Professor Andrew Canessa
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873440
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Location
6.352, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
By appointment
Profile
Biography
Andrew is a social anthropologist and has worked for many years with Aymara speakers in highland Bolivia and has published widely on issues of indigeneity, race, gender, and sexuality. More recently he was the PI in an ESRC funded project looking at the evolution of a British Gibraltarian identity over the course of the 20th century. Member of the 糖心Vlog Human Rights Centre ESRC research project: Bordering on Britishness: An Oral History of Gibraltarian Identity in the 20th Century Teaching interests: Latin America, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, indigenous peoples, anthropology.
Qualifications
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BA
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PhD (LSE)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Indigenous studies
Latin America, especially the Andes
Gender and sexualities
Ethnic and racial identities
Bolivia, especially indigenous peoples
I am interested in social and political processes in Bolivia, especially as they relate to indigenous peoples.
Gibraltar
I am particularly interested in the development of Gibraltarian identity over the course of the 20th Century and have conducted a major oral history study Bordering on Britishness.
Current research
Andrew is currently finishing an ESRC funded project Bordering on Britishness: An Oral History Study of Gibraltarian Identitywhich explores through almost 400 interviews how Gibraltar evolved from an overwhelmining Spanish speaking in the beginning of the 20th century to one which is increasingly anglophone and where most people passionately reject any association with Spanishness.
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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The Current Issues in Social Science (SC340)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 26/7/2022
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 25/3/2022
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 25/6/2021
Degree subject: Human Rights
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/1/2021
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 8/4/2019
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 14/7/2017
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 27/2/2017
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 27/5/2016
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/3/2015
Degree type: Occasional Postgraduate Study
Awarded date: 1/10/2014
Degree type: Occasional Postgraduate Study
Awarded date: 22/7/2012
Degree type: Occasional Postgraduate Study
Awarded date: 22/4/2012
Publications
Journal articles (32)
Canessa, A., (2023). . cultura & psych茅: Journal of Cultural Psychology. 4 (1), 19-31
Canessa, A., (2023). . Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment. 45 (2), 55-68
Orsini, G., Canessa, A. and Mart铆nez del Campo, LG., (2021). . Cromohs - Cyber Review of Modern Historiography. 23, 60-75
Orsini, G., Canessa, A., Gonzaga Mart铆nez del Campo, L. and Ballantine Pereira, J., (2019). Fixed Lines, Permanent Transitions. International Borders, Cross-Border Communities and the Transforming Experience of Otherness. Journal of Borderlands Studies. 34 (3), 361-376
Canessa, A., (2018). . Comparative Studies in Society and History. 60 (2), 308-337
Canessa, A., (2018). . New Diversities. 19 (2), 69-84
Canessa, A., (2017). . HAU : Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 7 (1), 545-551
Canessa, A., (2017). . HAU : Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 7 (2), 15-17
Ballantine Perera, J. and Canessa, A., (2016). . Life Writing. 13 (2), 273-283
Canessa, A., (2015). . Probl猫mes d'Am茅rique latine. N掳 92 (1), 11-26
