Episode 62

What does it mean to be a Peruvian Mestizo man pursuing research on illicit economies in Latin America while being based in the “West”? Listen to Alvaro share his stories and reflections about both his own assumptions, and other peoples’ assumptions about the world.

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Transcripts of episode:

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Recommended sources

Bell Hooks, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, 2004.

Andrea Román Alfaro, “Making sense of violence through women’s experiences: Meaning-making, gendering and racialization at Peru’s urban margins,” The British Journal of Criminology (May 11, 2025).

Anibal Quijano, “Questioning ‘race’”, Socialism and Democracy 21, no.2 (March 9, 2007): 45-53.