DR. MINTZI MARTINEZ-RIVERA is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Providence College. She has a dual PhD (Folklore and Anthropology) from Indiana University Bloomington. Her research and teaching focus on P’urhépecha culture, indigenous youth culture, indigenous popular culture, expressive cultural practices, Critical Indigenous and Anti-Oppressive research methods, and cultural transformations.
In June 2021, her co-edited volume with Dr. Solimar Otero Theorizing Folklore from the Margins: Critical and Ethnical Approaches will be published by Indiana University Press, and she is also completing her book manuscript Getting Married in Angahuan: Creating Culture, Performing Community. For the last 2 years, she has cooperated with the Social Justice Collaborative.
Event Details:
April 21, 2021 (Wednesday)
2:00 pm-3:30 pm – Register here.
Tales from the Field Roundtable: Working in Conflict Zones
Dr. Martinez-Rivera and Dr. Maria Hamilton Abegunde will discuss with students what it is like to conduct research in a conflict zone. We invite students who have conducted fieldwork or who plan to do so in the future to join us. If you would like to share a story, please register and complete this survey.
Thank you to faculty in African American and African Diaspora Studies, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Latino Studies, and the Social Science Research Commons for collaborating with us in this effort.