Canessa, A., (2014). . Revista Espa帽ola de Antropolog铆a Americana. 44 (1), 255-273
Canessa, A., (2014). . Critique of Anthropology. 34 (2), 153-173
Canessa, A., (2012). . Latin American Perspectives. 39 (6), 109-115
Canessa, A., (2012). . Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies. 7 (2), 201-221
Canessa, ALE., (2012). De la arqueolog铆a a la autonom铆a: El uso de restos precolombinos para forjar una nueva relaci贸n con el Estado en Bolivia. Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos. 12 (2)
Canessa, A., (2010). . Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies. 5 (2), 175-187
Canessa, A., (2009). . History Workshop Journal. 68 (1), 173-198
Canessa, ALE., (2009). . La Manzana de la Discordia. 5 (2), 5-5
Canessa, A., (2008). . History and Anthropology. 19 (4), 353-369
Canessa, A., (2008). . Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. 17 (1), 41-64
Canessa, A., (2007). . Urban Anthropology. 36 (3), 195-237
Canessa, A., (2007). . Urban Anthropology. 36 (3), 145-159
Canessa, A., (2007). El indio desde adentro, el indio desde afuera: ciudadan铆a, raza y sexo en una comunidad boliviana. La manzana de la discordia. 4 (2), 7-23
Canessa, A., (2006). . Bulletin of Latin American Research. 25 (2), 241-263
Canessa, ALE., (2006). De latigazos a libros de texto: Observaciones sobre el racismo en Larecaja. Fe y Pueblo. 10 (1), 55-73
Canessa *, A., (2004). . Race Ethnicity and Education. 7 (2), 185-204
Canessa, A., (2000). . Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 6 (4), 705-720
CANESSA, A., (2000). . Journal of Latin American Studies. 32 (1), 115-144
Canessa, ALE., (1998). . Ethnos. 63 (2), 227-227
Canessa, A., (1998). . Studies in World Christianity. 4 (Part_1), 21-40
Canessa, A., (1998). Evangelical Protestantism in the Northern Highlands of Bolivia. Studies in World Christianity. 4 (1), 21-40
Howard-Malverde, R. and Canessa, A., (1995). The school in the Quechua and Aymara communities of highland Bolivia. International Journal of Educational Development. 15 (3), 231-243
Books (9)
Canessa, A. and Picq, ML., (2024). . University of Arizona Press. 0816553963. 9780816553976
Brablec, D. and Canessa, A., (2023). . University of Arizona Press. 081654882X. 9780816548828
Canessa, A., (2019). . Palgrave Macmillan. 3319993097. 978-3-319-99309-6
Canessa, A., Orsini, G., Campbell, B., Ponce, J., Diaz, B. and Martinez del Valle, L., (2018). Barrier and Bridge: Spanish and Gibraltarian Perspectives on Their Border. Sussex Academic Press. 1845199057. 9781845199050
Canessa, A., (2012). . Duke University Press. 0822352672. 9780822352679
Affairs, IWGFI. and IWGIA, (2012). . 8792786111. 9788792786111
Hern谩ndez, RA. and Canessa, A., (2012). G茅nero, complementariedades y exclusiones en Mesoam茅rica y los Andes.. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA); Abya Yala Press; The British Academy. 9788792786111
Canessa, A., (2011). . 9780816530137
Canessa, A., (2006). . 9789990588002
Book chapters (20)
Brablec, D. and Canessa, A., (2023). Indigenous Peoples in the Cities of the World. In: Urban Indigeneities: Being Indigenous in the 21st Century. Editors: Canessa, A. and Brablec, D., . University of Arizona Press. 1- 1
Orsini, G., Canessa, A. and Martinez, L., (2018). Small Territories/Big Borders: Gibraltar, Lampedusa, and Melilla. In: Barrier and Bridge: Gibraltarian and Spanish Perspectives on their Border. Editors: Canessa, A., . Sussex Academic Press. 22- 22. 978-1-84519-905-0
Canessa, A., Orsini, G. and Mart铆nez, L., (2018). An Example to the World!:鈥� Multiculturalism in the Creation of a Gibraltarian Identity. In: Barrier and Bridge: Gibraltarian and Spanish Perspectives on their Border. Editors: Canessa, A., . Sussex Academic Press. 102- 125. 978-1-84519-905-0
