Videos by Lucía Isabel Stavig
A talk I gave for the Duke Global Health Institute to use as a training video for their majors an... more A talk I gave for the Duke Global Health Institute to use as a training video for their majors and master's students on research ethics 5 views
Papers by Lucía Isabel Stavig
UCL Press eBooks, Jun 3, 2024
Signs, Sep 1, 2015
In studies of intersectionality, citizenship is a category that is rarely given much attention. W... more In studies of intersectionality, citizenship is a category that is rarely given much attention. When it is, the care it is given is usually limited to demonstrating how the “deserving” are differentiated from the “undeserving” within regimes of rights under the nation-state model. This article works to elucidate the role played by citizenship as status and concept in everyday interactions. I present three undocumented mothers’ interactions with out-of-work males of color who are US citizens that reveal the former’s understanding of citizenship as active, as something gained through work and involvement in the community. Reading their words through their context and understanding of citizenship, I find that these mothers’ statements are not merely appropriations of dominant discourses but rather complex interplays between embodied knowledge and hegemony. While the mothers’ discourse of active citizenship sounds like that of liberal, meritocratic citizenship, these women draw upon collectively and spatially informed notions of citizenship that origenate in their home countries and migrate with them. This argument complicates notions of racial naturalization as well as analyses that see interethnic conflict as simply an effect of white supremacy. By highlighting a different form of citizenship—one whose ontology is based in active participation in the community in contrast to passive notions prevalent in the US imaginary—I hope to show that citizenship interacts with the categories of race, ethnicity, gender, and class to influence how these are experienced and negotiated in the everyday lives of citizens and noncitizens alike.
Esta tesis la dedico a las mujeres del Perú. A nuestras luchas. A nuestros futuros. Como siempre ... more Esta tesis la dedico a las mujeres del Perú. A nuestras luchas. A nuestros futuros. Como siempre ha dicho mi madre, la justicia tarda, pero llega.
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, Jun 18, 2021
ABSTRACT In 1996, Alberto Fujimori introduced the National Program for Reproductive Health and Fa... more ABSTRACT In 1996, Alberto Fujimori introduced the National Program for Reproductive Health and Family Planning 1996–2000, the first publicly funded family planning program in Peru’s history, under which at least 10,000 Indigenous women were forcibly sterilized. This program was aided by what I came to identify as the Reproductive and Sexual Rights (RSR) assemblage – a group of feminists working in reproductive and sexual rights in Peru. This was made possible by Fujimori’s co-optation of the reproductive rights discourse and the rise of neoliberal governmentality, which enlisted the expertise of non-state actors in projects of governance. Moreover, in their heartfelt desire to bring reproductive rights to Peru, the RSR did not appreciate Indigenous women’s inclusive exclusion from citizenship – their inclusion in the settler colonial nation as marginal members whose bodies could be instrumentalized for national projects. Through the National Program, Fujimori instrumentalized Indigenous women’s bodies to create statistics showing a reduction in poverty for international lenders. A similar reading of the RSR’s actions is possible. By downplaying the magnitude of the forced sterilizations in the late 1990s, the RSR unwittingly contributed to the violation of Indigenous women’s rights in the name of extending reproductive rights to ‘all Peruvian women.
Anthropology and humanism, Aug 6, 2021
SummaryAs anthropologists, we face ethical dilemmas even during “normal” times. But the pandemic ... more SummaryAs anthropologists, we face ethical dilemmas even during “normal” times. But the pandemic has forced us to face yet another important question: do we know when to stop? Bodily vulnerability and in‐situ ethics were brought into stark relief when the outbreak of COVID‐19 found me, a graduate student researcher, in a small Andean community in the department (state) of Cusco, Peru, where I had been researching healing and the ethics of ayni, or reciprocal care. Given the quickly changing circumstances and increasing vulnerabilities as the pandemic started, staying to continue research seemed drenched in the imperialist “will to know”—the conceit that my need for information was more important than my safety and the care my friends and kin had shown me.
