lured there by its relative stability, lower cost of living, …
Panama in Black: Afro-Caribbean World Making in the Twentieth Century, by Kaysha Corinealdi
Dissonance and disobedience in Brazilian quilombola heritages
This article discusses Brazilian quilombo heritage by focusing on three dimensions of the intersection between this heritage and emancipation: 1) the emancipatory power of heritage, 2) the possibilities that result from emancipating heritage from a consonant approach, and 3) the possibilities of emancipation from heritage. Quilombos are collective societies formed mainly by people of African descent who created independent communities outside the…
Food Consumption and Power: Nourishment and Identity
All humans need food to stay alive, but food is also a complex social fact. As such, it is central to how people’s individual and collective identities are constructed and how others see us. Food is also associated in multiple ways 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 differe…
The Business of Leisure: Tourism History in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Andrew Grant Wood (ed.)
Anthropologies of Our Caribbean Sea of (Is)lands
From Temporary Migrants to Permanent Attractions: Tourism, Cultural Heritage, and Afro-Antillean Identities in Panama
Why the World Needs Anthropologists
Why does the world need anthropology and anthropologists? This collection of essays written by prominent academic, practising and applied anthropologists aims to answer this provocative question. 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, uniq…
From Temporary Migrants to Permanent Attractions: Tourism, Cultural Heritage, and Afro-Antillean Identities in Panama
Home, Sweet Home: Negotiating Intimacy in Brazilian Elitist Closed Condominiums
This article aims to decrease the cultural invisibility of the wealthy by exploring the Brazilian emergent elites and their preferred living arrangement: elitist closed condominiums (BECCs) from a micropolitical perspective. We answer the question: What is the relationship between intimacy and subjectivity that is produced in the collective mode of existence of BECCs? To do so, we trace the history of the elite home, from the master's house (casa…
Women Sustaining Community: The Politics of Agro-Ecology in Quilombo Tourism in Southern Brazil
This article analyses how a gendered perspective on community-based tourism (CBT) contributes to the realisation of identity and sovereignty of quilombos. It examines the potential sustainability of CBT coupled with agro-ecological practices within the context of gendered identity politics. Drawing from in-depth ethnographic and archival research conducted between February and July 2015 at Campinho da Independência (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), the a…
How Can We Improve the AAA Election Process
Communities of Practice at the Cidade do Saber
A bstract 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 childr…
Moving Forward, Looking Back: On the Frontlines of Dietary Shift in Rural Ecuador
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 z…
Tourism, cultural heritage and regional identities in the Isle of Spice
Because of distinctive political, economic, and historic circumstances, Grenada has not followed the traditional approach of most Caribbean destinations constructed as generic paradisiacal landscapes and seductive spaces. In this article, I examine Grenada's particular path to tourism, focusing primarily on cultural and historical heritage tourism on Grenada's Carriacou Island and, secondarily, on the resulting regional identities that developed.…
Multicultural Tourism, Demilitarization, and the Process of Peace Building in Panama
En este artículo, conecto la negación encubierta de derechos ciudadanos por parte del estado con el desarrollo del turismo con el fin de explicar por qué Panamá presenta la imagen de un estado libre de fuerza policial. Abordo dos conceptos principales: un análisis crítico de la gubernamentalidad en el turismo (Hollinshead 1999, 2003) y el concepto de turismo como una fuerza "creadora de mundos" (Hollinshead et al. 2009; Merrill 2009; Noy 2011; Re…
On Tourism and the Constructions of 'Paradise Islands' in Central America and the Caribbean
A comparative perspective of the tourism industry in the islands of Colón, Panama and Carriacou, Grenada is presented in this article. The islands have long histories of association with colonial powers, coupled with more recent histories of 'discovery' as tourist destinations. The historical constructions of 'paradise islands' and the appropriation of tourism for nation-building purposes in these territories are analysed. The discussion assesses…
Heritage, Identity and Globalisation: The Case of Island Tourism in the Caribbean
Tourism and Afro-Antillean Identity in Panama
Throughout its history as a nation, Panama has emphasised its Spanish roots. Having become a postcolonial state, Panama now exploits its multiculturalism for the purpose of attracting tourists. In this context, Afro-Antilleans in the Archipelago of Bocas del Toro – historically marginalised and considered temporary migrants – are developing gendered and racialised identities for tourist consumption, in response to the state's tourism promotion an…
Tourism and Afro-Antillean Identity in Panama
