Udall Center Fellows Talk by Prof. Linda Green
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Join us at the Udall Center for a presentation by Linda Green, 2023-24 Udall Center Fellow and Professor in the School of Anthropology in the UArizona College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, titled "In the Aftermath of Asylum: Guatemalan Mayan Women's Struggles in Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States."
Prof. Green will be presenting her work as a Udall Center Fellow, followed by a question-and-answer session with attendees. The Udall Center Fellows Program offers a semester off from normal teaching to allow for creative scholarship and pursuit of funds to further the Fellow’s research.
Prof. Green’s field-based research documents the lives of Mayan women in the aftermath of seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border. Over 90% of petitions are denied and they are deported back to Guatemala, the country from which they fled. Little is known about their fate after deportation. Likewise, there is a dearth of information about the small percentage of Mayan women granted asylum.
In the first portion of this talk, Prof. Green will outline the key research project objectives, its theoretical framing, and potential impacts. She’ll then focus on the research methodology based on decolonial tenants that draw from the experiences of a multiethnic, interdisciplinary, international team. The ethical obligations of the research team to the subjects of the research are at the forefront of the considerations at each step of the process.
Lunch will be provided, but space is limited; Please register to attend by March 18.