August 2023!
I have a short essay out: Hacer posible la paz en medio de campos minados. This is my contribution to “A la izquierda del poder,” and it explores the political relevance of Petro’s government vis-a-vis a humanitarian demining project, in which peace emerges as a political dilemma and a concrete possibility. I call for the cultivation of a sense of hope.
July 2023!
“Explosiveness: Territories of war and technoscientific practices in Colombia” is out of the oven in JLACA! I co-wrote it with the wonderful Julia Morales Fontanilla. On forensic workers and mine-removal experts!
“Ethical Disconcertment and the Politics of Troublemaking” is out! Please check my new article in American Ethnologist! It has been a long but enriching process.
June 2023!
I wrote a review on Munira Khayyat’s fantastic book, ” A Landscape of War: Ecologies of Resistance and Survival in South Lebanon.” You can find the review in Current Anthropology!
April 2023!
The Domestication of War is out! This special issue, published in Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, has been a beautiful and enriching three-year journey with wonderful mentors, colleagues, and friends, including my co-editors , Xan Chacko, Jennifer Terry, and Astrida Neimanis. Ustedes han sido una inspiración.
Check out the articles, including the pieces on The Housewife’s Secret Arsenal
January 2023!
Universidad de los Andes published #belicopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, plants, infrastructures and other creatures of the war in Colombia. I contributed with a piece on landmines: “Q de ‘Quiebrapatas'” The book was edited by the amazing Daniel Ruiz Serna and Diana Ojeda. Get your print copy HERE.
November 2022!
My review of Kimberly Theidon’s new book “Legacies of War: Violence, Ecologies and Kin” was published by Anthropological Quarterly. Check it our HERE.
January 2022
Honored and excited to be part of this collection on “Ecologies of War,” edited by the wonderful Bridget Guarasci and Eleana J. Kim. My short essay is titled: “Landscapes of Suspicion: Minefields and Cleared-Lands in Rural Colombia.” Check it out in this LINK.
March 2020
Thrilled to be part of this wonderful collection of essays, “Everyday Militarisms: Hidden in Plain Sight/Site,” edited by Caren Kaplan, Tess Lea & Gabi Kirk.
My piece is titled: “On Landmines and Suspicion: How (not) to Walk Explosive Fields.” Check it out at this LINK.
January, 2020
I wrote a small piece on Mine Detection Dogs and their human partners for the CASTAC Blog. Read it HERE:
November, 2019
A Troubling Proposal: Slowing Down the Humanitarian Ethical Response to Landmines. University of California Irvine – Department of Gender and Sexualities, Irvine, November 19.
January, 2019
A Troubling Proposal: Slowing down humanitarian demining. Georgetown University, SFS – School of Foreign Service, Washington D.C.
September, 2018
Under(mining) Security and Peace: the Latency of Undeclared Wars. Jennifer Terry, Javier Arbona, Diana Pardo. In Everyday Militarisms: Lethal Entanglements Collaboratory. UC Davis- University of Sydney.
August, 2018
ECOLOGÍAS DE LA SOSPECHA: Artefactos Explosivos Improvisados y el desminado humanitario en la guerra y el posconflicto en Colombia. Instituto Pensar, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
May, 2018
‘(Re)leasing’ Contaminated Lands: Humanitarian Demining in Colombia. International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Barcelona.
November 17, 2017
“Another Minefield”: Land Release and the Suspicion of Reoccupation. National Women Studies Association (NWSA): Forty Years After Combahee: Feminist Scholars and Activists Engage the Movement for Black Lives, Baltimore, Maryland.
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