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Research Interests
I am a Social Anthropologist and Youth Worker always interested in exploring the overlaps between the two domains. My PhD research was concerned with young people in the Guatemalan diaspora in Southern Mexico and I am currently working on the AIMEC project exploring 'arrival infrastructures' of migrants in East London. Generally I am interested in topics around diaspora, memory and storytelling especially in regard to youth and intergenerationality. In my ethnographic practice I intend to combine youth work methods and principles with those of ethnographic research.
PhD Project
My PhD research looked at the ways in which young people in the Guatemalan diaspora in Southern Mexico actively participate in the social making of their town. I explored how youth engage in intergenerational negotiations around topics such as space, memory and local hierarchies and the creative strategies they apply to make their voices heard. The project was informed by methods from ethnographic research as well as by those from creative and participatory youth work; the creation of a photo exhibition and the development of a theatre play were crucial parts of my fieldwork.
Education/Academic qualification
Anthropology, Doctorate, Goldsmiths, University of London
Sep 2016 → Sep 2021
Award Date: 22 Sep 2021
Anthropology, MA, Goldsmiths, University of London
Sep 2012 → Sep 2013
Award Date: 16 Sep 2013
Keywords
- GN Anthropology
- Memory
- Intergenerationality
- Storytelling
- Migration, Diversity, Integration, Inequality
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Research output
- 2 Citations
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- 2 Article
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Stories about Past, Present, and Future: Memory and Narrative between Refugee Pasts and Migrant Futures among Young People in Chiapas, Mexico
Gembus, M., 11 Nov 2020, In: Anthropology Matters. 20, 1, p. 43-70 28 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Safe Spaces 'in between': plays, performance and identity among young 'second generation' Somalis in London
Gembus, M., 10 Aug 2017, In: Children's Geographies. 16, 4, p. 432-443 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)