Natural Resource Conflicts in Southern Amazonas, Brazil; urban Amerindians and indigenous rights, Brazil; Basque Conflict; Basque Peace Process; post-conflict Guatemala; Immigrants USA and ethnic conflict (Regional Areas: Latin America, Europe, USA)
J. P. Linstroth left PRIO in 2010. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
J. P. Linstroth
Email: johlin@prio.no
Work phone: (+47) 22 54 77 28
Interests and experience
Education
- D.Phil. Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK
- M.A. Cultural Anthropology, Florida State University, USA
- B.A. Political Science & Spanish, College of the Holy Cross, USA
Fieldwork
- Manaus, Brazil 2009 (Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, UFAM; research urban Amerindians and social change; funded by US Fulbright Foreign Scholar Grant 2008-2009)
- US Immigrants in South Florida (Cubans, Haitians, Guatemalan-Mayas) Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Grant 2005-2007 (co-awarded with colleagues)
- Basque Country [Euskal Herria] 1995-1997 field research for D.Phil. University of Oxford
Languages Spoken
- Fluent Spanish; some Portuguese; some Basque [euskera]
- (read: Italian, French, Catalan; learning Norwegian)
- (English native language)
Forthcoming Books
- Marching Against Gender Practice: political imaginings in the Basqueland (forthcoming)
- Violence and Peace Re-Imagined: a new theory for cognitive anthropology (forthcoming)
Latest publications
All publications
J. P. Linstroth (2010)
Gender as a Category for Analysis
Gender as a Category for Analysis
Book chapter in The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace (volume 2)
J. P. Linstroth (2010)
IA-Forum Interview: Dr. J. P. Linstroth
IA-Forum Interview: Dr. J. P. Linstroth
Popular article in International Affairs Forum
J. P. Linstroth (2009)
Narratives of Amerindian Discrimination in Manaus, Brazil
Narratives of Amerindian Discrimination in Manaus, Brazil
J. P. Linstroth (2009)
The Anthropologist as 'Political Object': Engaging and Collaborating with Urban-Amerindians
The Anthropologist as 'Political Object': Engaging and Collaborating with Urban-Amerindians
Robin Cooper et al. (2009)
"My Country" / "This Country": Ambivalent Belongings of Cuban Americans in South Florida
"My Country" / "This Country": Ambivalent Belongings of Cuban Americans in South Florida
Journal Article in Forum: Qualitative Social Research
Michaela Köttig et al. (2009)
Preface: Biography and Ethnicity: Development and Changes in Senses of Socio-cultural Belonging in Migrant Populations in the US and Germany
Preface: Biography and Ethnicity: Development and Changes in Senses of Socio-cultural Belonging in Migrant Populations in the US and Germany
Journal Article in Forum: Qualitative Social Research
Robin Cooper, J. P. Linstroth & Julia Chaitin (2009)
Negotiating the Transnationality of Social Control: Stories of Immigrant Women in South Florida
Negotiating the Transnationality of Social Control: Stories of Immigrant Women in South Florida
Journal Article in Forum: Qualitative Social Research
Patrick Hiller, J. P. Linstroth & Paloma Ayala Vela (2009)
"I am Maya, not Guatemalan, nor Hispanic"—the Belongingness of Mayas in Southern Florida
"I am Maya, not Guatemalan, nor Hispanic"—the Belongingness of Mayas in Southern Florida
Journal Article in Forum: Qualitative Social Research
Julia Chaitin, J. P. Linstroth & Patrick Hiller (2009)
Ethnicity and Belonging: An Overview of a Study of Cuban, Haitian and Guatemalan Immigrants to Florida
Ethnicity and Belonging: An Overview of a Study of Cuban, Haitian and Guatemalan Immigrants to Florida
Journal Article in Forum: Qualitative Social Research
J. P. Linstroth et al. (2009)
Conflicting Ambivalence of Haitian Identity-Making in South Florida
Conflicting Ambivalence of Haitian Identity-Making in South Florida
Journal Article in Forum: Qualitative Social Research
