Research Group on Indigenous and Afro-American Cultures (CINAF) brings together anthropologists and historians, who have a consolidated trajectory of teaching and research on indigenous and Afro-American cultures. The group was recognized by the AGAUR in 2005 (2005SGR00647) and revalidated in the following calls 2009-2013 (2009SGR01078), 2014 to 2016, 2017-2021 (2017SGR756) and 2022-2025 (2021SGR01136). During this long period, CINAF has been consolidating and redefining its lines of research, taking into account political, economic and social changes in Latin America and the world.
CINAF has a consolidated experience in the study of indigenous and Afro-American cultures. Through work with these communities in America, in Europe, and social networks, we have been able to study key themes such as citizenship processes, identities, or migratory movements. Following this dynamic, our main objective for the coming years is to intensify and at the same time expand our research by linking studies on indigenous and Afro-American cultures with key issues of our present, such as climate change, misinformation, violence and peace processes, gender, health crises, or the rights of non-human beings. In accordance with this objective, we have organized CINAF’ research for the next few years around 6 main thematic lines:
- Line 1: Visual and multimodal anthropology
- Line 2: Anthropology of Indigenous and Afro communication
- Line 3: Anthropology of dream life and peace processes
- Line 4: Anthropology of indigenous and Afro ecological knowledge
- Line 5: Anthropology of indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights
- Line 6: Indigenous and Afro memory sites