Carmen Ferradas
Associate Professor
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
Biography
Ferrad谩s is a social anthropologist interested in the critical analysis of the impact of development processes in local populations. She has studied popular responses to hydroelectric projects and resettlement policies in Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. She has also conducted action research with students among Southeast Asian refugees in the 91社区 area. She is currently studying global-local dynamics in three frontier cities in the Latin American Southern-Cone. Her interests include anthropology and development; social impact assessment; social movements; Latin America; communication and discourse analysis; globalization and localism.
Education
PhD, MPhil, City University of New YorkResearch Interests
- Anthropology and Development
- Political Ecology
- Consumption
- Urban Anthropology
- Borders
- Globalization
- Latin America