With an MA in Sociology and a concentration in social movements, globalization, and gender, I am fascinated with the current situation in Oaxaca. My primary goal in Oaxaca was not to study the APPO, it is rather to study the movement to protect the biodiversity of seeds, particularly maize. However, a study of the effects of NAFTA, globalization, capitalism, racism, and the activism against it, is a study of many movements with many different groups involved. I am interested in these connections, the discourse around it, and particularly women´s role in this movement and discourse. I am currently working on an article about the role of radio in the Oaxacan movement.
My Master´s thesis focused on the role of community on the formation of activist identity. For two years, I studied local activists through participant ethnography and in-depth interviews.
Dissertation:
“On the Trail of Maize: Tracking a Seed through a Maze of Globalization and the Struggle from Below.”
MA:
“How Activists Manage their Daily Life.”
Publication:
Ariel, Joan and Jennifer Rogers. 2002. “Resources: Reference Guides, Videos, and Websites for Teaching Feminist Activism” in Teaching Feminist Activism: Strategies from the Field. Ed. by Nancy A. Naples and Karen Bojar. New York: Routledge, 272-308.
Papers in Progress:
Rogers, Jennifer. “The Oaxaqueños Fight Back: The Role of Radio in the Recent Oaxacan Struggle.”
Rogers, Jennifer and Tonya Lindsey. “The Nightclub: Team Ethnography, Space, and Behavior in a Public Place.”
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