Hanna Garth
MA, Anthropology, UCLA 2009;
MPH, Boston University 2006;
BA, Rice University 2005
Fax: 310-206-7833
E-mail:
hgarth@ucla.edu
Subfield
Medical Anthropology, Psychological Anthropology, The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
Research Interests
Cuba and the Caribbean, nutritional anthropology and the anthropology of food, global health, alternative and 'traditional' medicine, health care and the state, gender and queer studies
Publications
Articles
Things Became Scarce: Food Availability and Accessibility in Santiago de Cuba Then and Now. NAPA Bulletin 34:178-182. 2009.
Lost and Delirious: Negotiations of the Self in the Graduate Application Process in Anthropology. Michigan Discussions in Anthropology, Spring 2008 (In Press)
The Impact of the Social Effects of Globalization on the Health Crisis of the Mapuche Nation. Focus Anthropology, Spring 2007.
Ethnomedicine and Globalization in Southern Chile. Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Journal. 2004
Grants and Awards
Social Science Research Council PreDoctoral Research Grant, 2009
Social Science Research Council Graduate Studies Enhancement Grant, 2008
University of California Diversity Initiative for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences, 2008
University of California Cuba Initiative Travel Grant, 2008
UCLA Anthropology Conference Travel Grant, 2008
UCLA Center for Study of Women Travel Grant, 2008
Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship Program, 2007-2011
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2005-2008
Advisors
Carole Browner
Linda Garro
Akhil Gupta
Jason Throop
Conference Presentations
Selected Conferences and Papers Presented
Co-Organizer and Chair, Invited Session: “Mentoring Women ‘at home’ and ‘in the field’: Thinking Critically about Mentorship, ‘Capacity-Building,’ and Working
with Field Assistants.” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting Panel, Nov 2009
Discussant. Cuban Medical Aid and Humanitarianism Panel. University of California Cuba Consortium Conference, Los Angeles, April 2009.
El hombre, la hembra, y el hambre: Food and Sex in Cuban culture (with Amalia Cabezas, Robin Derby, Raul Fernandez and Susannah Rodriguez), Cuban Research Institute conference, Miami, FL February 2009.
Anthropologist as Other: Fieldwork Experiences with Racism (Co-Author with Rebekah Park), American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Dec 2009.
Food and Corporeal Aesthetic in Santiago de Cuba, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Dec 2009.
Food and Subjectivity in Santiago de Cuba, Society for Medical Anthropology Conference, Yale University, New Haven CT, September 2009
The Struggle to Fill Our Bellies: Alimentary Culture in Santiago de Cuba, University of California Santa Barbara, Food Matters: Arts, Activism, and Research Conference, May 1, 2009
Remembering Nitza Villapol: A Narrative Account of Food Memories in Santiago de Cuba, University of California Cuba Consortium Conference, Los Angeles, April 2009
The Roles of Women, Children and Men in Household Food Planning, Purchasing, Preparation and Consumption in Santiago, Cuba. University of California Los Angles Center for Study of Women Thinking Gender Conference, February 6, 2009
From State to Stomach: a discursive and ideological analysis of Food and Identity in Santiago de Cuba. American Anthropological Association. San Francisco. November 2008. Session Chair, Co-organizer, Panelist.
Food, Drink, and Smoke in Cuban Film and Television: Representing Alimentary Culture. Social Science Research Council/Mellon Foundation Annual Conference. New York, NY, June 2008. Panelist.
Gender Play: Notes on a Manny Pacquiao Fight. American Anthropological Association, Washington DC, November 2007. Panelist.
Three Communities of Barangay Health Workers Across Luzon Philippines: Insufficient Preparation Leads to Inadequate Abilities, Unite for Sight Conference, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, April 2007. Poster Presentation.
The Polio Paradox: To Protect Against Disease or Hegemony, with Arachu Castro, American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, San Jose, CA, Panelist, November 2006.
The Implementation of a Nutrition Program in Laguna, Philippines, Boston University International Health Department, poster session, July 2006
Morbidity and Mortality in Southern Chile, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Poster session, April 2003.
No somos una caja, somos un todo: Ethnomedicine in Southern Chile. Mellon Mays Fellows Conference, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Panelist, October 2004.
Ethnomedicine and Globalization in Southern Chile. Morehouse College Global Health Conference, Poster Session, April 2004.
Ethnomedicine and Globalization in Southern Chile Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium- Poster Session, Second Place Winner, April 2004.
Ethnomedicine and Globalization in Southern Chile. School for International Training Globalization Conference, Valparaiso, Chile, Panelist, December 2003
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