Throughout its history as a nation, Panama has emphasised its Spanish roots. Having become a postcolonial state, Panama now exploits its multiculturalism for the purpose of attracting tourists. In this context, Afro-Antilleans in the Archipelago of Bocas del Toro – historically marginalised and considered temporary migrants – are developing gendered and racialised identities for tourist consumption, in response to the state's tourism promotion an…
On Tourism and the Constructions of 'Paradise Islands' in Central America and the Caribbean
A comparative perspective of the tourism industry in the islands of Colón, Panama and Carriacou, Grenada is presented in this article. The islands have long histories of association with colonial powers, coupled with more recent histories of 'discovery' as tourist destinations. The historical constructions of 'paradise islands' and the appropriation of tourism for nation-building purposes in these territories are analysed. The discussion assesses…
Why the World Needs Anthropologists
Why does the world need anthropology and anthropologists? This collection of essays written by prominent academic, practising and applied anthropologists aims to answer this provocative question. 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, uniq…
Multicultural Tourism, Demilitarization, and the Process of Peace Building in Panama
En este artículo, conecto la negación encubierta de derechos ciudadanos por parte del estado con el desarrollo del turismo con el fin de explicar por qué Panamá presenta la imagen de un estado libre de fuerza policial. Abordo dos conceptos principales: un análisis crítico de la gubernamentalidad en el turismo (Hollinshead 1999, 2003) y el concepto de turismo como una fuerza "creadora de mundos" (Hollinshead et al. 2009; Merrill 2009; Noy 2011; Re…
Women Sustaining Community: The Politics of Agro-Ecology in Quilombo Tourism in Southern Brazil
This article analyses how a gendered perspective on community-based tourism (CBT) contributes to the realisation of identity and sovereignty of quilombos. It examines the potential sustainability of CBT coupled with agro-ecological practices within the context of gendered identity politics. Drawing from in-depth ethnographic and archival research conducted between February and July 2015 at Campinho da Independência (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), the a…
Tourism, cultural heritage and regional identities in the Isle of Spice
Because of distinctive political, economic, and historic circumstances, Grenada has not followed the traditional approach of most Caribbean destinations constructed as generic paradisiacal landscapes and seductive spaces. In this article, I examine Grenada's particular path to tourism, focusing primarily on cultural and historical heritage tourism on Grenada's Carriacou Island and, secondarily, on the resulting regional identities that developed.…
Heritage, Identity and Globalisation: The Case of Island Tourism in the Caribbean
Tourism and Afro-Antillean Identity in Panama
Throughout its history as a nation, Panama has emphasised its Spanish roots. Having become a postcolonial state, Panama now exploits its multiculturalism for the purpose of attracting tourists. In this context, Afro-Antilleans in the Archipelago of Bocas del Toro – historically marginalised and considered temporary migrants – are developing gendered and racialised identities for tourist consumption, in response to the state's tourism promotion an…
On Tourism and the Constructions of 'Paradise Islands' in Central America and the Caribbean
A comparative perspective of the tourism industry in the islands of Colón, Panama and Carriacou, Grenada is presented in this article. The islands have long histories of association with colonial powers, coupled with more recent histories of 'discovery' as tourist destinations. The historical constructions of 'paradise islands' and the appropriation of tourism for nation-building purposes in these territories are analysed. The discussion assesses…
Heritage, Identity and Globalisation: The Case of Island Tourism in the Caribbean
Tourism, cultural heritage and regional identities in the Isle of Spice
Because of distinctive political, economic, and historic circumstances, Grenada has not followed the traditional approach of most Caribbean destinations constructed as generic paradisiacal landscapes and seductive spaces. In this article, I examine Grenada's particular path to tourism, focusing primarily on cultural and historical heritage tourism on Grenada's Carriacou Island and, secondarily, on the resulting regional identities that developed.…
Multicultural Tourism, Demilitarization, and the Process of Peace Building in Panama
En este artículo, conecto la negación encubierta de derechos ciudadanos por parte del estado con el desarrollo del turismo con el fin de explicar por qué Panamá presenta la imagen de un estado libre de fuerza policial. Abordo dos conceptos principales: un análisis crítico de la gubernamentalidad en el turismo (Hollinshead 1999, 2003) y el concepto de turismo como una fuerza "creadora de mundos" (Hollinshead et al. 2009; Merrill 2009; Noy 2011; Re…
Moving Forward, Looking Back: On the Frontlines of Dietary Shift in Rural Ecuador
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 z…
Communities of Practice at the Cidade do Saber
A bstract 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 childr…
How Can We Improve the AAA Election Process
