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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · 1d

I’m much looking forward to deliver a guest lecture at ETH Zurich this coming Monday on informal housing, criminal actors and urban extractivism in Colombia!

Thank you David Kostenwein, Daniela Sanjinés Encinales & Jennifer Duyne Barenstein for the invitation.

Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · 24d

We had a most insightful workshop last week in Geneva, discussing the intersection between housing struggles and "illegality". Thanks to my co-organizer Guillaume Dumont, our discussants @hanna-hilbrandt.bsky.social, Matthew Richmond, Miguel Martínez, Martijn Koster & the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social!

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Sep 4

Profundamente inspirador participar en este encuentro en Medellín la semana pasada junto a tantos queridos colegas!

Para saber más sobre nuestro Colectivo Juvenicidio y Resistencias Sociales (JUVIR) 👉 www.upf.edu/web/juvenici...

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Jul 26

When I visited Gaza in 2019, what struck me most wasn’t the destruction – it was the life.

Now, @WeAreNotNumbers has published its first book: powerful essays by young Gazans (2014–2024).

$15. A youth-led project. A way to see Gaza beyond the numbers.

shorturl.at/p57IQ

We Are Not Numbers

***THE NUMBER 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** ***THE IRISH BESTSELLER*** 'Meaningful and impactful ... A vital [read] ... Tell all your friends' BRITISH VOGUE 'A powerful collection' SERVICE 95, found...

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Jul 9

Hello Montreal! So glad to be joining @sasemeeting.bsky.social 2025 as part of a panel series on illegal markets organized by Matias Dewey & Gabriel Feltran! #SASE2025

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Research Office @gvagrad-research.bsky.social · May 20

📸 The winners of our #PhotoCompetition are:
🏆 Luisa.Lupo, Public Prize – TRACES OF VIOLENCE
🎖️ Nora.Doukkali, Jury Prize – STOLEN TIME
👉 shorturl.at/M8umu

Thanks to all 26 participants, the 580 voters, and the jury:
@juliebillaud.bsky.social, Tobias.Marshall, Antoine.Tardy, @elenabutti.bsky.social

RESEARCH PHOTO COMPETITION AT THE GENEVA GRADUATE INSTITUTE | IHEID

www.graduateinstitute.ch

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · May 15

📍 Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest informal settlements?

📆 Join us TODAY at 3.30 CET for a seminar co-hosted by
@gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social & @gvagrad.bsky.social - in person & online!

🔜 Info: shorturl.at/BwFDk

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · May 6

📸 The Geneva Graduate Institute is holding a research photo competition!

🤓 And I have the honor of being part of the jury - with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, Antoine Tardy, and Tobias Marschall.

💡 You can view the portfolios here shorturl.at/75aqX

📥 and vote your top 3 here shorturl.at/rVNj0

RESEARCH PHOTO COMPETITION AT THE GENEVA GRADUATE INSTITUTE | IHEID

www.graduateinstitute.ch

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · May 5

Join us this Thursday at the Université de Genève for a discussion of my recent research on gang-controlled informal housing markets and urban extractivism in Colombia!

💬 Discussed by Armelle Choplin
📍 Thursday 8 May 2025 - 12h30-13h30
🏫 Uni Mail, salle M 4020

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Apr 26

📢 Are you an outstanding young activist? Or do you know someone who is?

Nominations for the Young Activists Summit close in five days!

➡️ Info here www.youngactivistssummit.org/events

@ActivistsSummit

Events | Young Activists Summit

An Official Summit is held annually at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Thousands of young people from all over the world participate online in four languages.

www.youngactivistssummit.org

Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Apr 14

Huge thanks to my supervisors @fernandapirie.bsky.social and Dennis Rodgers, to the amazing Anthropology Editor at NYU Press & to the anonymous reviewers whose feedback helped me reach this stage. Finally, my most profound gratitude goes to the youth who welcomed me into their lives.

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thanks to @oxfordcsls.bsky.social & @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social for hosting this research, @udea.bsky.social & @vriunal.bsky.social for welcoming me during critical research periods in Medellín, and to the ESRC and Swiss Confederation for their financial support.

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Apr 14

I'm excited to share that I’ve recently signed a book contract with NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social !

The book brings together a decade of doctoral & post-doctoral ethnographic work on adolescentes involved at the bottom of the organized crime hierarchy in contemporary urban Colombia. Stay tuned!

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Mar 28

@gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social

Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Mar 28

Only a few days left to send us your abstracts! Hurry up!👇

Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Feb 17

📚 News! With Guillaume Dumont we are organizing a Paper Development Workshop on 'Housing, Illegality and Criminal Actors' at the Geneva Graduate Institute on 9-10 September 2025.

➡️ To apply, please send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st.

👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Mar 26

Students interested in anthropology - consider joining the London Anthropology Day!

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Home - London Anthropology Day

London Anthropology Day (LAD) is a FREE annual university taster day for Year 12, 13, FE students, undergraduate or graduate students interested in Master's degrees, careers advisers and teachers, org...

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Mar 15

📍 For Venezuelan migrants in Medellín, building one's own home in an informal settlement can be a key act of rooting and integration, despite having to deal with extractivist gang practices and the threat of violent state evictions.

👉 Curious to know more? Check out my latest short docu-film!

El sueño de la casa propia - Short documentary by Elena Butti

YouTube video by Elena Butti

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Mar 7

Great postdoc opportunity for PhD students from LATAM!

Tinker Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies in Stanford, CA for Stanford University

Exciting opportunity in Stanford, CA for Stanford University as a Tinker Postdoctoral Fellowship ...

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Mar 5

📻 Ayer salimos en Radio UNAL con un conversatorio sobre la migración Venezolana en Medellín!

Puedes escuchar aquí 👉 radio.unal.edu.co/detalle/la-m...

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Feb 25

📍Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest self-built settlements?

📅 Mark your calendar for my upcoming seminar at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social on May 15 - in person & online!

🔜Info shorturl.at/4uc2k

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Feb 21

El próximo miércoles, yo y Lirio Gutiérrez (UNAL Medellín), estaremos facilitando una mesa redonda sobre la migración venezolana en la ciudad.Tendremos ponentes de las instituciones y sociedad civil. Participación abierta!
📅 26 Febrero 2025
🏫 UNAL Medellín

Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Feb 17

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Feb 17

📚 News! With Guillaume Dumont we are organizing a Paper Development Workshop on 'Housing, Illegality and Criminal Actors' at the Geneva Graduate Institute on 9-10 September 2025.

➡️ To apply, please send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st.

👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · Feb 12

📚 First Open Access Paper of 2025!

🔎 In this paper, I critically reflect on my use of participatory research methods in youth research.

🙌 Thanks Carles Feixa & Nele Hansen for coordinating this wonderful Social Sciences special issue!

➡️Link surl.li/ityokl

Reposted by Elena Butti 🍉

Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · Jan 16

here's @gvagrad.bsky.social stater pack! Just follow all

Geneva Graduate Institute Library @gvagradlibrary.bsky.social · Nov 21

Here comes the Geneva Graduate Institute starter pack go.bsky.app/NFEFPC4

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