Christopher A Loperena
Biographic Data
| ID | 3617081 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher A Loperena |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher A |
| FAMILY NAME | Loperena |
| SIGNATURE | LOPERENA C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anthropology Program The Graduate Center, City University of New York New York NY 10016 USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Visualizing Decolonial Environmental Futures in Puerto Rico, Beyond Crisis
Climate change is expected to fundamentally alter the geography and lifeworlds of Piñones, Puerto Rico—a cluster of Afro-Puerto Rican communities located in the Río Grande de Loíza estuary. This essay asks how climate change is visualized by climate scientists versus how it is perceived by people living on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Piñones was once home to large coastal sand dunes and vibrant life-making practices that are slowly erod…
Adjudicating Indigeneity
In 2014, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard two cases concerning the alleged complicity of Honduran state institutions in the violation of Garifuna communal property rights. Garifuna, a people of mixed Arawak, Carib, and African descent, are one of nine officially recognized "ethnic groups" in Honduras. Yet the state has repeatedly denied their status as a pueblo originario-a people native to Honduras-thus calling into question the la…
Settler Violence
Settler Violence? Race and Emergent Frontiers of Progress in Honduras Christopher A. Loperena (bio) The displacement of black and indigenous peoples from sites of economic opportunity in Honduras, and the systematic enclosure of the natural resources within their territories, is intimately tethered to white socio-spatial imaginaries and the politics of frontier making. In this essay, I analyze how elite investors, with support from the state and …
Settler Violence
Settler Violence? Race and Emergent Frontiers of Progress in Honduras Christopher A. Loperena (bio) The displacement of black and indigenous peoples from sites of economic opportunity in Honduras, and the systematic enclosure of the natural resources within their territories, is intimately tethered to white socio-spatial imaginaries and the politics of frontier making. In this essay, I analyze how elite investors, with support from the state and …
Adjudicating Indigeneity
In 2014, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard two cases concerning the alleged complicity of Honduran state institutions in the violation of Garifuna communal property rights. Garifuna, a people of mixed Arawak, Carib, and African descent, are one of nine officially recognized "ethnic groups" in Honduras. Yet the state has repeatedly denied their status as a pueblo originario-a people native to Honduras-thus calling into question the la…
Settler Violence
Settler Violence? Race and Emergent Frontiers of Progress in Honduras Christopher A. Loperena (bio) The displacement of black and indigenous peoples from sites of economic opportunity in Honduras, and the systematic enclosure of the natural resources within their territories, is intimately tethered to white socio-spatial imaginaries and the politics of frontier making. In this essay, I analyze how elite investors, with support from the state and …
Adjudicating Indigeneity
In 2014, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard two cases concerning the alleged complicity of Honduran state institutions in the violation of Garifuna communal property rights. Garifuna, a people of mixed Arawak, Carib, and African descent, are one of nine officially recognized "ethnic groups" in Honduras. Yet the state has repeatedly denied their status as a pueblo originario-a people native to Honduras-thus calling into question the la…
Visualizing Decolonial Environmental Futures in Puerto Rico, Beyond Crisis
Climate change is expected to fundamentally alter the geography and lifeworlds of Piñones, Puerto Rico—a cluster of Afro-Puerto Rican communities located in the Río Grande de Loíza estuary. This essay asks how climate change is visualized by climate scientists versus how it is perceived by people living on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Piñones was once home to large coastal sand dunes and vibrant life-making practices that are slowly erod…
Colonialism (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)