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Isabel Arciniegas Guaneme
Research interests:
After working seven years as a freelance designer and five years as a lecturer in audiovisual production for social sciences students, I became interested in anthropology for its potential to cross the frontiers of knowledge. Now, I am a PhD candidate in Anthropology, while I continue working as an independent graphic designer, and as a Student Worker for the Office of Academic Affairs at NSSR. In my dissertation, I am interested in examining how the inclusion of animals, rivers and forests is transforming the expectations and experiences of peace in Colombia. My design heritage informs my anthropology by pushing me to think of scholarship as both analytic and aesthetic, where form and content are in dialogue. This interdisciplinary perspective also guides my participation in the Ethnographic Media Lab, a student-run space for exchanging ideas between anthropology and creative practices. I hold an undergraduate degree in Interactive Media Design from Icesi University (Colombia), a MA in Anthropology from NSSR, and I am definitely committed to the idea that the best way to know the world is by walking.
