Anthropologists and critical thinkers from the South

This book by Marisa G. Ruiz Trejo , co-published by CLACSO with the Autonomous University of Chiapas , brings together the voices of twenty-eight anthropologists and critical thinkers from the South, whose diverse trajectories, marked by different ethical and political positions and life experiences, have shaped unique ways of doing anthropology and inhabiting the world.

Through encounters, conversations, and interviews, the authors narrate their memories in the first person, recalling their childhood and youth, and sharing the pivotal moments that shaped their paths, including those in which they faced risks, vulnerability, or felt their bodies most exposed. Throughout these pages, the interviewed thinkers reflect on their beginnings in anthropology, their first fieldwork experiences, and the ways in which they built relationships with the people and communities with whom they worked.