Alicia Sliwinski
Biographic Data
| ID | 80076 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alicia Sliwinski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alicia |
| FAMILY NAME | Sliwinski |
| SIGNATURE | SLIWINSKI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2355-5311 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
On monetary reciprocity
Considering that much anthropological knowledge rests on unequal economic relations, Salverda and colleagues hold that in present-day fieldwork settings, the ethical thing to do is offer monetary payment to research participants, or at least to think about payment in research design. Such payment, they argue, ought not be a corrupting, taboo subject, as suggested by the forceful mystique of reciprocity in fieldwork relationships and by the lack o…
Enduring Connexions
Drawing on the life writing genres of autoethnography and autotheory, this article reflects on the author's enduring friendships with research participants in El Salvador and Cuba through the seminal anthropological concept of the gift
Race and Participation in International Experiential Learning
International experiential learning – IEL, has various pedagogical concerns associated with the colonial and racialized lineage underlying its Global South engagements. Drawing on critical race theory, White privilege and globally engaged learning research as they inform IEL, this case-based study of ‘northern’ participant perceptions of their experiences in a partnership between Habitat for Humanity in El Salvador, and a Canadian university, foc…
Globalisation
Cet article résume les principales dynamiques de la globalisation, reliant le concept à l’essor du néolibéralisme, l’ascension des technologies de communication et l’apparition de mouvements et de politiques identitaires. Il porte une attention particulière aux analyses anthropologiques sur les effets culturels et méthodologiques de la globalisation
The Value of Promising Spaces
This paper considers hope and utopia as value-making processes and their relation to space. It examines two localities built for homeless families and elderly individuals in post-disaster El Salvador during the early 2000s, and explores what these spaces say about their makers' hopes for better futures. Drawing on recent works in the field of utopian studies that adopt a materialist view on utopia as an imperfect contingent process, this paper ex…
Géographie de l’Amérique Latine
Anthropologie de l'aide humanitaire et du développement
Désastre humanitaire dans la vallée des hamacs
Cet article porte sur une composante particulière de l'humanitaire, à savoir la reconstruction après les désastres naturels. Il traite, plus spécifiquement, des logiques de la reconstruction au Salvador après deux séismes qui frappèrent le pays en 2001. Il aborde le niveau national et celui d'un projet mené par une grande ONG internationale et destiné à une centaine de familles pauvres et sinistrées. Sise dans l'espace-temps particulier entre l'u…
Truths and myths about community participation in post-disaster housing projects
Génocides Tropicaux. Catastrophes naturelles et famines coloniales. Aux origines du sous-développement
Note des rédactrices
Truths and myths about community participation in post-disaster housing projects
The Value of Promising Spaces
This paper considers hope and utopia as value-making processes and their relation to space. It examines two localities built for homeless families and elderly individuals in post-disaster El Salvador during the early 2000s, and explores what these spaces say about their makers' hopes for better futures. Drawing on recent works in the field of utopian studies that adopt a materialist view on utopia as an imperfect contingent process, this paper ex…
Désastre humanitaire dans la vallée des hamacs
Cet article porte sur une composante particulière de l'humanitaire, à savoir la reconstruction après les désastres naturels. Il traite, plus spécifiquement, des logiques de la reconstruction au Salvador après deux séismes qui frappèrent le pays en 2001. Il aborde le niveau national et celui d'un projet mené par une grande ONG internationale et destiné à une centaine de familles pauvres et sinistrées. Sise dans l'espace-temps particulier entre l'u…
Note des rédactrices
Génocides Tropicaux. Catastrophes naturelles et famines coloniales. Aux origines du sous-développement
Truths and myths about community participation in post-disaster housing projects
Désastre humanitaire dans la vallée des hamacs
Cet article porte sur une composante particulière de l'humanitaire, à savoir la reconstruction après les désastres naturels. Il traite, plus spécifiquement, des logiques de la reconstruction au Salvador après deux séismes qui frappèrent le pays en 2001. Il aborde le niveau national et celui d'un projet mené par une grande ONG internationale et destiné à une centaine de familles pauvres et sinistrées. Sise dans l'espace-temps particulier entre l'u…
Anthropologie de l'aide humanitaire et du développement
Géographie de l’Amérique Latine
The Value of Promising Spaces
This paper considers hope and utopia as value-making processes and their relation to space. It examines two localities built for homeless families and elderly individuals in post-disaster El Salvador during the early 2000s, and explores what these spaces say about their makers' hopes for better futures. Drawing on recent works in the field of utopian studies that adopt a materialist view on utopia as an imperfect contingent process, this paper ex…
Globalisation
Cet article résume les principales dynamiques de la globalisation, reliant le concept à l’essor du néolibéralisme, l’ascension des technologies de communication et l’apparition de mouvements et de politiques identitaires. Il porte une attention particulière aux analyses anthropologiques sur les effets culturels et méthodologiques de la globalisation
Race and Participation in International Experiential Learning
International experiential learning – IEL, has various pedagogical concerns associated with the colonial and racialized lineage underlying its Global South engagements. Drawing on critical race theory, White privilege and globally engaged learning research as they inform IEL, this case-based study of ‘northern’ participant perceptions of their experiences in a partnership between Habitat for Humanity in El Salvador, and a Canadian university, foc…
Enduring Connexions
Drawing on the life writing genres of autoethnography and autotheory, this article reflects on the author's enduring friendships with research participants in El Salvador and Cuba through the seminal anthropological concept of the gift
On monetary reciprocity
Considering that much anthropological knowledge rests on unequal economic relations, Salverda and colleagues hold that in present-day fieldwork settings, the ethical thing to do is offer monetary payment to research participants, or at least to think about payment in research design. Such payment, they argue, ought not be a corrupting, taboo subject, as suggested by the forceful mystique of reciprocity in fieldwork relationships and by the lack o…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (2 works) · French Urban and Social Studies (2 works)