Desafiando al Estado desde los márgenes. La disputa por la justicia y la seguridad desde los pueblos indígenas en México. El caso de la policía comunitaria de Guerrero

Time: 3:30pm 

Location: UC San Diego, Institute of the Americas Complex, Weaver Center 

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This talk will be given in Spanish

Discussant: Nancy Postero, UC San Diego Associate Professor of Anthropology

María Teresa Sierra is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and is a professor at the Center for Advanced Studies and Research in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) in Mexico City. She obtained her PhD in Sociology from the University Paris VIII St. Denis-Vincennes, France. Professor Sierra specializes in legal and political anthropology and in the study of ethnicity, multiculturalism and gender. She is a founding member of the Red Latinoamericana de Antropología Jurídica (RELAJU) and was its president in 2006 when she organized its VI Congress in Mexico. She is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers since 1987 and of the Mexican Academy of Science since 2007. Currently she participates in a collaborative project Women and law in Latin America justice, secuirity, and legal pluralism, coordinated by Rachel Sieder. Her research is on the role of indigenous women facing justice and community security in the same area in Guerrero.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please click here. For additional information, please contact Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or via email atgmallinger@ucsd.edu.