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Fabiana Li is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Arts, Department of Anthropology. She is based in the Fletcher Argue Building on the university's Winnipeg campus. Her academic work spans teaching, research, and community engagement with a focus on Latin America.
Dr. Li received her academic training at prestigious institutions: PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Davis; MA in Anthropology from Simon Fraser University; and BA Honours in Anthropology from the University of Toronto. Following her doctoral studies, she was awarded a Newton International Fellowship at the University of Manchester, England.
Professor Li's research explores the intersections between food, culture, environment, and social justice, with particular attention to Latin America. Her work examines how knowledge is produced, contested, and circulated through development projects, scientific studies, policy-making, and activism. She has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Peru and Chile, focusing on resource extraction conflicts, food politics, and environmental justice. Her current research investigates how anemia became a public health emergency in Southern Peru and examines the globalization of quinoa production as a case study in food politics.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a consistent focus on the political ecology of resource extraction, particularly mining, and its impact on local communities. Her scholarly work demonstrates increasing attention to food systems, with quinoa serving as a key case study for examining global food chains, indigenous knowledge, and environmental justice. Her research methodology combines ethnographic fieldwork with critical analysis of policy documents, scientific studies, and activist materials.
- Honourable Mention for the 2016 Bryce Wood Book Award from the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) for 'Unearthing Conflict: Corporate Mining, Activism, and Expertise in Peru'
Professor Li actively mentors graduate students, accepting both Master's and PhD candidates. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Food, History of Anthropology, Anthropological Perspectives on Globalization, and Environmental Conflict, Rights, and Justice. Her research has been supported by various academic funding bodies, enabling her extensive fieldwork in Latin America and publication of influential scholarly works. She bridges academic research with community engagement through collaborations with indigenous communities, activists, and policy makers.
Professor Li maintains an active research presence through her personal website (fabianali.com) where she shares her publications, research updates, and engages with broader academic and public audiences. Her work connects academic scholarship with real-world issues of environmental justice, food sovereignty, and corporate accountability.
