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Food Banks As Grassroots Initiatives: Defying Food Injustice in Spain One Step at the Time

XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 15-21, 2018), Jul 18, 2018

Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies, Jul 13, 2016

Background: Botánicas (literally botanies) are local dispensaries that offer spiritual, healing, ... more Background: Botánicas (literally botanies) are local dispensaries that offer spiritual, healing, and religious services to a mostly Latino and Caribbean population in the United States (U.S). Despite the vast literature on Latinos' alternative medical systems, little is known on the role of the informal economy of healing in the urban milieu. This paper attempts to fill this vacuum by addressing the role of botánicas in meeting the religious healing and mental health needs of the growing Latino population in New York City (NYC). Materials and Methods: A two-stage ethnographic study on botánicas took place between 2004 and 2016 in NYC. During the first stage (2004)(2005)(2006), a research team conducted participant observation and ethnographic mapping. This entailed the identification of two major concentrations of botánicas in Queens and the Bronx, with smaller clusters found in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Participant observation and in-depth interviews were conducted with fifty-six healers during this phase of the project, and thirty in-depth interviews were accomplished during the second phase (2014)(2015)(2016), which focused on the products and services offered by botánicas in Queens. Results: Botánica providers and spiritual counselors construct a language of illnesssupported by the sociosoma model that calls attention to the contextual factors of distress, including the harmful effect of troubled relationships in Latinos' lives. Most providers identified the "immigrant continuum" as one of the main causes of their patients' suffering. In this vein, they highlighted the impact of Latinos' undocumented status, family conflicts and financial concerns as key triggers of their deleterious mental health conditions. Participants also shared a holistic explanatory model of mental illness, which combines social stressors and divine causas (causes) as the main source of Latinos' mental and emotional suffering. Two main ailments, depression and nervios (nervousness) were seen as complementary and closely related to the multifarious impact of the immigrant continuum in Latinos' lives. These conditions were treated with natural medicines (e.g., herbs), informal counseling and religious ceremonies, such as prayer and ritual cleansing. The paper sheds light on the role of botánicas, and their providers, in supporting a shared language of illness among Latinos in the U.S. The prevalence of two mental ailments among Latinos, depression and nervios, informs culturally-based processes of diagnosis and treatment in an urban multiethnic milieu. The article ultimately highlights the need for additional theoretical models and empirical research focused on Latinos' growing mental-health issues in the U.S.

BOOK REVIEW: Recognition Struggles and Social Movements: Contested Identities, Agency and Power edited by Barbara Hobson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 337 pp., 75hardcover,75 hardcover, 75hardcover,26.99 paper

NWSA journal, Jul 1, 2005

Madres solteras adolescentes

Área de Salud, Economía y Socieda

Beyond the Supernatural: Latino Healers Treating Latino Immigrants in NYC

The journal of Latino-Latin American studies, 2006

... These have made botanicas' owners and healers apprehensive of revealing their practi... more ... These have made botanicas' owners and healers apprehensive of revealing their practices to strangers (see Stern et al 2003; Zayas and Ozuah 1996). ... 2001. Invisible Hospitals: Botanicas in Ethnic Health Care. In Erika Brady, ed. Healing Logics. ...

Chapter 1. Framing Deservingness in Health Care

Berghahn Books, Dec 31, 2022

Framing Deservingness in Health Care

Embodying Borders

5. Imagined Homecomings

Diasporic Homecomings, 2020

The Realm of Medical Outsourcing: The Branding of Cosmetic Surgery in Argentina

Framing inclusion: The media treatment of irregular immigrants' right to health care in Spain

International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2021

Abstract With the passing of Royal Decree-Law 16/2012, Spain's national health system switche... more Abstract With the passing of Royal Decree-Law 16/2012, Spain's national health system switched from a model defined by universal and free health care principles, to a private insurance system that excluded large population groups. Based on a qualitative research design, this paper examines the media treatment of undocumented immigrants’ prerogatives to public health care in Spain (2012–2018). The analysis of 234 articles, drawn from three major Spanish newspapers, reveals three frames that underscore the media's "rhetorics of inclusion," which argue for the extension of free medical services to irregular immigrantsa topic traditionally underestimated by the literature. The moralist frame, supported by social justice arguments, is found in tandem with the cost-benefit frame that advocates for immigrants’ health care access as a means for containing medical expenses. The overall predominance of the legalist frame largely relies on arguments that reflect a Spanish political culture rooted in the universality of health rights.

