Lisa Maya Knauer
Biographic Data
| ID | 901579 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa Maya Knauer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa Maya |
| FAMILY NAME | Knauer |
| SIGNATURE | KNAUER L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“You're the Anthropologist…You know What to Write: Collaborations with the Maya Community of New Bedford, Massachusetts
Last year, my collaborator Adrian Ventura, director of the Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores (Workers' Community Center, or CCT), asked me to write a letter to an elected official on the organization's behalf. Adrian is a Maya K'iche', the largest of the 22 Maya ethnicities in Guatemala, and the CCT is an immigrant workers' rights organization in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He wanted to ensure that the letter clearly explained the organization's…
Contested Histories in Public Space: Memory, Race, and Nation
Contested Histories in Public Space brings multiple perspectives to bear on historical narratives presented to the public in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world, from Paris to Kathmandu, from the Mexican state of Oaxaca to the waterfront of Wellington, New Zealand. Paying particular attention to how race and empire are implicated in the creation and display of national narratives, the contributing historians, anthropologists…
The Politics of Afrocuban Cultural Expression in New York City
This paper examines Afrocuban cultural practices in New York City, specifically the 'folkloric' music and dance complex known as rumba. I look at these cultural performances as arenas in which black Cubans from the post-1980 migratory cohorts (among others) craft and negotiate identifications that are shaped-discursively and spatially-by the larger social contexts, but are also sites for contesting hegemonic constructions of Cuban identity. Altho…
Remesas multi-direccionales y etnografia viajera
Durante varios anos de hacer investigaciones con Cubanos en New York y La Habana, informantes en ambos lugares me han dado dinero, cartas y paquetes para llevar “al otro lado”. Como otros viajeros y turistas, soy mensajera, testigo y vicária para personas separadas por geografía, economía y política. También personas en ambas ciudades me han dado videos, fotos y grabaciones, o me han pedido a documentar algo para enseñar “allá”. En este artículo,…
Memory and the Impact of Political Transformation in Public Space
History and memory have become highly contentious public issues in recent years, and political events place these struggles over historical interpretations in high relief.As we assembled the manuscript for this book, the World Trade Center was attacked.As a monument, the World Trade Center lent itself to markedly di√erent readings in its life and death.Some saw the towers as arrogant and vulgar representations of capitalist greed and insolence.Ar…
The Politics of Afrocuban Cultural Expression in New York City
This paper examines Afrocuban cultural practices in New York City, specifically the 'folkloric' music and dance complex known as rumba. I look at these cultural performances as arenas in which black Cubans from the post-1980 migratory cohorts (among others) craft and negotiate identifications that are shaped-discursively and spatially-by the larger social contexts, but are also sites for contesting hegemonic constructions of Cuban identity. Altho…
Memory and the Impact of Political Transformation in Public Space
History and memory have become highly contentious public issues in recent years, and political events place these struggles over historical interpretations in high relief.As we assembled the manuscript for this book, the World Trade Center was attacked.As a monument, the World Trade Center lent itself to markedly di√erent readings in its life and death.Some saw the towers as arrogant and vulgar representations of capitalist greed and insolence.Ar…
Remesas multi-direccionales y etnografia viajera
Durante varios anos de hacer investigaciones con Cubanos en New York y La Habana, informantes en ambos lugares me han dado dinero, cartas y paquetes para llevar “al otro lado”. Como otros viajeros y turistas, soy mensajera, testigo y vicária para personas separadas por geografía, economía y política. También personas en ambas ciudades me han dado videos, fotos y grabaciones, o me han pedido a documentar algo para enseñar “allá”. En este artículo,…
The Politics of Afrocuban Cultural Expression in New York City
This paper examines Afrocuban cultural practices in New York City, specifically the 'folkloric' music and dance complex known as rumba. I look at these cultural performances as arenas in which black Cubans from the post-1980 migratory cohorts (among others) craft and negotiate identifications that are shaped-discursively and spatially-by the larger social contexts, but are also sites for contesting hegemonic constructions of Cuban identity. Altho…
Contested Histories in Public Space: Memory, Race, and Nation
Contested Histories in Public Space brings multiple perspectives to bear on historical narratives presented to the public in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world, from Paris to Kathmandu, from the Mexican state of Oaxaca to the waterfront of Wellington, New Zealand. Paying particular attention to how race and empire are implicated in the creation and display of national narratives, the contributing historians, anthropologists…
“You're the Anthropologist…You know What to Write: Collaborations with the Maya Community of New Bedford, Massachusetts
Last year, my collaborator Adrian Ventura, director of the Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores (Workers' Community Center, or CCT), asked me to write a letter to an elected official on the organization's behalf. Adrian is a Maya K'iche', the largest of the 22 Maya ethnicities in Guatemala, and the CCT is an immigrant workers' rights organization in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He wanted to ensure that the letter clearly explained the organization's…
History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Law (2 works)