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Karen Ann Faulk
(52) 55 5449 3000 ext. 4318
kfaulk@colmex.mx
Academic Positions
June 2016present
Profesora-investigadora, Centro de Estudios Sociológicos, Colegio de México
Aug 2012May 2016
Visiting Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of History, Global
Studies Program
Jan 2009May 2012
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of History, Global
Studies Program
Jan 2012May 2012
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology
Educational Background
2008
PhD in Anthropology, University of Michigan
Title of Dissertation: The Walls of the Labyrinth: Impunity, Corruption, and the Limits of
Politics in Contemporary Argentina
Dissertation Committee: Jennifer Robertson, Fernando Coronil, Julia Paley, Julie
Skurski, Carol Bardenstein
2003
1998
MA in Anthropology, University of Michigan
BA in History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
BA in Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Publications
Books
2013
In the Wake of Neoliberalism: Citizenship and Human Rights in Argentina, Stanford University
Press.
Edited Volumes
2016
A Sense of Justice: Legal Knowledge and Lived Experience in Latin America, with Sandra
Brunnegger, Stanford University Press.
Special Issues
2016 Work in Argentina: 21st century Paradigms, in production as a Special Dossier with the Journal
of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.
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Articles
2016 “Introduction: Work in Argentina in the Twenty-first Century,” as part of Work in Argentina: 21st
century Paradigms, in press with JLACA
2016
“‘Recuperar el trabajo’: Utopia and the work of recovery in an Argentine cooperativist
movement,” as part of Work in Argentina: 21st century Paradigms, in press with JLACA.
2016
“Truth and Meaning-Making in Liminal Politics: Unraveling the Death of Argentine Prosecutor
Alberto Nisman,” Latin American Jewish Studies Newsletter, Vol 34, pp. 22-24.
2008
“’If they touch one of us, they touch all of us’: Cooperativism as a Counterlogic to Neoliberal
Capitalism.” Anthropological Quarterly 81(3):579-614.
Book Chapters
2016 “’Justice, Justice, You will Seek:’ The Pursuit of Justice in Jewish Buenos Aires,” in A Sense of
Justice: Legal Knowledge and Lived Experience in Latin America, Stanford University Press, pp.
50-78.
2016
“Making Sense of Justice: An Introduction,” with Sandra Brunnegger, in A Sense of Justice:
Legal Knowledge and Lived Experience in Latin America, Stanford University Press, pp. 1-24.
2015
“Citizenship, Human Rights, and Anthropology in the Aftermath of the AMIA Bombing,” in
Landscapes of Memory and Impunity: The Aftermath of the AMIA Bombing in Jewish Argentina,
Natasha Zaretsky and Annette Levine, eds. Leiden: Brill Publishers, pp. 153-168.
2015
“Lucha, trabajo y cultura: sentidos del cooperativismo y ciudadanía en una empresa
recuperada," in Hacer juntos(as): Dinámicas, contornos y relieves de la política colectiva, María
Inés Fernández Álvarez, ed., Editorial Biblios.
2012
“Solidarity and Accountability: Rethinking Citizenship and Human Rights,” in Human Rights at
the Crossroads, Mark Goodale, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 98-110.
2012
“Stitching curtains, grinding plastic: The transformation of workers and things in Buenos Aires,”
in Recycling Economies, C. Alexander and J. Reno, eds. London: Zed books, pp. 143-163.
Review Essays
2008 “Writing as a Magical Act: Tracing Histories of Violence and Cocaine in Colombia,” review essay
in consideration of Law in a Lawless Land and My Cocaine Museum by Michael Taussig. PoLAR
(Political and Legal Anthropology Review), 31(2):356-359.
Selected Book Reviews
2014 Review of Patients of the State: The Politics of Waiting in Argentina, by Javier Auyero. E.I.A.L
(Estudios Interdisciplinarios de America Latina y el Caribe), 25(1):121-122.
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2013
Review of Rainforest Warriors: Human Rights on Trial by Richard Price. PoLAR (Political and
Legal Anthropology Review), 36(1):178-180.
2011
Review of Bodies in Crisis: Culture, Violence, and Women's Resistance in Neoliberal
Argentina by Barbara Sutton. Anthropological Quarterly, 84(1):273-378.