Canessa, A., Orsini, G. and Mart铆nez, L., (2018). Gibraltar as a Gated Community: A Critical Look at Gibraltarian Nationalism. In: Barrier and Bridge: Gibraltarian and Spanish Perspectives on their Border. Editors: Canessa, A., . Sussex Academic Press. 150- 174. 978-1-84519-905-0
Canessa, ALE., (2017). Painful Proximity: Two Women's Accounts of the Gibraltar/Spanish Border. In: Encyclopedia of Migrants. L'age de la tortue
Canessa, A., (2017). . In: Global Entangled Inequalities: Conceptual Debates and Evidence from Latin America. Editors: Jelin, E., Motta, RC. and Costa, S., . Routledsge. 128- 143. 9781138740600
Canessa, ALE., (2016). . In: The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Latin America. Editors: Lehmann, D., . Springer. 1137509589. 9781137509581
Canessa, ALE., (2013). Geschlecht und Sexualit盲t in Lateinamerika in (post-) postkolonialer Perspektive. In: Frauen (und) Macht in Lateinamerika. Editors: Tuider, E. and Burchardt, H., . Nomos
Canessa, ALE., (2012). So帽ando con padres: Fausto Reinaga y el masculinismo ind铆gena. In: Hacia un futuro Ind铆gena en Mesoam茅rica y los Andes: G茅nero, Complementariedades y Exclusiones. Editors: Canessa, A. and Hernandez Castillo, A., . IWGIA/Abya Yala. 99- 117. 978-87-92786-11-1
Canessa, ALE. and Hernandez Castillo, R., (2012). Introducci贸n: Identidades Ind铆genas y Relaciones de G茅nero en Mesoam茅rica y la Regi贸n Andina. In: Hacia un futuro Ind铆gena en Mesoam茅rica y los Andes: G茅nero, Complementariedades y Exclusiones.. Editors: Canessa, A. and Hernandez Castillo, R., . IWGIA/Abya Yala
Canessa, ALE., (2012). Sitios Antiguos y Nuevas Ciudadan铆as: El uso de la arqueolog铆a para crear autonom铆a aut贸ctona en Bolivia. In: Autocton铆a, poder local y espacio global frente a la noci贸n de ciudadan铆a. Editors: Orobitg, G. and Pitarch, P., . Universitat de Barcelona
Canessa, A., (2011). The Indian within, the Indian without: Citizenship, race, and sex in a Bolivian Hamlet. In: Natives Making Nation: Gender, Indigeneity, and the State in the Andes. 130- 155
Canessa, A., (2011). Introduction: Making the nation on the margins. 3- 31
Canessa, ALE., (2008). Celebrando lo ind铆gena en Bolivia: Unas reflexiones sobre el a帽o nuevo Aymara. In: Repensando las identidades y pol铆ticas ind铆genas en Am茅rica Latina. Editors: Martinez Novo, C., . Flacso
Canessa, ALE., (2008). El sexo y el ciudadano: Barbies y reinas de belleza en la era de Evo Morales.. In: Raza, etnicidad y sexualidades: ciudadan铆a y multiculturalismo en Am茅rica Latina. Editors: Wade, P., Urrea, F. and Viveros, M., . CES
Canessa, ALE., (2006). 鈥楰harisiri: Maldad y alteridad en los Andes meridionales.鈥�. In: Conceptos del Mal en Latinoamerica.. Editors: Gareis, I., . BAS (Bonner Amerikanistische Studien / Estudios Americanistas de Bonn),. 167- 201
Canessa, ALE., (2003). Evangelistas y Kataristas en Bolivia. In: Ensayos sobre la sociolog铆a de religi贸n andina
Canessa, ALE., (2002). Postmodernismo y evangelismo en Bolivia. In: Religion y postmodernidad: Las recientes alteraciones de campo religioso. Abya Yala. 47- 66
Canessa, ALE., (1999). Making Persons, Marking Difference: Procreation in Highland Bolivia. In: Conceiving Persons: Ethnographies of Procreations, Substance, and Personhood. Editors: Loizos, P. and Heady, P., . Athlone Press. 69- 87
Canessa, ALE., (1997). Chachawarmi: negociando (des)igualdades de g茅nero en una aldea aymara boliviana. In: In Nuevas Direcciones en los Estudios Andinos. Editors: Arnold, D., . ILCA/CIPCA
Reports and Papers (1)
Canessa, A., (2012).
Other (1)
Canessa, A., (2008).From the Editor of the Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. American Anthropologist. 110(4),Wiley
Grants and funding
2019
Conquering Self-Representation: A Collaborative Approach to the Aesthetical-Political Dimension of Amazonian Contemporary Art
European Commission
2013
Bordering on Britishness
Economic & Social Research Council
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Academic support hours:
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