PAOLA CANOVA (08/2016)

The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Anthropology 2201 Speedway, Stop C3200, Austin, TX 78712-172 Email: [email protected] Phone:512 471 2762

EDUCATION______

2014 The University of Arizona Ph.D. in Anthropology Dissertation: "Intimate Encounters: Sex Work in the Mennonite Colonies of Western ." 2007 The University of Arizona Thesis: "Contested Spaces: Ayoreo Presence in a Mennonite Town." 2000 National University of Asunción, Paraguay B.A. in Human Ecology Thesis: "Economic Survival Strategies of Two Guarani Indigenous Villages." 1999 National University of Asunción, Paraguay B.A. in German Studies

ACADEMIC CAREER______

2015- Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Faculty Associate, Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) Faculty Associate, Native American Indigenous Studies (NAIS) 2014-2015 Visiting Scholar, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona.

TEACHING______

Sexuality on Global Perspective (ANT 324L) Neoliberalism, The State and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America (ANT 392) Global Indigenous Issues (ANT) Gender in Latin America: Contemporary Issues (LAS) Globalization in Latin America (LAS)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES______

03/2014-08/2014 Research Consultancy, Inter-American Development Bank. Research on the Impact of a Water Aqueduct Project on Indigenous Territories in the Region of Paraguay. 06/2013-11/2013 Research Consultancy, Inter-American Development Bank. Research on the Impact of the Building of Two Highways on Guaraní Indigenous Territories in the Caaguazú and San Pedro Regions of Paraguay. Project IDB/MOPC #1822. 10/2013 Anthropological Advisor. Project for the Strengthening of Ayoreo Weaver's Cooperative in the Paraguayan Chaco Region. Project funded by the Municipality of Chaco and NGO Mingará. 02/2010–06/2010 Anthropological Advisor, “Sex Work and HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Project”, Filadelfia, Chaco. Project funded by MZC-Spain that implemented STIs and

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HIV prevention treatment programs for Ayoreo sex workers in network with Tatarendy NGO. 2000–2002 Project Coordinator, Vicariato Apostolico del Pilcomayo, Paraguay. An organization working with indigenous communities in the Paraguayan Chaco on issues of education, health and community organization with the support of international funding agencies.

RESEARCH SUPPORT______

2016 Summer Research Assignment, University of Texas 2009-2011 Wenner-Gren Foundation, Dissertation Fieldwork Grant. PI ($21,980) 2006 Tinker Foundation Field Research Grant. PI ($2,500) 2004 American Embassy, Paraguay. Summer Research Grant. PI ($2,500)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AMONG AYOREO______

2016 Paraguayan Chaco. 1 month. 2014 Paraguayan Chaco. 2 months. Dissertation follow-up research. 2003 Paraguayan Chaco.1 month. Collaborative project with Ayoreo women on the marketing of handicrafts. 1 month. Dissertation follow-up research. 2012 Paraguayan Chaco. 1 month. Dissertation fieldwork. 2010 Bolivian Chaco. 1 month. Dissertation fieldwork. 2009-2011 Paraguayan Chaco. 16 months. Dissertation fieldwork. 2008 Paraguayan Chaco. 2 months. Pre-dissertation fieldwork. 2007 Paraguayan Chaco. 1 ½ months. Language study program. 2006 Paraguayan Chaco. 3 months. Master's thesis fieldwork. 2005 Paraguayan Chaco. 1 month. Master's thesis fieldwork. 2004 Paraguayan Chaco. 3 months. Collaborative project with Ayoreo women to establish a weaver’s association for the marketing of plant fiber handbags. Project sponsored by the US Embassy in Paraguay.

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE______

2005–2006 Graduate Research Assistant, Alternatives Technologies in Ambos Nogales Project. Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona. Funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Fieldwork: 6 months, Sonora Mexico. 2004–2006 Graduate Research Assistant, Latin American Cooperatives Project. Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona. Funded by the United States Agency of International Development. Fieldwork: 1 month among Asurini Indigenous peoples in Altamira, Para, . 1 month in San Pedro, Paraguay. 2003–2004 Research Assistant, ALAS Project: Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Low Income Mothers. University of North Carolina, School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC. 2001 Research Assistant, “Health Situation of Indigenous Peoples in the Paraguayan Chaco Project.” Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud. Funded by the Pan American Health Organization. 2000 Principal Investigator, Research among Guaraní indigenous villages for B.A thesis. National University of Asunción. Fieldwork: 5 months among /Guarani indigenous peoples.

