Jos Meléndez Duarte, M.A. PhD Candidate E-Mail jose.melendez@faculty.unibe.ch ORCID Nummer orcid.org/0000-0002-0070-5970
Current position PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (IZFG), University of Bern Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Project: “Queer and Indigenous (Dis)Encounters: Exploring Multiple Gender and Sexual Indigenous Identities in Plurinational Bolivia” PhD Dissertation: “Indigenous Talking Cuir, Queer Talking Indigenous”
Brief profile 2018: Master’s in Latin American Studies, University of Bern (Switzerland) 2012: Licentiate in Law, Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), Nicaragua 2012: Diploma in Political Leadership, The George Washington University & Universidad Americana (UAM), Nicaragua
Research Interests Thematic Focus Queer and Gender Studies Cuir and Decolonial Thought Indigenous Epistemologies and Ethnicity Feelings, Care, and Sex-Affective Practices Dissent and Social Movements Latin America Methodological Focus Queer Methodology Oral History and Life Narratives Discourse Analysis Ethnographic Fieldwork Semi-Structured Interviews
