Alejandra Colom
Biographic Data
| ID | 3771160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alejandra Colom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alejandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Colom |
| SIGNATURE | COLOM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Population Council, Guatemala, Guatemala |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Making Applied Anthropology Relevant in Contemporary Guatemala
This paper discusses the development of applied anthropology in Guatemala, including its external influences and the sociopolitical context that has shaped experiences, practical strategies, and ethical issues. It illustrates how anthropological theory and methods are put to practice in multi-cultural and politically complex contexts, challenging the traditional distinctions of types of application and practice. It explores the challenges of appl…
Honoring Lived Experience
Program participants have been largely excluded as an evidence source in realist evaluations. We test whether and how lived experience as described through life history interviews with pilot program participants can be used as a valid and unique source of data for elucidating context (C)–mechanism (M)–outcome (O) configurations and informing program theory. We use data about “Opening Opportunities,” a program for indigenous adolescent girls in ru…
Undergraduates in the Field
The pick-up trucks drove away while we waved good-bye to the two drivers that had brought us—five students and one professor—to the field site. The field site was a Maya-Q'eqchi' community set in the northern piedmont of Sierra de las Minas, departamento de Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. The drivers were to return in three weeks. We made arrangements before they left, in case the river rose too high for the cars to drive across. If the cars didn't show…
Honoring Lived Experience
Program participants have been largely excluded as an evidence source in realist evaluations. We test whether and how lived experience as described through life history interviews with pilot program participants can be used as a valid and unique source of data for elucidating context (C)–mechanism (M)–outcome (O) configurations and informing program theory. We use data about “Opening Opportunities,” a program for indigenous adolescent girls in ru…
Undergraduates in the Field
The pick-up trucks drove away while we waved good-bye to the two drivers that had brought us—five students and one professor—to the field site. The field site was a Maya-Q'eqchi' community set in the northern piedmont of Sierra de las Minas, departamento de Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. The drivers were to return in three weeks. We made arrangements before they left, in case the river rose too high for the cars to drive across. If the cars didn't show…
Honoring Lived Experience
Program participants have been largely excluded as an evidence source in realist evaluations. We test whether and how lived experience as described through life history interviews with pilot program participants can be used as a valid and unique source of data for elucidating context (C)–mechanism (M)–outcome (O) configurations and informing program theory. We use data about “Opening Opportunities,” a program for indigenous adolescent girls in ru…
Making Applied Anthropology Relevant in Contemporary Guatemala
This paper discusses the development of applied anthropology in Guatemala, including its external influences and the sociopolitical context that has shaped experiences, practical strategies, and ethical issues. It illustrates how anthropological theory and methods are put to practice in multi-cultural and politically complex contexts, challenging the traditional distinctions of types of application and practice. It explores the challenges of appl…
History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (2 works) · Indigenous Cultures and History (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Anthropology of art (1 work) · Applied anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Community Health and Development (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)