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Karin Friederic lectures on “¡El Machismo es Violencia! Sex, Human Rights, and Masculinity on the Ecuadorian Coast”

Karin Friederic, an assistant professor of anthropology at Wake Forest University, presents “¡El Machismo es Violencia! Sex, Human Rights, and Masculinity on the Ecuadorian Coast,” at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 30, as part of the School for Advanced Research’s Colloquium Series. Friederic, a cultural anthropologist specializing in medical anthropology, has for 15 years researched the effects of human-rights campaigns against domestic violence in a rural area of Ecuador. These campaigns have focused on machismo — a strong masculine pride associated with Latin cultures — as the primary problem to be solved, which has introduced new ideas about gender and sexuality, and affected how people view and experience intimate partner violence. Friederic questions whether these campaigns allow men the freedom to exhibit or accept alternative ideas about masculinity. Friederic was awarded the 2015-2016 Campbell Fellowship for Transformative Research on Women in the Developing World from the School for Advanced Research and is in residence this fall completing the manuscript for her book, The Violence of Human Rights: Intimate Partners, Women’s Organizing, and Development Politics in Rural Ecuador. She is joined in conversation by Vera Campbell, SAR resident scholar and member of the board of directors. SAR is located at 660 Garcia St. There is no charge for the event. For information call 505-954-7200. — Jennifer Levin