Category Archives: Artículos Académicos
Chroniclers of Violence in Contemporary Mexico: Feminist Reflections on Memory and Disappearance
This article explores the debates related to the decolonialization of Memory Studies, through the ethnographic window of a collaborative project between Las Rastreadores de El Fuerte, a collective of families of missing persons in the Mexican state of Sinaloa and the Collective Sisters in the Shadows, an editorial and feminist writing project formed by current and former inmates. Through the analysis of a process of Memory Workshops and a collective book published by both organizations, the article reflects on the counter-hegemonic use of memory and testimony to destabilizes the discourses of power in relation to the extreme violence and the current human rights crisis in Mexico.
Key words: Disappearance of persons, memory, decolonial feminisms, prison violence in México.
(Español) Etnografiando el sufrimiento social en contextos de violencia(s): experiencias, tensiones y aprendizajes desde miradas feministas.
(Español) Cronistas del Oprobio: reflexiones feministas sobre memoria, desaparición y violencias contemporáneas en México
(Español) CORAZONAR LA HISTORIA Y LA MEMORIA: DIÁLOGOS CON EL INTELECTUAL MAYA-TSELTAL, XUNO LÓPEZ INTZIN
¿Independencia en tiempos del Tren Maya?: Continuum de violencias coloniales contra los indígenas en el Mexico contemporáneo
Combining ethnohistory with a political-anthropological perspective, this essay examines the meaning that the historical event known as Mexico’s independence had for indigenous peoples in the land.
(Español) LA LEY REVOLUCIONARIA DE MUJERES: UNA JUSTICIA NUEVA PARA LAS INDÍGENAS
(Español) Género y acceso a la justicia. La investigación colaborativa con las mujeres indígenas
The Three Houses of Ayutla: Against Violence and for Justice. Video Dossier
The dossier presents the organizational experience of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican women from Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, who have created community spaces to confront various forms of violence and develop alternative forms of justice based on their own knowledge and experiences. Through the testimonies and reflections of those who participate in these spaces, the video shows how gender-based violence, racism, and institutional exclusion permeate women’s daily lives, especially when they seek access to justice, education, healthcare, or decent working conditions.
Feminist ethnography in contexts of multiple violences

The article examines how to conduct feminist ethnography through collaborative methodologies that acknowledge the privileges and vulnerabilities of women researchers in contexts of patriarchal violence. It presents three case studies—Indigenous women victims of sexual violence, incarcerated women, and relatives of disappeared persons—to reflect on the ethics of care and a decolonial approach. It challenges the traditional view of fieldwork as a masculinist rite of passage and proposes the co-production of knowledge with the research subjects. Finally, it advocates for alternative forms of ethnographic writing that make visible the voices and resistances of women in extreme contexts.
