culturas da minha terra*

Hi! I'm Melinda Gurr, a sociocultural anthropologist from Utah. This blog traces some of my travels and experiences in Latin America, starting with my doctoral dissertation in Brazil among youth of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, MST, in Paraná, São Paulo, and Pernambuco, Brazil (2013-2014).

Friday, March 25, 2016

Puerto Peñasco (or Rocky Point), Mexico: Pharmacies, Fishing, & the Aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis

Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point), Mexico: Fishing, Pharmaceuticals, and the Real Estate Speculation. I finally found a friend adventurous ...

Friday, December 19, 2014

Taking back the Street's with 30,000 Youth in Lima Peru

“When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?” Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters Taking back the street's wit...

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Ica, Peru.

ICA VALLEY After a month and a half in the Peruvian highlands, I was viscerally reminded of how bad agribusiness is—the smells, the pov...

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Dito: Lazer no Rio São Francisco

...Leisure Dito's life isn't all about work, however.... He has ...

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