Garam Kwon

Garam Kwon serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, teaching core undergraduate courses including Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, and Class, Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Anthropological Perspective.

Her academic credentials feature:

• Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology (2017–present), Graduate Center, City University of New York
• M.A. in Anthropology (2015), Seoul National University
• M.A. in European Integration (2010), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• B.A. cum laude in Hispanic Language and Literature (2009), Seoul National University

Dr. Kwon's research centers on cultural and political anthropology with specialized focus on ritual practices within contemporary social movements. Her ethnographic work examines how collective identity forms through ceremonial acts in political contexts, particularly analyzing the symbiosis between everyday activism and ritual performance in nationalist movements. She further investigates urban anthropological frameworks and intersectional dynamics of class, race, ethnicity, and gender within societal structures.

Her 2016 publication in Iberoamerica establishes foundational work on ritual dimensions within the Catalan independence movement, revealing how ceremonial practices sustain political mobilization. This research exemplifies her methodological approach combining political anthropology with ritual studies to decode cultural mechanisms in protest movements, highlighting recurring themes of nationalism, ethnographic fieldwork, and the embodiment of political resistance.