Michelle Bigenho

Charles A Dana Professor of Anthropology and Africana & Latin American Studies

Colgate University

Affiliations

Division of University Studies

Department of Africana and Latin American Studies

Division of Social Sciences

Sociology and Anthropology Department

Michelle Bigenho is currently serving as an Africana And Latin American Studies Charles A Dana Professor of Anthropology and Africana & Latin American Studies at Colgate University.

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Michelle Bigenho

Colgate University

Charles A Dana Professor of Anthropology and Africana & Latin American Studies

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Heritage Fever. (2025)

Soundscapes of Insurgent Heritage. (2025)

Unsettling the Return: Alternative Curation and Counterarchives. The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (2023)

Gender-Marked Heritage and Intersectionality: Women’s Singing as Heritage. International Journal of Heritage Studies (2022)

Grasping Cacophony in Bolivian Heritage Otherwise. Anthropological Quarterly (2018)

The Devil in Nationalism: Indigenous Heritage and the Challenges of Decolonization. International Journal of Cultural Property (2016)

Patenting Patrimony? the Cost of Recognizing Heritage in Bolivia. (2013)

Outside the Music Box: A Manifesto. Anthropology News (2011)

Gran Poder: La Morenada. by Rossana BarragáN Y Cleverth CáRdenas (Con Johnny Guerreros, Nancy Maldonado, Carmen Tito, LíA Tito, Mitsuko Shimose, Irineo Uturunco, Solange Zalles, Y Soledad Ardaya). The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (2010)

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Performance, Revolution, Pedagogy: Theatre and Its Objects. InTensions (2010)

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Michelle Bigenho

Charles A Dana Professor of Anthropology and Africana & Latin American Studies

Colgate University

Affiliations

Division of University Studies

Department of Africana and Latin American Studies

Division of Social Sciences

Sociology and Anthropology Department

Michelle Bigenho is currently serving as an Africana And Latin American Studies Charles A Dana Professor of Anthropology and Africana & Latin American Studies at Colgate University.

Honors