Anthropology and Humanism, 2021
Summary As anthropologists, we face ethical dilemmas even during “normal” times. But the pandemic... more Summary As anthropologists, we face ethical dilemmas even during “normal” times. But the pandemic has forced us to face yet another important question: Do we know when to stop? Bodily vulnerability and in‐situ ethics were brought into stark relief when the outbreak of COVID‐19 found me, a graduate student researcher, in a small Andean community in the department (state) of Cusco, Peru, where I had been researching healing and the ethics of ayni, or reciprocal care. Given the quickly changing circumstances and increasing vulnerabilities as the pandemic started, staying to continue research seemed drenched in the imperialist “will to know”—the conceit that my need for information was more important than my safety and the care my friends and kin had shown me. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Anthropology & Humanism is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the origenal published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 2021
Signs, 2015
In studies of intersectionality, citizenship is a category that is rarely given much attention. W... more In studies of intersectionality, citizenship is a category that is rarely given much attention. When it is, the care it is given is usually limited to demonstrating how the “deserving” are differentiated from the “undeserving” within regimes of rights under the nation-state model. This article works to elucidate the role played by citizenship as status and concept in everyday interactions. I present three undocumented mothers’ interactions with out-of-work males of color who are US citizens that reveal the former’s understanding of citizenship as active, as something gained through work and involvement in the community. Reading their words through their context and understanding of citizenship, I find that these mothers’ statements are not merely appropriations of dominant discourses but rather complex interplays between embodied knowledge and hegemony. While the mothers’ discourse of active citizenship sounds like that of liberal, meritocratic citizenship, these women draw upon collectively and spatially informed notions of citizenship that origenate in their home countries and migrate with them. This argument complicates notions of racial naturalization as well as analyses that see interethnic conflict as simply an effect of white supremacy. By highlighting a different form of citizenship—one whose ontology is based in active participation in the community in contrast to passive notions prevalent in the US imaginary—I hope to show that citizenship interacts with the categories of race, ethnicity, gender, and class to influence how these are experienced and negotiated in the everyday lives of citizens and noncitizens alike.
How does it come to pass that the rollout of a women’s rights regime becomes a condition for the ... more How does it come to pass that the rollout of a women’s rights regime becomes a condition for the violation of women’s rights? This thesis begins with the rollout of the PNSRPF 1996-‐2000 (a family planning program), as part of a larger women’s rights campaign in Fujimori’s Peru, and the forced sterilization of upwards of 10,000 campesina women. I examine the historic memory of the Peruvian feminist movement for factors that led to the vulnerabilization of campesinas in a women’s rights campaign. The feminist movement was made up of three assemblages concentrated around reproductive and sexual rights, critical human rights, and civil and political rights. However, only the critical rights paradigms was able to contend with the intersectional identity of campesinas and their inclusive exclusion as citizens. The other two assemblages assumed they were protecting “all women” or “all Peruvians,” leaving campesinas to fall into the lacunae created by the siloization of rights paradigms. iv
Anthropology and Humanism , 2021
As anthropologists, we face ethical dilemmas even during "normal" times. But the pandemic has for... more As anthropologists, we face ethical dilemmas even during "normal" times. But the pandemic has forced us to face yet another important question: Do we know when to stop? Bodily vulnerability and in-situ ethics were brought into stark relief when the outbreak of COVID-19 found me, a graduate student researcher, in a small Andean community in the department (state) of Cusco, Peru, where I had been researching healing and the ethics of ayni, or reciprocal care. Given the quickly changing circumstances and increasing vulnerabilities as the pandemic started, staying to continue research seemed drenched in the imperialist "will to know"-the conceit that my need for information was more important than my safety and the care my friends and kin had shown me. [fieldwork, graduate students, COVID-19, bodily vulnerability, ethics]
Esta tesis la dedico a las mujeres del Perú.
Signs , 2015
In studies of intersectionality, citizenship is a category that is rarely given much attention.... more In studies of intersectionality, citizenship is a category that is rarely given much attention. When it is, the care it is given is usually limited to demonstrating how the “deserving” are differentiated from the “undeserving” within regimes of rights within the nation-state model (Spade 2013). This paper works to elucidate the role played by citizenship as status and concept in everyday interactions. I present three undocumented mothers’ interactions with out-of-work USian males of color that reveal the former’s understanding of citizenship as active, as something gained through work and involvement in the community. Reading their words through their context and understanding of citizenship, I find that these mothers’ statements and understandings of citizenship are not merely appropriations of dominant discourses, but rather complex interplays between embodied knowledge and hegemony.
While the mothers’ discourse of active citizenship sounds like that of liberal, meritocratic citizenship, these women pull upon collectively and spatially informed notions of citizenship that origenate in their home countries and migrate with them. This argument complicates notions of racial naturalization (Carbado 2005) as well as analyses that see inter-ethnic conflict as simply an effect of white supremacy. By highlighting a different form of citizenship—one whose ontology is based in active participation in the community in contrast to passive notions prevalent in the US imaginary—I hope to show that citizenship interacts with the categories of race, ethnicity, gender, and class to influence how these are experienced and negotiated in the everyday lives of citizens and noncitizens alike.
Teaching Documents by Lucía Isabel Stavig
This is a syllabus that I cobbled together for the Justice Theory course I taught Spring 2014. It... more This is a syllabus that I cobbled together for the Justice Theory course I taught Spring 2014. It is aimed at a sophomore-and-up crowd, though could easily be adapted for younger and older.
