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Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Reading

I am a Lecturer in Social Anthropology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Reading. My research looks at the politics and aesthetics of material culture in Mexico and the United Kingdom, especially the topics of art production, cultural tourism and religious heritage. I completed my PhD at the London School of Economics in 2012, after which I held a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Oslo and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship at the University of Kent, as well as visiting teaching positions at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the University of Cambridge.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Reading
  • 2018–2019
    Sessional Lecturer/ Research support officer, University of Cambridge
  • 2016–2018
    Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Kent
  • 2013–2015
    Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Oslo
  • 2012–2013
    Sessional lecturer, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Education

  • 2012 
    London School of Economics, PhD Social Anthropology
  • 2006 
    London School of Economics, MSc Social Anthropology
  • 2004 
    University of Warwick, MA Globalisation and Development Studies
  • 2002 
    BA Social Cultural Anthropology w/ Minor in Latin American Studies, University of Calgary

Publications

  • 2023
    'Writing Practices' and Writing 'Practices': observation and struggle in fieldnotes about artisanal work., Encountering Craft Methodological Approaches from Anthropology, Art History, and Design
  • 2021
    Participatory Research in Mesoamerica and Data Protection in Europe (and elsewhere), Annals of Anthropological Practice
  • 2020
    The Politics of Craft and Working Without Skill, Craft Is Political: Economic, social and technological Contexts
  • 2019
    The Value of Aesthetics: Oaxacan woodcarvers in Global Economies of Culture, University of Texas Press
  • 2018
    “Making” Hierarchies of Labour in Mexican Artisanal Workshops, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
  • 2016
    The Art of Indigeneity: aesthetics and competition in Mexican economies of culture., Ethnos
  • 2016
    Who Authors Crafts? Producing woodcarvings and authorship in Oaxaca, Critical Craft: Technology, Globalization and Capitalism
  • 2015
    The Allure of Art and Intellectual Property: artisans and industrial replicas in Mexican cultural economies, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
  • 2015
    One Image, Two Stories: Ethnographic and Touristic Photography and the Practice of Craft in Mexico, Visual Anthropology

Grants and Contracts

  • 2022
    British Academy Innovation Fellowship - Route A
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    British Academy
  • 2016
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Research Grant (Horizon 2020), European Commission
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    European Commission
  • 2013
    University of Oslo Writing Fellowship in Anthropology
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    University of Oslo
  • 2009
    LSE Research Studentship
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    London School of Economics
  • 2008
    Emslie Horniman Fund for Ethnographic Research, Royal Anthropological Institute
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Royal Anthropological Institute