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HONORS, & AWARDS______

2013 Traditions, Transitions and Treasures Fund, School of Anthropology ($450) 2012 Zora Neale Hurston Travel Award, Association for Feminist Anthropology ($500) 2012 Columbia University Libraries Research Award (2,000) 2012 Graduate Student Travel Scholarship Fund, School of Anthropology ($500) 2011 Diebold Graduate Travel Award ($400) 2011 Graduate Student Travel Scholarship Fund ($300) 2011 Graduate Student Travel Scholarship Fund ($500) 2009 Comins Fellowship Fund ($1,560) 2009 Traditions, Transitions and Treasures Fund ($600) 2008 William and Nancy Sullivan Scholarship ($3,500) 2007 School of Anthropology Student Scholarship ($3,000) 2007 Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology Travel Support ($500) 2002 Branislava Susnik Research Award ($200)

PUBLICATIONS______

2015 "Los Ayoreo en las Colonias Mennonitas: Un Análisis de un Enclave Agro-Industrial en el Chaco Paraguayo" [The Ayoreo in The Mennonite Colonies: An Analysis of an Agro Industrial Enclave in the Paraguayan Chaco] In Capitalismo en las Selvas: Enclaves e Indigenas Durante los Siglos 19 y 20. [Capitalism in the Forests: Industrial Enclaves and Indigenous Peoples During the 19th and 20th Centuries]. Eds. Federico Bossert, Lorena Cordoba, and Nicolas Richard. Ediciones Desierto 2015 "Cerro León, Ayoreo Indigenous Territory threatened by Government Prospecting in Paraguay." Cultural Survival, Feb 2015. 2011 “Del Monte a la Ciudad: Producción Cultural de los Ayoreode en el Chaco Paraguayo. [From the Forest to the City: Cultural Production of Ayoreode in the Paraguayan Chaco]. In Suplemento Antropológico 46 (1). Centro de Estudios Antropológicos de la Universidad Católica (CEADUC), Asunción, Paraguay. 2002 “Estrategias de Sobrevivencia de los Pai Tavytera” [Survival Strategies of the Indigenous Pai Tavytera]. In Suplemento Antropológico 37 (2): 309-419. Centro de Estudios Antropológicos de la Universidad Católica (CEADUC), Asunción, Paraguay. 2000 “Provisión de Necesidades Básicas e Ingreso Promedio de Grupos Latinos-Paraguayos en el Chaco Central” [Access to Basic Needs and Average Income in the Latin-Paraguayan Populations of Central Chaco]. In Faculty Research Journal 15(2), National University of Asunción.

Under Review “Rethinking ‘Sex Work’: The Monetization of Women’s Sexuality in the Paraguayan Chaco”. Manuscript submitted to American Ethnologist.

Scholarly Research Reports

2014 Assessment of the Indigenous Component of the Aqueduct Project in the Paraguayan Chaco. Report prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank. 2013 Socio-anthropological Study of Four Guarani Indigenous Villages from the Caaguazú District, Paraguay. Report prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank. 2013 Socio-anthropological Study of Two Guarani Indigenous Villages from the San Pedro District, Paraguay. Report prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank. 2008 An Annotated Bibliography on Rural Cooperatives with a Focus on Latin America. Report prepared for ACDIVOCA, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, The University of 3

Arizona. Authors: Marcela Vásquez-León, Brian Burke, Luis Barros, Paola Canova, Lucero Radonic. 2007 Cooperativas y Cambio Rural en América Latina: Cooperativa Guayaibi Unido Ltda. Report prepared for ACDIVOCA, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, The University of Arizona. Authors: Paola Canova, Juaquin Rinke, and Marcela Vásquez-León. 2006 Cooperativas y Cambio Rural en América Latina: Cooperativa AmazonCoop, Altamira, Pará, Brazil. Report prepared for ACDIVOCA, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, The University of Arizona. Authors: Paola Canova, Brian Burke, and Marcela Vásquez-León.

SELECTED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS______

2016 Invited Talk: “Empowerment Lessons from the Margins: An Examination of Ayoreo Sexuality in Paraguay’s Chaco Region.” Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. 2015 “Indigenous Mobilization in the Chaco: Negotiating the Multicultural Agenda of the State in Paraguay," paper presented at American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. 2015 "Negotiating Ethical Subjectivities among the Ayoreo of the Paraguayan Chaco," paper to be presented at the XI Mercosur Anthropological Meeting, , . 2015 "Intimate Economies: The Monetization of Ayoreo Women's Sexuality in the Mennonite Colonies of Paraguay's Chaco Region," paper presented at the School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2013 "The Rol of the Ayoreo in the Economic Expansion of the Mennonites In the Paraguayan Chaco," paper presented at the X Mercosur Anthropological Meeting, Córdoba, Argentina. "Current Socio-economic and Political Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Paraguay," paper co- presented with Dr. Rodrigo Villagra at the X Mercosur Anthropological Meeting, Córdoba, Argentina. 2013 “Examining Mennonite Economic Development and the Environmental Crisis in the Paraguayan Chaco,” paper presented at The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. 2012 “Tracing Intimate Subjectivities of Ayoreo Women in the Mennonite Colonies of the Paraguayan Chaco,” paper presented at American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

LANGUAGE SKILLS______

Spanish (native speaker) German (fluency in reading, speaking, writing) English (fluency in reading, speaking, writing) Portuguese (fluency in reading, speaking) Guaraní (fluency in speaking, reading) Ayoreo (fluency in speaking)

MEMBERSHIPS______

American Anthropological Association (member) Association for Feminist Anthropology (member)

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