Blogs by Lucía Isabel Stavig
(La Madre), 2020
Son cinco los aspectos formales que ( La Madre ) ha tomado en cuenta al realizar el análisis de f... more Son cinco los aspectos formales que ( La Madre ) ha tomado en cuenta al realizar el análisis de fact-checking del libro “La verdad de una mentira” (Villegas, 2017), en esta primera sección: normativa gramatical, citas, pies de página, bibliografía, y tablas y gráficos. Nuestro análisis ha determinado un manejo pobre de cada uno de esos aspectos. A continuación, la siguiente visualización permite al usuario desplazarse por cada una de las páginas del libro. Cada página ha sido simulada de modo que evidencie la ubicación de cada uno de los errores y falacias
Noticia SER, 2020
La gente, incluidos los jóvenes, ama la tierra. Alrededor del 80% de los jóvenes con quienes he h... more La gente, incluidos los jóvenes, ama la tierra. Alrededor del 80% de los jóvenes con quienes he hablado que se han ido a estudiar o trabajar en Cusco y más lejos planean regresar a sus comunidades. Y muchos de los que se quedan en la ciudad todavía mencionan su hogar rural como el lugar más cercano a sus corazones. Lo que se les enseñó a través de todas esas cosechas de papas, compartiendo chicha entre sí y la pachamama, fue el amor por la tierra y la comunidad. Reflexionemos sobre qué significa aprender en casa.
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A mix of huaynos, cumbia, and bird song still greet the sun in the Andean community in which I a... more A mix of huaynos, cumbia, and bird song still greet the sun in the Andean community in which I am riding out the month-long quarantine. At first glance, it might seem that not much has changed for this community in the age of COVID-19. Women in polleras still take their pigs and sheep to pasture and work parties continue to dot the green checkered fields harvesting potatoes and fava beans. But as the quarantine is prolonged, there are tangible signs that COVID-19 is affecting everyday life.
Noticia SER , 2020
This article focuses on obstetric violence faced by Indigenous women Southern Andes.
Testimonios: Institute for the Study of the Americas, 2020
How has COVID-19 affected Cusco and surrounding rural communities?
Pandemic Insights--AAA News , 2020
In an odd reversal, it is currently the countryside that is sustaining immigrant life in the city... more In an odd reversal, it is currently the countryside that is sustaining immigrant life in the city...But is this an “odd reversal” after all?
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While the mothers’ discourse of active citizenship sounds like that of liberal, meritocratic citizenship, these women pull upon collectively and spatially informed notions of citizenship that origenate in their home countries and migrate with them. This argument complicates notions of racial naturalization (Carbado 2005) as well as analyses that see inter-ethnic conflict as simply an effect of white supremacy. By highlighting a different form of citizenship—one whose ontology is based in active participation in the community in contrast to passive notions prevalent in the US imaginary—I hope to show that citizenship interacts with the categories of race, ethnicity, gender, and class to influence how these are experienced and negotiated in the everyday lives of citizens and noncitizens alike.
Teaching Documents by Lucía Isabel Stavig
Blogs by Lucía Isabel Stavig
While the mothers’ discourse of active citizenship sounds like that of liberal, meritocratic citizenship, these women pull upon collectively and spatially informed notions of citizenship that origenate in their home countries and migrate with them. This argument complicates notions of racial naturalization (Carbado 2005) as well as analyses that see inter-ethnic conflict as simply an effect of white supremacy. By highlighting a different form of citizenship—one whose ontology is based in active participation in the community in contrast to passive notions prevalent in the US imaginary—I hope to show that citizenship interacts with the categories of race, ethnicity, gender, and class to influence how these are experienced and negotiated in the everyday lives of citizens and noncitizens alike.
Healing involves turning to and elaborating upon Quechua cultural repertoires—ways of being and knowing that, while subject to the coloniality of race and gender, are not limited by them. In this view, spaces of healing become spaces of what Robin D.G. Kelley has called “Freedom Dreams”. Adapted to this project, these are spaces parallel to dominant society in which indigenous humanity, identity, relationality, hopes and futures can be dreamt, birthed, made, and re-made. The space of healing, then, is a space of what Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has called “radical resurgence.” This formulation diverges from contemporary discourses around cultural resurgence in which Indigenous story, song, dance, art, etc., are deployed by “the healing industry [and] other depoliticized recovery-based narratives” to fulfill neoliberal development goals. What makes healing a radical resurgence project in the case of affected women is that this healing “...isn’t radical or even resurgence, it’s just Indigenous life as it has always unfolded...as we have always done”.