Research Opportunity: The Annex: Violence and Care in Mexico City
This research opportunity is part of the Urban Studies Research Program. Students who participate will work with their faculty mentor, and will also share their findings at a research symposium with students and faculty working on other projects. To learn more about the Urban Studies Research Program, see our website.
Project Title: The Annex: Violence and Care in Mexico City
Faculty Member: Angela Garcia
Abstract: I am completing an ethnography tentatively called The Annex that will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2023. The book is about the proliferation of coercive addiction treatment centers in Mexico city and how these centers have transformed into sanctuary spaces for teenagers and young adults at risk of criminal violence. It also examines how these centers have become embedded within low-income housing structures and the difficult decisions families face about whether to commit their children to them. The book blends scholarship on architecture, urban design, history, anthropology, and health care. The focus is on Mexico City.
- Locating scholarship in areas related to the book and creating a bibliography of key works
- Develop knowledge about the scholarship areas defined above, the location and use of library resources, database research skills and bibliographies
- Learn research methods that will enable students to develop research projects in the future
Qualifications:
An upper-class research assistant with competent and demonstrated research skills, including the development of a focused bibliography.
Enrollment & Academic Standing
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Students must be current undergraduates in good standing at Stanford.
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Students must be enrolled in units while using VPUE grant funding, except during the Summer.
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Students may not receive both academic units and a stipend for any single project activity.
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Co-terms who have not conferred their undergraduate degree and who are still paying undergraduate (not graduate) tuition are eligible for VPUE funding.
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Students may not be serving a suspension.
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Students may not be on a Leave of Absence (LOA) while using grant funding.
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VPUE does not use a GPA requirement for student eligibility, nor does VPUE encourage the use of GPA as a criterion for inclusion in a research opportunity.
Quarters Available:
- Spring, part-time
Stipend:
Part-time projects: $1500 per quarter; 10 hours / week.