From Temporary Migrants to Permanent Attractions: Tourism, Cultural Heritage, and Afro-Antillean Identities in Panama
Why the World Needs Anthropologists
Why does the world need anthropology and anthropologists? This collection of essays written by prominent academic, practising and applied anthropologists aims to answer this provocative question. 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, uniq…
From Temporary Migrants to Permanent Attractions: Tourism, Cultural Heritage, and Afro-Antillean Identities in Panama
Home, Sweet Home: Negotiating Intimacy in Brazilian Elitist Closed Condominiums
This article aims to decrease the cultural invisibility of the wealthy by exploring the Brazilian emergent elites and their preferred living arrangement: elitist closed condominiums (BECCs) from a micropolitical perspective. We answer the question: What is the relationship between intimacy and subjectivity that is produced in the collective mode of existence of BECCs? To do so, we trace the history of the elite home, from the master's house (casa…
Women Sustaining Community: The Politics of Agro-Ecology in Quilombo Tourism in Southern Brazil
This article analyses how a gendered perspective on community-based tourism (CBT) contributes to the realisation of identity and sovereignty of quilombos. It examines the potential sustainability of CBT coupled with agro-ecological practices within the context of gendered identity politics. Drawing from in-depth ethnographic and archival research conducted between February and July 2015 at Campinho da Independência (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), the a…
The Business of Leisure: Tourism History in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Andrew Grant Wood (ed.)
Anthropologies of Our Caribbean Sea of (Is)lands
Food Consumption and Power: Nourishment and Identity
All humans need food to stay alive, but food is also a complex social fact. As such, it is central to how people’s individual and collective identities are constructed and how others see us. Food is also associated in multiple ways 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 differe…
Panama’s Path Since the US Invasion
The Panama Canal opened in 1914. Six decades later, the United States agreed to transfer its ownership of the Canal to Panama. In 1989, a US invasion ended decades of military rule. Today, Panama is a democratic country with a robust economy. Tourism and other service industries have displaced the Canal as the primary source of income. Many North American retirees now call Panama home, lured there by its relative stability, lower cost of living, …
Panama in Black: Afro-Caribbean World Making in the Twentieth Century, by Kaysha Corinealdi
Dissonance and disobedience in Brazilian quilombola heritages
This article discusses Brazilian quilombo heritage by focusing on three dimensions of the intersection between this heritage and emancipation: 1) the emancipatory power of heritage, 2) the possibilities that result from emancipating heritage from a consonant approach, and 3) the possibilities of emancipation from heritage. Quilombos are collective societies formed mainly by people of African descent who created independent communities outside the…
Presentación: Etnografía para descolonizar la salud: observar, escuchar, callar y escribir: Presentation: Ethnography to decolonize health: To observe, to listen, to be silent, and to write
Looking longer, seeing differently: Applied anthropology and the mobilities framework
People, objects, ideas, and capital move across borders constantly, making mobility one of the defining features of contemporary globalization. In this short article, I explore the analytical potential of mobilities studies for applied anthropology and of anthropology’s contributions to mobilities studies. I situate anthropology within a broader interdisciplinary conversation by addressing how movement has been theorized as both a social process …
Observar por más tiempo, mirar de forma diferente: Antropología aplicada y el marco de las movilidades
Vibes Up: Reggae and Afro-Caribbean Migration from Costa Rica to Brooklyn, by Sabia McCoy-Torres
Tourisms’ Tristes Tropiques II: Cultural Landscapes
In this second special issue on “Tourisms’ Tristes Tropiques” we explore “Cultural Landscapes” socio-culturally and ecologically to show how they are intertwined with historical, colonial, and neocolonial aspects of tourism. The anthropology of tourism and critical tourism studies recognize tourism as both an industry and a cultural phenomenon, and this dual approach provides a lens for exploring how cultural landscapes are created, transformed, …
Tourisms’ Tristes Tropiques I: Literary Travels
Tourisms’ Tristes Tropiques draws attention to this tropical zone where the full scale and scope of tourism and its associated challenges and consequences are rapidly becoming materially manifest. Tristes Tropiques refers to the title of Claude Lévi-Strauss’ famous work. That he wrote about the “sad tropics” in a memoir-travelogue is significant. Through a literary and reflexive engagement, he draws our attention to the important place literature…
Political science (12 works) · Geography (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Tourism (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (7 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Law (5 works)