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Maria Isabel Messina

Grant Type

Dissertation Fieldwork Grant

Institutional Affiliation

UAM - Iztapalapa

Grant number

Gr. 10709

Approve Date

April 15, 2024

Project Title

Messina, Maria Isabel (UAM - Iztapalapa) "Affective cartography of the transgender women's community in Guatemala"

This research investigates the role of affects and emotions in the processes of identity and political community building. Affectivity is a conditioning factor of experience; it responds to a normative system through which people are socially validated.