Carolin Loysa
Biographic Data
| ID | 875640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolin Loysa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolin |
| FAMILY NAME | Loysa |
| SIGNATURE | LOYSA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Freie Universität Berlin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dismantling the Ethnographer’s House: On Mexican Middle Classes and Shopping Malls
Following Audre Lorde, this paper reflects on how to decolonize the ethnographic endeavor, arguing that every ethnographic inquiry should begin with a critical evaluation of our own class consciousness in relation to our field, and focusing on how class consciousness is inscribed onto our own bodies no less than onto the bodies of our interlocutors. Shopping malls are epitomes of neoliberal capitalism, serving as spaces where middle classes conve…
Of food courts and other demons: Shopping malls in Mexico as new centers for urban life
Shopping malls are a global phenomenon that has transformed the urban landscape towards a division in homogenized spaces worldwide throughout the last decades. We find malls in almost every bigger city. They offer a space where everybody, no matter where they are from, knows one's way around. Especially Mexico seems to offer a fertile ground for the success of malls as they offer a presumably needed safe and prestigious space for social encounter…
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Of food courts and other demons: Shopping malls in Mexico as new centers for urban life
Shopping malls are a global phenomenon that has transformed the urban landscape towards a division in homogenized spaces worldwide throughout the last decades. We find malls in almost every bigger city. They offer a space where everybody, no matter where they are from, knows one's way around. Especially Mexico seems to offer a fertile ground for the success of malls as they offer a presumably needed safe and prestigious space for social encounter…
Dismantling the Ethnographer’s House: On Mexican Middle Classes and Shopping Malls
Following Audre Lorde, this paper reflects on how to decolonize the ethnographic endeavor, arguing that every ethnographic inquiry should begin with a critical evaluation of our own class consciousness in relation to our field, and focusing on how class consciousness is inscribed onto our own bodies no less than onto the bodies of our interlocutors. Shopping malls are epitomes of neoliberal capitalism, serving as spaces where middle classes conve…
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