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Latin American Cultural Politics

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Mariana Affonso Penna
Instituto Federal de Goiás
2
Josias Tembo
HAN University of Applied Sciences
3
Juan Daniel Cruz
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
4
Ana Julia Cabrera Pacheco
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
5
Tatiana Vorotnikova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
6
Carlos Tornel
Altera (United States)
7
Erika Astrid Araque Geney
Corporación Unificada Nacional de Educación Superior
8
Carlos Daniel Muñoz Chamorro
University of Guelph
9
Gonzalo Lamana
Souphanouvong University
10
Antônio Nacílio Sousa dos Santos
Universidade Federal do Ceará

Rising Stars Papers

1
The political ecologies of "green" extractivism(s): An introduction 
Journal of Political Ecology|2024
105 cit.
2
Towards a pluriverse of transitions: An editorial introduction to anti-colonial and insurrectional energy transformations
Human Geography|2025
26 cit.
3
Was postdevelopment too much? Autonomous struggle, academic coloniality & the radical roots of the pluriverse
Globalizations|2024
21 cit.
4
Development as terracide: sacrifice zones and extractivism as state policy in Mexico
Globalizations|2024
19 cit.
5
Do texto legal à prática: políticas públicas de educação inclusiva para a rede municipal de educação em um município do Estado do Ceará
Contribuciones a las Ciencias Sociales|2024
15 cit.
6
Descolonizando saberes: a busca pela revolução contra-hegemônica da educação latino-americana no contexto contemporâneo
Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo|2024
14 cit.
7
Construindo a malha educativa: reflexões sobre políticas e descontinuidades na formação docente
Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo|2024
13 cit.
8
Educação permanente e atenção básica na saúde: a importância do aprimoramento do conhecimento dos profissionais que trabalham na atenção básica na saúde para a demanda da população local em um município do Estado do Ceará
Contribuciones a las Ciencias Sociales|2024
12 cit.
9
Políticas culturais e saúde mental na infância: políticas públicas de cultura e sua importância para o desenvolvimento da saúde mental das crianças
Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo|2024
11 cit.
10
Por uma educação escolar quilombola: ressignificando o passado através da Lei 10.639/2003 e da renovação do currículo em direção à emancipação afro-brasileira
Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo|2024
11 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Marcos Rafael Andrade de Melo
Omron (Japan)
2
Eduardo Torre Cantalapiedra
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
3
María Isabel Arias López
University of Pamplona
4
Bárbara Carine Soares Pinheiro
Centro de Investigación Docencia y Consultoria Administrativa
5
Susana Carro‐Ripalda
Universidad de Deusto
6
Fanny Milena Quiñonez Riasco
Pedagogical University
7
Guillermo Rosabal-Coto
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
8
José Rafael Rosero Morales
University of Cauca
9
Eva González Tanco
University of Cauca
10
Soraya Maite Yie Garzón
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
“DISCURSO SOBRE O COLONIALISMO (1950)”
Revista de Estudos de Cultura|2022
587 cit.
2
El estudio de las caravanas migrantes en México
Norteamérica|2022
21 cit.
3
On the encounter of scientific literature with Afro-Brazilian ancestral pharmacopeias
Cultural Studies of Science Education|2022
11 cit.
4
How can Mexican migrants reduce the risk of being abandoned by smugglers while clandestinely crossing the US–Mexico border?
Migration Studies|2022
8 cit.
5
Factores que influencian las respuestas políticas de Estados Unidos y Canadá a los refugiados ucranianos
ESTUDIOS FRONTERIZOS|2025
6 cit.
6
Robbery victimization of Mexican migrants while crossing the border
International Migration|2023
5 cit.
7
Criminal Victimization of Central American Migrants in Transit Through Mexico
International Migration Review|2022
3 cit.
8
Typology of Journeys of Honduran Migrant Men in Transit Through Mexico
Population review|2022
3 cit.
9
Realidad y ficción. El uso de la información en las narcoseries, estudio comparativo del material de archivo en la serie Narcos y El patrón del mal
Historia y Comunicación Social|2023
2 cit.
10
Exclusión/Inclusión con base en la discriminación por nacionalidad en los sistemas de asilo de España y México
Migraciones Publicación del Instituto Universitario de Estudios sobre Migraciones|2024
2 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Peter Wade
EnergyAustralia (Australia)
2
K. Wayne Yang
National Foundation for Cancer Research
3
Ana Patricia Cubillo-Guevara
Universidad Internacional
4
Mariela Rodríguez
Universidad Católica de Córdoba
5
Alberto Acosta
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
6
Juliana Flórez Flórez
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
7
Deborah Poole
Johns Hopkins University
8
Julia Paley
University of Pennsylvania
9
Herbert S. Klein
Hoover Institution
10
Adrián E. Beling
King’s University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
'The Hour of Eugenics': Race, Gender, and Nation in Latin America
Bulletin of Latin American Research|1992
847 cit.
2
Vision, Race, and Modernity: A Visual Economy of the Andean Image World
The American Historical Review|1998
339 cit.
3
Blackness and Race Mixture: The Dynamics of Racial Identity in Colombia.
Hispanic American Historical Review|1994
305 cit.
4
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM
The International Journal of African Historical Studies|2000
304 cit.
5
Toward an Anthropology of Democracy
Annual Review of Anthropology|2002
303 cit.
6
Rethinking <i>Mestizaje</i>: Ideology and Lived Experience
Journal of Latin American Studies|2005
259 cit.
7
Marketing Democracy: Power and Social Movements in Post-Dictatorship Chile
Latin American Politics and Society|2002
248 cit.
8
La descolonización no es una metáfora.
Tabula rasa|2021
242 cit.
9
the cultural politics of blackness in Colombia
American Ethnologist|1995
237 cit.
10
African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Hispanic American Historical Review|1987
215 cit.

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