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Maria Padrón Hernández
Social Anthropology
BA, Postgraduate student
About
PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology at School of Global Studies.
Areas of interest
Economic anthropology: everyday economies; livelihoods; consumption; living standard; morality, intimacy and economy. Latin America, The Caribbean, Cuba
Current research
Dissertation project on everyday economies in Havana, Cuba. Special focus on moral negotiations in everyday economic life.
PhD project: LIvelihood strategies in Hvana, Cuba.
Teaching and tutoring
- Teaches anthropology and global studies.
- Supervise at the undergraduate level, Swedish and Spanish as mother tongues.
Field experience
- Eight months of fieldwork in Havana, Cuba within Ph D Project, funded by Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse, Stiftelsen Lars Hiertas Minne and Sida/SAREC (2006-2007).
- Minor Field Study (MFS) in Colima, Mexico (2004), funded by Sida.
Selected conferences & presentations
To Share or Not to Share: Morality, Family and Economy in Havana, at the Cuba Conference, Institute of Latin American studies, Stockholm University, 3rd – 4th April 2007
Bodily expressions of economic stress in Havana, Cuba, SANT-konferensen, Uppsala, 23th–24th March 2007.
Publications
2011
- Maria Padrón Hernández (2011).
Pesos Cubanos and Pesos Convertibles: Creating Difference in Cuba's Dual Economy , GUP 139487
2010
- Maria Padrón Hernández (2010).
Creating Difference in Cuba's Dual Economy , GUP 125671
2009
- Maria Padrón Hernández (2009).
Experiencing and coping with economic crisis in gendered ways in Havana, Cuba , GUP 117793
2007
- Maria Padrón Hernández (2007).
Bodily expressions of economic stress in Havana, Cuba , GUP 70931
- Maria Padrón Hernández (2007).
To share or not to share: Morality, family and economy in Havana , GUP 70928