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Macarena Gomez BarrisAssociate Professor of American Studies and EthnicityContact Information E-mail: gomezbar@email.usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3600 Office: KAP 352 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
Biographical Sketch |
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| I work at the intersections of Sociology, Ethnic Studies, and Race. My current work is on cultural memory and indigeneity in the Americas using a decolonial and feminist framework. | |
Education |
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 Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 6/2004
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M.A. Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 6/1999
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M.A. Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 6/1997
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B.A. 'Third World Studies', University of California, San Diego, 6/1992
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Tenure Track Appointments |
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Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 2004-2012
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Other Employment |
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Interim Chair, ASE, University of Southern California, 2011-2012
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Director of Center for Feminist Research, University of Southern California, 2011-2012
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Macarena Gomez-Barris' research interests focus on memory, culture, and power. Her book Where Memory Dwells: Culture and State Violence in Chile, examines the memory politics of representation and culture in the aftermath of Chile's dictatorship (UC Press 2009). She co-edited a volume that provides methodological and epistemological guidance for a reconstructed Sociology, entitled Towards a Sociology of the Trace (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 2010). Her current research is on religious tourism in Cusco, Peru and Jerusalem. | |
Research Specialties |
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| Associate Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity. Research interests include: Political Violence and Its Aftermath; Memory; Culture; Latina/o and Latin American Studies; Religious Tourism. | |
Funded Research |
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Contracts and Grants Awarded |
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Religious Tourism (Center for Religion and Civic Culture), Macarena Gómez-Barris, $5,000, 2010-2011
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Advancing Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship (USC), Macarena Gomez-Barris, $19,850, 2008-2009
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Democracy and Villa Grimaldi, Chile (Woodrow Wilson and Ford Foundation), Macarena Gomez-Barris, $10,000, 09/01/2006-06/01/2007
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Plaza Mexico - Politics and Religion (Center for Religion and Civic Culture), Macarena Gomez-Barris, Clara Irázabal, $35,000, 09/01/2005-03/01/2007
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Latina/o New Urbanism (Urban Initiative), Macarena Gómez-Barris, Clara Irázabal, $68,000, 2005-2006
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Publications |
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Book |
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Gomez Barris, M., Gray, H.
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Towards a Sociology of a Trace. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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Gomez Barris, M.
(2009).
Where Memory Dwells: Culture and State Violence in Chile. (UC Press, Ed.). Berkeley and Los Angeles.
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Book Chapter |
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Gomez Barris, M.
(2012).
Memories from the South: Moyenei Valdes' Sonic Performances. (Vol. NA). Transnational Feminisms in the Americas.
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Gómez-Barris, M.
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Andean Gateways: Spiritual Tourism and New Age in the Sacred Valley, Peru. Hanover: Dartmouth College Press.
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Gomez Barris, M.
(2010).
Doubling 9/11: Ariel Dorfman and Isabel Allende's Exilic Politics. (Vol. n/a). Toward a Sociology of a Trace.
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Gomez Barris, M.
(2007).
Transnational Communities of Affinity: Patricio Guzmán’s The Pinochet Case. (Vol. NA). New York.: Sites of Production, History, Film and Cultural Citizenship/Routledge.
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Essay |
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Gómez-Barris, M.
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Against the Grain: Cultural Politics After Peru's troubled Times. E-Misférica.
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Gómez-Barris, M.
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Introduction to Sociology of the Trace. Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press.
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Journal Article |
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Gómez-Barris, M.
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Brechas Andinas: Indigeneity, Gender and Spiritual Tourism in the Sacred Valley, Peru. Latin American Perspectives.
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Gómez-Barris, M.
(2010).
Visual Testimonies of Atrocity: Archives of Political Violence in Chile and Guatemala. Journal of Visual Culture.
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Gómez-Barris, M.
(2010).
Witness Citizenship: The Place of Villa Grimaldi in Chile's Memory. Sociological Forum.
Vol. 25 (1)
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Gómez-Barris, M.
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Transnational Meanings of La Virgin de Guadelupe: Space, Religiousity and Culture at Plaza Mexico. Culture and Religion.
Vol. 10 (3)
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Gomez Barris, M.
(2007).
Torture Sees and Speaks: Guillermo Núñez’s Art of Torture in Chile’s Democratic Transition. ContraCorriente: A Journal of Social History and Literature.
Vol. 5 (1), pp. pp. 186-213.
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Gomez Barris, M., Irazabal, C.
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Bounded Tourism: Immigrant Politics, Consumption and Traditions at Plaza Mexico. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change.
Vol. 5 (3), pp. pp. 186-213.
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Gómez-Barris, M., Irazábal, C.
(2007).
Transnational Apparitions of La Virgen de Guadelupe: Space, Religiosity and Culture at Plaza Mexico. Space and Culture.
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Gómez-Barris, M., Irazabal, C.
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Religion Moves to the Mall: Plaza Mexico and the Mobilization of Hispanic Religiosity in California. Proceedings of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), "Hyper-Traditions," /Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. pp. 39-40.
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Gomez Barris, M., Gray, H.
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Michael Jackson and Post-Op Disasters: Straddling Race, Sexuality and the Nuclear Family. Television and New Media.
Vol. NA
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Gomez Barris, M.
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Two 9/11s in a Lifetime: Chilean Displacement, Art and Terror. Latino Studies/palgraves. pp. p.97-112.
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Honors and Awards |
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USC Mellon Graduate Student Mentorship Award, 2009-2010
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USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2008-2009
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Center for Religion and Civic Culture Fellow, 2005-2006
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Urban Initiative Grant Fellow, 2005
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Service to the Profession |
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Administrative Appointments |
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Chair American Studies & Ethnicity, 2011-2012
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Other Service to the Profession |
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Editorial Board, American Quarterly, 2007-2008
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