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Class Relations, Social Mobility, and Self-Care in Mexico City by Andrea Yoga’s Dis/Union: Class Relations, Social Mobility, and Self-Care in Mexico City By Andrea Maldonado B. A., Colgate University, 1997 A. M., Brown University, 2007 A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Anthropology at Brown University Providence, Rhode Island May 2014 © Copyright 2014 by Andrea Maldonado This dissertation by Andrea Maldonado is accepted in its present form by the Department of Anthropology as satisfying the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Date_______________ ______________________________________ Daniel J. Smith, Advisor Date_______________ ______________________________________ Matthew C. Gutmann, Advisor Recommended to the Graduate Council Date_______________ ______________________________________ Kay B. Warren, Reader Date_______________ ______________________________________ Alyshia Gálvez, Reader Approved by the Graduate Council Date_______________ ______________________________________ Peter M. Weber, Dean of the Graduate School iii CURRICULUM VITAE Andrea Maldonado Brown University, Department of Anthropology, Box 1921 Providence, Rhode Island 02912 [email protected] EDUCATION Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Ph.D. in Anthropology May 2014 Dissertation: Yoga’s Dis/Union: Class Relations, Social Mobility, and Self-Care in Mexico City Preliminary Examination Fields: Medical Anthropology, Anthropology of Consumption, and Anthropology of Urban Latin America Committee: Drs. Daniel J. Smith (co-chair); Matthew C. Gutmann (co-chair); Kay B. Warren; and Alyshia Gálvez (external reader) A.M. in Anthropology May 2007 Thesis: A Members’ Only Community: Distinction and Performance of Self and Other within Social Clubs in Mexico City Colgate University, Hamilton, New York B.A. in Sociology-Anthropology and Native American Studies; summa cum laude May 1997 High Honors Thesis: Native American Berdache: A Symbol of Identification and Power for Native and Non-Native Gay Men? RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Medical anthropology; global health; complementary and alternative medicine; politics of care Class theories and relations; social im/mobility; social inclusion and exclusion Globalization; consumption; anthropology of middle classes Urban studies, especially spatial organization, segregation, and inequality Mexico; Latin America Qualitative research methods; ethnography; ethnographic writing AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS Mellon Foundation, IIE Graduate Fellowship for International Study 2011-2012 Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 2011 Brown University International Affairs Conference Travel Grant 2011 Framework in Global Health Scholarship (U.S. National Institutes of Health) 2010 Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (Honorable Mention), Brown U. 2010 Tinker Foundation Field Research Grant 2009 iv Professor R. Bruce Lindsay Graduate Fellowship, Brown University 2007-2008 Brown University Scholar Exchange Fellow in Mexico City 2007 Brown University Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Travel Grant 2007 Brown University Research and Conference Travel Grants 2006-2008 Graduate Community Fellow, Brown University 2005-2007 AmeriCorps Multicultural Alliance Teacher Fellowship 1997-1999 Collegiate School Teaching Institute Fellow, New York, NY 1997 Phi Beta Kappa 1996 Charles A. Dana Scholar, Colgate University 1996, 1997 PUBLICATIONS Maldonado, A. (2013). Cultivating the Collective through Practices of Self-Care. In Oliva López Sánchez (ed.), Cuerpo, salud, género y emociones: estudios diacrónicos y sincrónicos. Revista Electrónica de Psicología Iztacala 16(4): 1486-1515. México, DF: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Maldonado, A. (2010). A Members’ Only Community: Re-making the Middle Class in Mexico City. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG. Maldonado, A. (2009-2011). “Una Nueva Forma de Vida”: Seeking “New Spiritualities” in Urban Mexico. Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies 5. Maldonado, A. (2007). A Members’ Only Fortressed Paradise: The Meaning of Space and Community within Social Clubs in Mexico City. International Affairs Journal 4 (1): 3-7. Maldonado, A. (2007). Otra Perspectiva. Ichan Tecolotl 208: 12. Maldonado, A. (1997). The Native American Berdache Tradition: Western Notions of Gender and Homosexuality Challenged. The Minerva Review XV: 23-36. INVITED PRESENTATIONS, PANELS, AND CONFERENCES Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C. June 2013 “Fee-for-Service Healing: New Prescriptions for Work in Mexico City.” Paper presented in a session on Cuerpos encadenados: Una perspectiva feminista de la persona inserta en cadenas globales de trabajo postfordista. American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA November 2012 “Crafting the Collective through Practices of Self-Care in Mexico City.” Paper presented in a session on Health Practice, Disease Prevention. CUNY – Graduate Center, New York, NY May 2012 “Therapeutic (Re-)Placements: Emergent Forms and Spaces of Care in Mexico City.” Paper presented at a conference organized by the Public Space Working Group (CUNY). Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social-D.F. December 2011 “Cultural Medicine: The New Cure for Inequality in Mexico City.” Paper presented to an inter-disciplinary group of scholars. v American Anthropological Association, Montreal, QC, Canada November 2011 “Medical (Re-)Placements: Emergent Forms and Spaces of Care in Mexico City.” Paper presented in a session on Geographic Legacies, Embodied Futures: Tracing Place in Medical Anthropology. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City March 2011 “Seis meses en el campo.” Talk presented in a seminar on Transnational Communities. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City November 2010 “¿Quieres una beca? Tips para conseguir fondos para tu investigación del doctorado.” Grant-writing workshop presented to Mexican doctoral students. Brown U., Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Providence, RI March 2010 “Culture: The New Drug of Choice in Mexico City. Circuitous States of Engagement.” Paper presented at the Politics, Culture, and Society in Latin America graduate student conference in a session on New Perspectives on the State in Latin America. Brown U., Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Providence, RI October 2009 Violence in Mexico: Beyond Sensationalism. Organized a conference with Brown’s VP for International Affairs and leading U.S. and Mexican scholars to discuss the social, cultural, and political manifestations of and responses to violence in contemporary Mexico. New England Council for Latin American Studies, Providence, Rhode Island October 2008 Comparative Perspectives on the Middle Class: Past, Present, and Future. Organized a panel for annual meeting. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City July 2008 “El consumo de la medicina ‘alternativa’ entre las clases medias en la Ciudad de México: una perspectiva antropológica.” Paper presented in a seminar on Transnational Studies. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social-Occidente June 2008 “El consumo de la medicina ‘alternativa’ entre las clases medias en la Ciudad de México: una perspectiva antropológica.” Paper presented in an inter-disciplinary research seminar on the Translocalization of Amerindian Religions. Brown U., Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Providence, RI February 2008 “A Social Contextual Critique of the New Age Movement in Urban Mexico.” Paper presented at the Politics, Culture, and Society in Latin America graduate student conference. Brown U., Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Providence, RI October 2006 “A Members’ Only ‘Fortressed’ Paradise: Meanings of Space and Community within Social Clubs in Mexico City.” Paper presented at the Politics, Culture, and Society in Latin America graduate student forum in a session on Comparative Perspectives on Middle Class Culture and Politics. Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Canada September 2006 “A Members’ Only Community: Negotiating Status and Identity within Social Clubs in Mexico City.” Paper presented in a session on Elites, Networks, and Power in Mexico. vi TEACHING EXPERIENCE Brown University Teaching Assistant Positions: Led discussion sections, held office hours, and evaluated assignments for the following courses: Anthropology of Global Aid (Dr. Bianca Dahl) Spring 2010 Culture and Health (Dr. Daniel Smith) Fall 2009 International Health: Anthropological Perspectives (Dr. Daniel Smith) Spring 2007, 2009 Anthropology of Masculinity (Dr. Matthew Gutmann) Fall 2008 Cultural Anthropology: Understanding Human Societies (Dr. Daniel Smith) Spring 2008 Invited Lectures: Brown University, Providence, RI Spring 2013 “Self-Care in Mexico City.” Presented in International Health: Anthropological Perspectives (Dr. Daniel Smith). CUNY-Lehman College, New York, NY Spring 2012 “Cultural Medicine: New Prescriptions for the Poor in Mexico City – Tales from the Field and Beyond.” Presented in a course on Health and Migration (Dr. Alyshia Gálvez). Brown University, Providence, RI Spring 2011 “Cultural Medicine: New Prescriptions for the Poor in Mexico City – Tales from the Field.” Presented in courses on International Health: Anthropological Perspectives (Dr. Daniel Smith) and Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Dr. Bianca Dahl). Brown University,
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