“Let’s play soccer”: Promoting classroom inclusion in contested times

Latino Studies, 2020

This essay details some of the challenges I encountered in the fall of 2016, during my class on c... more This essay details some of the challenges I encountered in the fall of 2016, during my class on contemporary migration flows at Queens College, CUNY. The impending national elections, with Donald Trump as the front-runner in the Republican primaries, made for a tense classroom climate. Early in the semester, a handful of my students began voicing opinions that ran counter to the pro-immigrant principles of most of their peers. In more than one instance, students (on both sides) raised their voices to the point where nobody could hear another’s point of view. Through experiential learning projects, I was ultimately able to channel my students’ acrimonious debates into new ideas drawn from data-informed research findings. By the end of the semester, my classroom became a “give and take” arena in which students became compassionate listeners of one another’s opinions and research experiences. Este ensayo presenta algunas de las dificultades que tuve que enfrentar en el otoño de 2016 durante uno de mis cursos sobre flujos migratorios contemporáneos en Queens College, CUNY. Las inminentes elecciones nacionales, con Donald Trump como candidato favorito en las primarias republicanas, contribuyeron a crear un ambiente tenso en el salón de clases. Al principio del semestre, un puñado de mis estudiantes comenzaron a expresar opiniones contrarias a los principios pro-inmigrantes de la mayoría de sus pares. En más de una ocasión, los estudiantes (de ambos lados) alzaron tanto la voz que nadie pudo escuchar el punto de vista del otro. Gracias a la implementación de proyectos de aprendizaje experiencial me fue posible, a la larga, canalizar los debates ásperos de mis estudiantes y volcarlos en la formulación de nuevas ideas surgidas de sus resultados de investigación basados en datos empíricos. Al final del semestre, mi salón de clases se transformó en un escenario de “toma y daca” en el cual los estudiantes se convirtieron en oyentes compasivos de las opiniones y experiencias de investigación de sus pares.

The Sorcery of Color: Identity, Race and Gender in Brazil by Elisa Larkin Nascimento

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 2008

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Resignificación de los viejos dispositivos de asistencia social: los bancos de alimentos

Atención hospitalaria y costos del aborto

Las ponencias relevan los avances más importantes en el desarrollo de una metodología para la cua... more Las ponencias relevan los avances más importantes en el desarrollo de una metodología para la cuantificación de los costos económicos del aborto provocado así como las modalidades y características de la atención hospitalaria del mismo. El énfasis se sitúa en el ingreso y salida de emergencia, las opiniones en torno al aborto provocado, condicionantes y costos del mismo, costos y utilización de recursos para el tratamiento de complicaciones por abortoÁrea de Salud, Economía y Socieda

Aborto en América Latina ¿cómo seguir?

European Societies, Sep 12, 2018

In the context of economic crisis and welfare retrenchment in Spain, food banks have been an emer... more In the context of economic crisis and welfare retrenchment in Spain, food banks have been an emergency solution for those at risk of social exclusion. Food banks have been criticised for playing a significant role in perpetuating dependency and, therefore, exacerbating inequality between those who donate and receive help. However, in Madrid, in the years after the 15M movement grassroots food banks initiatives resignified an old mode of assistance by creating solidarity forms. In this paper, we analyse these grassroots food banks with a particular emphasis on the case of Tetuán. We show how political and interpersonal solidarity is built among grassroots foodbanks' members. We argue that these banks' political motto leads to inter-recognition among their participants. Furthermore, through a sharedand permanently reinforceddiscourse, food recipients identify the root causes of their excruciating living conditions. Thus, a 'we-ness' (defined here as a sense of cohesion and fellowship) is created, which challenges the inequality and stigma reinforced by traditional, and charitable, forms of assistance. In sum, grassroots food banks promote social inclusion as they not only provide aid, but also endorse new venues for solidarity building that challenges the hierarchical relationships, ingrained in traditional forms of charity giving, typical of formal food banks.

Construyendo futuro en un espacio de responsabilidades compartidas: ¿Necesitamos entonces nuevas formas de inclusión social?

VIII Informe sobre exclusión y desarrollo social en España, 2019, 2019, ISBN 978-84-8440-772-0, págs. 489-563, 2019

Migraciones Internacionales contemporáneas : procesos, desigualdades y tensiones

Fil: Trpin, Veronica. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educacion. IPE... more Fil: Trpin, Veronica. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educacion. IPEHCS-CONICET-UNCo

Latin American Research Review, 2019

Este artículo explora el mundo de las botánicas —consideradas como farmacias invisibles— en la Ci... more Este artículo explora el mundo de las botánicas —consideradas como farmacias invisibles— en la Ciudad de Nueva York en donde practicantes de las religiones afrocaribeñas, especialmente Santería, ejercen un doble rol como líderes religiosos y consejeros espirituales. Las botánicas atienden a una población latinoamericana, a menudo migrante e indocumentada, que llega a ellas buscando soluciones efectivas a una plétora de problemas (ej., desde trastornos orgánicos hasta maltrato laboral y conflictos familiares). Los consejeros entienden los síntomas individuales como una disrupción con el mundo social y espiritual, a menudo provocado por “maleficios” y energías negativas circundantes. Las respuestas terapéuticas mas frecuentes combinan la consulta con el uso de plantas en infusiones, baños espirituales y oraciones (resumidos en la tríada: beber, limpiar y orar). El tema pone en evidencia el rol de los servicios terapéuticos que ofrecen las botánicas por cuanto proveen de respuestas ráp...

Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2018

The renewed popularity of the Argentine tango has been spearheaded by Argentines' reterritorializ... more The renewed popularity of the Argentine tango has been spearheaded by Argentines' reterritorialization efforts through which they claim their symbolic ownership of the genre. Two related phenomena are addressed here. First, the article examines the blossoming of the tango industry in Buenos Aires (Argentina's capital), which is supported by both a foreign and local tango audience. Second, it explores the migratory careers of Argentine tango dancers and musicians who, particularly in New York City, have joined efforts to rebrand the tango as their authentic national product. In order to be successful in the worldwide tango field, Argentine artists must also accrue tango capital, defined as the combined effect of technical skills, social contacts and public recognition. Finally, this article reflects on the ongoing endeavours of Argentine émigrés to keep abreast of tango developments in Buenos Aires, as a key dimension for guaranteeing their success overseas.