Lorena Cordoba

Lorena Cordoba is a Researcher at Ca' Foscari University of Venice's Department of Humanities, focusing on History and Anthropology with an emphasis on indigenous women's experiences during extractive industry periods in South America. Her work intersects gender dynamics, colonial history, and environmental history in the Bolivian Amazon and Chaco regions.

Her research, funded by the H2020 Marie-Sklodowska Curie Actions through the NAMELESS project, explores forgotten narratives of women during the rubber boom (19th-20th centuries). Collaborations include Valentina Bonifacio and colleagues in interdisciplinary teams.

• Key publications examine extractivism, labor structures, and missionary impacts
• 2024 monograph "The Queen of Orthon" analyzing women's chronicles
• Methodological innovations in contemporary indigenous history

Her anthropological approach combines archival research with fieldwork, addressing topics like ethnic relations, gendered labor, and historical agency of marginalized communities.