2009
“The Armed Face of Neoliberalism,” in review of Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of
Colombia by Jasmin Hristov. Published on H-Human Rights, November.
2008
“30 Years Later: Exploring the Continuing Relevance of Argentine Human Rights Organizations”
in review of Sustaining Human Rights: Women and Argentine Human Rights Organizations by
Michelle D. Bonner. Published on H-Human Rights, January.
Research Interests
Topics: Globalization, human rights, health and medicine, cooperatives, citizenship, birth, labor,
cultures of politics, public spaces, memory, Jewish communities
Areas: Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Latin America as a historically constituted conceptual unit,
international social movements
University Teaching Experience
For Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University
Courses taught:
Dilemmas and Controversies in Anthropology
Garbage Gone Global: Managing Surplus, Waste, and Desire
Medical Anthropology
Refugees, Migrants, Citizens: The Politics of Belonging
International Human Rights Institutions
Development and Democracy in Latin America
Politics and Cultures of Citizenship
Perspectives on Social Protest
Between Revolutions: 19th Century Latin America
Introduction to Global Studies
For Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Courses taught:
Anthropology of Food
Languages
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Spanish – excellent, near-native proficiency in all aspects of communication
Portuguese – listening, speaking, reading, and writing ability – very good
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Professional Certifications
CD(DONA)
Certified Birth Doula with DONA international, certified 2012, recertified May 2015
LCCE
Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, certified November 2014
Conferences Organized
2013
Latin American Utopian Visions: A Critical Look for the 21st Century, sponsored by Centre for
Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge, UK, April 19-20
(co-organized with Sandra Brunnegger)
Selected Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations
2016
Making Sense of Justice in Latin America: Toward an Anthropology of Justice, presented at Latin
American Studies Association Congress, May 27-30
2015
Truth and Meaning-Making in Liminal Politics: Unraveling the Death of Argentine Prosecutor
Alberto Nisman, presented at Latin American Studies Association Congress, May 27-30 and at
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 18-22
“It’s her birth”: Doula practice and the complexities of culturally competent care, presented at
the Society for Applied Anthropology Meeting, March 25-28
Participant and discussant, Grasping Everyday Justice: An Ethnographic Approach MiniConference, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of
Cambridge, UK, Feb 6-7, 2015 2014
2014
Moral Assumptions and Ideas of Personhood among Doulas and Childbirth Educators, presented
as part of the Council on the Anthropology of Reproduction Advocacy Roundtable, American
Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Dec 3-7
Improving Cross-cultural Communication and Understanding in Maternity Care: Developing a
Skills Set for Doulas and Childbirth Educators, presented at the Lamaze/DONA joint conference,
September 21-24
Recuperar el trabajo': utopía y la labor de recuperación en el movimiento cooperativista,
Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, July 21; Congreso Argentino
de Antropología Social (CAAS), Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, July 23-26
The Use of Routine Interventions on Latina immigrants Giving Birth in US Hospitals: Some
Ethnographic Reflections, Latin American Studies Association Congress, May 21-24
2013
‘Recuperar el trabajo’: Utopía y la labor de recuperación en un movimiento cooperativista
argentina, Congreso Internacional de Filosofía Latinoamericana, Bogotá, Colombia, July 2-5 and
Latin American Studies Association Congress, May 29-June 1
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2012
The Search for Justice: Impunity and Corruption in Argentina, American Anthropological
Association Annual Meeting, November 14-18
In the Wake of Neoliberalism: Collective Well-being and the Language of Rights in Argentina,
Latin American Studies Association Congress, May 23-26
2011
Rethinking the Social: The Right to Collective Well-Being in Post-Neoliberal Buenos Aires, as part
of panel Traces and Legacies of the Social: Constructing Alternative Visions of Collective Life, coorganized by Karen Faulk and Noa Vaisman, American Anthropological Association Annual
Meeting, November 19-22
In the Wake of Neoliberalism: The Transformation of Workers and Things in Buenos Aires,
presented at Mid-Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies (MACLAS) Annual Conference,
March 18-19
2010
Stitching Curtains, Grinding Plastic: The Transformation of Workers and Things in Buenos Aires,
University of Pittsburgh Department of Anthropology Lecture Series, October 22
