Natasha Pravaz
Associate Professor, Anthropology
npravaz@wlu.ca
Waterloo, Ontario
Faculty of Arts
Natasha Pravaz is an expert in Brazilian samba, tactical frivolity, consensus decision-making, social justice activism, hybridity, racialization, transnationalism and ritual, performance and performativity.
Areas of Expertise
- Anthropology
- Community Music
- Social Movements and Activism
Biography
I received my PhD and MA in Anthropology from York University in 2002 and 1995 respectively, and my Licenciatura in Anthropology from the University of Buenos Aires in 1994.
Prior to joining Laurier, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center at Mount Holyoke College (2002). I have also taught in the departments of Anthropology at Trent and York Universities, and in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Languages
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish