Merle Bowen

Professor Emerita

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of African American Studies

Merle Bowen is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Professor Emerita at Uiuc.

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Merle Bowen

UIUC

Professor Emerita

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african american studies colonialism anthropology african studies african diaspora portuguese latin american research latin american politics african identity latin american studies political sociology latin american diaspora decoloniality culture nationalism citizenship southern african studies african development african political economy citizenship studies ethnic studies land redistribution political ecology anti-racism political geography intercultural studies afrocentricity black politics settler colonialism quilombola claims land titles culturally responsive surveys critical race theory human geography latino studies cultural economy world development agrarian change african economy critical geography cross-cultural assessment cultural analysis cross-cultural issues cultural tourism diaspora studies agrarian political economy low income developing country rural economies global south south-south cooperation commodification black experience life history post-colonial criticism quilombola identity new land legislation land movements black land rights international evaluation responsive surveys economic survival twenty-first century brazil ethnic tourism economic crisis rural mozambique agricultural development strategy land struggles climate change social change

Notable Scholarly Works

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Palm Oil Diaspora: Afro-Brazilian Landscapes and Economies on Bahia's Dendê Coast. Agricultural History (2022)

Merle L. Bowen

dendê coastanthropologyenvironmental anthropologyafrican studiessocial anthropologysociocultural anthropologypalm oil diasporahistorical geographypalm oilafrican american studiesafrican diasporaafrocentricity

We Rise for Our Land: Land Struggles and Repression in Southern Africa. The Journal of Peasant Studies (2022)

Merle L. Bowen

global southanthropologypolitical ecologycivilizationsafrican developmentsouthern african studiesland redistributionnationalismcolonialismsouthern africasouth-south cooperationafrican american studiesland strugglesafrican political economy

Ethnic Cultural Politics Trumps Black Land Rights. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2021)

Merle L. Bowen

anthropologyhuman rightsconstitutional lawland reformblack politicsblack social movementsblack militantsdecolonialitycolonialismlatin american politicssettler colonialismafrican identityafrican american studiesafrican diasporasocial justice

For Land and Liberty. (2021)

Merle L. Bowen

political ecologypolitical sociologyafrican studiespolitical geographynationalismafrican american studiessouthern african studiesafrican identityquilombola identitycitizenshipcitizenship studiesanti-racismquilombola claimscritical geographyland redistributioncolonialismafrican diasporapolitical sciencelatin american politicsland titlescritical race theorydecoloniality

For Land and Liberty: Black Struggles in Rural Brazil. Agricultural History (2021)

Merle L. Bowen

political sociologyafrican studiespolitical geographynationalismafrican american studiesanthropologyafrican identitylatin american studiescitizenshipcitizenship studieslatin american diasporarural brazilanti-racismquilombola claimscolonialismafrican diasporalatin american politicsland titlesdecoloniality

Quilombo Identity, Ethno-Commodification, and Tourism in Neoliberal Brazil. Michigan State University Press eBooks (2018)

Merle L. Bowen

cultural studiescommodificationsociocultural anthropologyportuguesecolonialismtourismlatin american researchlatin american studiesquilombo identity

Afro-Brazilian Citizenship and the Politics of History. African and Black Diaspora An International Journal (2016)

Sean T. Mitchell

political sociologyethnic studiesafrican american studiesbrazilian governmentsafrocentricityracebrazilian slaveryafrican identitypolitical historylatin american studiescitizenshipafro-brazilian citizenshipcitizenship studiesblack politicsblack experiencecolonialismafrican diasporaportugueselatin american politics

Who Owns Paradise? Afro-Brazilians and Ethnic Tourism in Brazil’s Quilombos. African and Black Diaspora An International Journal (2016)

Merle L. Bowen

african studiesethnic tourismanthropologytwenty-first century braziltourismlatin american researchafrican identitycultural tourismlatin american studieslatin american diasporacolonialismcultural economyafrican diasporacultural anthropologydiaspora studiessociocultural anthropologyportugueseeconomic survivalculture

Developing Culturally Responsive Surveys: Lessons in Development, Implementation, and Analysis From Brazil’s African Descent Communities. American Journal of Evaluation (2015)

Merle Bowen

latin american diasporaafrican studiesintercultural studiesethnicitycultural diversityculturecommunity-engaged researchsocial sciencesethnic studiesafrican american studieslatin american researchafrican diasporaculturally responsive surveys

Developing Culturally Responsive Surveys. American Journal of Evaluation (2014)

Merle L. BowenAyesha S. Tillman

cultural studieslatin american diasporainternational evaluationcultural analysislatino studiescross-cultural issuescross-cultural assessmentethnicitycultureethnic studieslatin american researchcultural diversityintercultural studiesafrican american studiesculturally responsive surveysresponsive surveys