Brad M. Biglow

Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
(Ph.D. University of Florida)
Anthropology of Education, Native cultures of North and Latin America.

I am an applied cultural anthropologist with research foci in Native North and Latin America, the Anthropology of Religion, Anthropology of Education (Foundations/Philosophy), and Cultural Preservation/Development. My graduate training was at Northern Arizona University (M.A. 1995, Applied Sociocultural Anthropology) and the University of Florida (Ph.D. 2001, Cultural Anthropology).  My dissertation, "Ethno-nationalist Politics and Cultural Preservation: Education and Bordered Identities among the Wixaritari (Huichol) of Tateikita, Mexico" detailed the intricacies of "power" and "voice" in indigenous education and cultural preservation among an Indian tribe of the Sierra Madre Mountains of West-Central, Mexico.  The directions obtained in this research have shaped my current work in ethnic identity and conflict, sustainable development, and traditional belief systems as I have watched ethnic politics and identity fragmentation among Huicholes who have struggled with religious change, commodification (mestizoization), and regional migration due to globalization.  I have also broadened geographic areas to include western South America (Peru and the Andes).  I have a strong conflict-based theoretical perspective with roots in classical Marxism, neo-Marxism, and philosophy while advocating a comparative approach between cultures of North and Latin America.  Courses I teach include North American Indians, Kinship/Gender, Peoples and Cultures of Mexico, and Peoples of the Andes, among others.

Contact information:
Office: 51/2216
Phone: 904-620-1661
Email: bbiglow@unf.edu

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