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Arturo Escobar
Curriculum Vitae

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Present Positions: 

Kenan Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill

Director, Institute of Latin American Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill

Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, UNC-Chapel Hill

Adjunct Professor, Department of Communications, UNC-Chapel Hill

Fellow, Institute of Arts and Humanities, UNC

Fellow, Center for Urban and Regional Research, UNC

Facilitator, World Anthropologies Network / Red de Antropologías Mundiales

Research Associate, Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia, Bogotá

Present Address:

Department of Anthropology, CB 3115
University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NC 2759-3115

e-mail: aescobar[at]email.unc.edu
http://www.unc.edu/~aescobar/

Birthplace:

Manizales, Colombia

Nationality:

United States / Colombia

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Education

9/78 - 12/87:

University of California, Berkeley
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in:
The Philosophy, Policy and Planning of Development

1/76 - 1/78:

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Master's Degree in Food Science and International Nutrition

1/75 - 12/75:

Universidad del Valle Medical School
One year of graduate work in biochemistry

8/69 - 1/75:

Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
B.S., Chemical Engineering

 

Interests

Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Political Ecology, Development Studies, Cultural Studies of Science and Technology, Political Economy, Theories of Complexity.

Fieldwork Experience

1. Pacific Coast rainforest, Colombia: fieldwork with black movement activists, development experts, and biodiversity conservation planners (January 1993 - January 1994; July 1994-November 1994; Summers 96, 97, 98, 2000; after that ongoing research with activists from the region in various places).

2. Department of National Planning of Colombia: fieldwork with rural development, food and nutrition planning units, Bogotá and Cali (1981-1982; summers 1983, 1990).

Employment and Teaching Experience

Present Position: Kenan Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

 

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