Dr. Emiko Saldivar

Dr. Emiko Saldivar is currently Lecture and Associate Research Scientist at UCSB. She is a  Mexican activist scholar focused on race, ethnicity, mestizaje and anti-racism in Latin America.  Her book: Practicas Cotidianas del Indigenismo(IBERO- Plaza Valdez 2008) is an ethnography of  the state where she explores the connections between state formation, indigeneity and race in  Mexico. She co-founded the first anti-racist organization in México (COPERA 2011) and currently  is interested in developing collective racial healing methodologies and practices. She has published  several articles and book chapters both in Spanish, Portuguese and English.