Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
Biographic Data
| ID | 138954 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori |
| GIVEN NAMES | Magdalena Zegarra |
| FAMILY NAME | Chiappori |
| SIGNATURE | CHIAPPORI M Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0497-916X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”
In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada-"nothingness"-and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from biomedical suffering or terminal illness, but also from socially produced experiences of relational erosion,…
Amarrados
In this article I examine how care is enacted, justified, and contested in a precarious residential institution for older adults in Lima, Peru. I analyze how material scarcity shapes everyday care practices and moral reasoning, especially regarding physical restraint. The study draws on thirty months of ethnographic fieldwork at La Merced shelter, including participant observation, informal conversations with residents and staff, and embodied par…
Vulnerable Lives, Irrelevant Deaths? Dying Alone and Receiving Flawed Care in an Institution for the Aged in Lima, Peru
This ethnographic exploration of death in the Peruvian context draws on fieldwork among abandoned-both by their families and the state-older adults in a shelter for the homeless in Lima, Peru. I examine the conditions and local forces that shape the ways people at this institution socially and physically die. My argument is that people in this long-term care facility who have lived entire lives on the margins, usually, end up having irrelevant de…
Remaining, Vital Acts, and Possibility
In Peru, many older adults are reaching old age in conditions of extreme vulnerability. As a result, it is becoming more common in cities like Lima to find cases of elderly people who are institutionalized due to family abandonment or lack of material resources. Centered on the concept of "remaining," this article explores how seniors from a residential center in the Peruvian capital manage to develop strategies to cope with the present-strategie…
Biopolitically (un)caring
Much of the anthropological literature on care has addressed the topic as an ethical practice encompassing empathy, solidarity, and the capacity to recognize the other as worthy of engagement (Kleinman 2009; Stevenson 2014; Taylor 2008; Aulino 2016). Care relations are, in theory, everyday acts that sustain social ties, social persons, and social reproduction (Buch 2015; Zelizer 2005; Hochschild 2003). But in underprivileged social settings, wher…
Growing Old in the Margins in Lima, Perú
Biopolitically (un)caring
Much of the anthropological literature on care has addressed the topic as an ethical practice encompassing empathy, solidarity, and the capacity to recognize the other as worthy of engagement (Kleinman 2009; Stevenson 2014; Taylor 2008; Aulino 2016). Care relations are, in theory, everyday acts that sustain social ties, social persons, and social reproduction (Buch 2015; Zelizer 2005; Hochschild 2003). But in underprivileged social settings, wher…
Growing Old in the Margins in Lima, Perú
Growing Old in the Margins in Lima, Perú
Biopolitically (un)caring
Much of the anthropological literature on care has addressed the topic as an ethical practice encompassing empathy, solidarity, and the capacity to recognize the other as worthy of engagement (Kleinman 2009; Stevenson 2014; Taylor 2008; Aulino 2016). Care relations are, in theory, everyday acts that sustain social ties, social persons, and social reproduction (Buch 2015; Zelizer 2005; Hochschild 2003). But in underprivileged social settings, wher…
Remaining, Vital Acts, and Possibility
In Peru, many older adults are reaching old age in conditions of extreme vulnerability. As a result, it is becoming more common in cities like Lima to find cases of elderly people who are institutionalized due to family abandonment or lack of material resources. Centered on the concept of "remaining," this article explores how seniors from a residential center in the Peruvian capital manage to develop strategies to cope with the present-strategie…
Vulnerable Lives, Irrelevant Deaths? Dying Alone and Receiving Flawed Care in an Institution for the Aged in Lima, Peru
This ethnographic exploration of death in the Peruvian context draws on fieldwork among abandoned-both by their families and the state-older adults in a shelter for the homeless in Lima, Peru. I examine the conditions and local forces that shape the ways people at this institution socially and physically die. My argument is that people in this long-term care facility who have lived entire lives on the margins, usually, end up having irrelevant de…
“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”
In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada-"nothingness"-and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from biomedical suffering or terminal illness, but also from socially produced experiences of relational erosion,…
Amarrados
In this article I examine how care is enacted, justified, and contested in a precarious residential institution for older adults in Lima, Peru. I analyze how material scarcity shapes everyday care practices and moral reasoning, especially regarding physical restraint. The study draws on thirty months of ethnographic fieldwork at La Merced shelter, including participant observation, informal conversations with residents and staff, and embodied par…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Institution (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works)