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Christopher Loperena

Christopher Loperena is an assistant professor of anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His research examines indigenous and black territorial struggles and the sociospatial politics of economic development in Honduras. He has served as an expert witness at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and in support of asylum claimants from Honduras. icon

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Public Thinker: Stuart Kirsch on Engaged Anthropology

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Stuart Kirsch began his career as an anthropologist doing research on myth ...

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