Challenging Social Atomization: Kinship and Affective Bonds in Moments of Social Transformation in
Contemporary South America, Latin American Studies Association Congress, October 6-9
’Justice, Justice, you will seek’: Security and Rights in Buenos Aires, as part of the conference
Legal Subjectivity, Popular/Community Justice and Human Rights in Latin America, University of
Cambridge, England, January 22-23
2009
Collaborative Fieldwork: Exploring Collaboration among Scholars in Anthropological Research
and Knowledge Production, co-written and presented with Michelle Cohen, American
Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, December 2
Derechos humanos y neoliberalismo: el lugar de los derechos económicos, VIII Reunión de
Antropología del Mercosur (RAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 30
2007
Truth in Numbers: The Politics of Counting Corpses and the Validation of Knowledge in
Argentina, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 30
2004
Contemporary Social Movements in Argentina, given at the Social Movement Scholars
Conference at the University of Michigan, May 8
Putting Memory to Work: Memoria Activa and the Politics of Nation in Argentina, Latin
American Studies Annual Conference, Leiden University, the Netherlands, April 3-5
2002
Responses in the Face of International Terrorism: Nation and Community Building in
Contemporary Argentina, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program Brownbag Series,
University of Michigan, January 24.
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Community and Academic Service Activities
Mentoring and Committees
Faculty mentor for Senior Honors Thesis:
Katy Wells (graduated Dec 2012)
Ava Murphey (graduated May 2013)
Kristine Swarts, Juan Acosta, Emily Etzel, Tonya Sedgwick (graduated May 2015)
Sarah Khalbuss (University of Pittsburgh, Bachelor of Philosophy capstone thesis, 2015)
Dissertation Proposal Committees:
Trisha Netsch-Lopez, Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Member, Council for the Anthropology of Reproduction Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee, 2015
Community Service
Oct 2015- Lamaze Childbirth Education Instructor for The Birth Circle (part of the Department of Family
June 2016 Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC))
Lamaze trained and certified (certified Nov 2014), I provide childbirth education and
instruction in Spanish to local Latina immigrants, though a grant provided by the Beckwith
Institute to improve cross-cultural competency and shared decision making practices
among UPMC health care providers
Nov 2010- Birth Doula for The Birth Circle (part of the Department of Family Medicine, University
June 2016 of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC))
DONA-trained and certified birth doula (certification March 2012) I work with this NGO
(The Birth Circle), providing free doula service to low-income women
2010
Co-coordinator, Círculo Juvenil de Cultura (Children’s Cultural Circle), Community Outreach
program, Carnegie Mellon University
This program consists of a series of cultural workshops run in Spanish for children who
are heritage speakers (i.e., have a native familiarity through one or both parents, though
not necessarily as the first or exclusive first language). This program seeks to provide a
space for celebrating and strengthening the families’ ties to their Hispanic heritage,
while maintaining and/or strengthening their Spanish language capabilities.
Peer Reviewing
I have served as a peer reviewer for the following publications:
 American Anthropologist
 Anthropological Quarterly
 Anthropology Matters
 Cuadernos de Antropología Social (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
 Comparative Studies in Society and History (CSSH)
 Revista Estudios Sociológicos (Mexico)
 Labor Studies Journal
 Journal of International Political Theory
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Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)
Quid 16. Revista del Área de Estudios Urbanos- Instituto de investigaciones Gino Germani
Journal of International and Global Studies
Revista Nueva Antropología (Mexico)
Fellowships, Scholarships, and Honors
Research Funds
2012-2016 Funding for research and conference travel, Department of History, Carnegie Mellon
University
Travel Funds
2014 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Travel Grant
Major Graduate Awards
2007 Rackham Humanities Award, University of Michigan
2004/5 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award
2003 Summer Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)
1999- LSA Regents’ Fellowship, University of Michigan
2003
1998
Summa cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh
Professional Association Memberships
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American Anthropological Association
Latin American Jewish Studies Association
Latin American Studies Association
Middle Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies
Society for Applied Anthropology
July 2016