Seminars/Lectures
In Harm’s Way: The Dynamics and Meanings of Interpersonal Violence at the Urban Margins
Tue
Sep
22
Drawing upon two years of ethnographic work in marginalized neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, this talk dissects the uses and forms of interpersonal violence among the urban poor, examines the way in which the state reproduces such violence, and explores the individual and collective ethical responses that residents devise to cope with it.
Speakers / Related People
Javier Auyero
Javier Auyero is the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Professor in Latin American Sociology and the founder and director of the Urban Ethnography Lab at the University of Texas-Austin. He includes poverty and marginality, political ethnography, and urban violence in his main areas of research...
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