Luis Martin-Cabrera

Luis Martin-Cabrera is an Associate Professor in the Literature Department and Latin American Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego. His research spans Environmental Humanities, oral history, anti-colonial thought, and Latin American cultural studies. He is particularly known for projects like the Transandean Lithium Project and a forthcoming book, Ecocolonialism in the Andes, critiquing the green transition's impacts on Latin America. His work also includes a memoir/nonfiction book Antes que desaparezca el río, linking rural Spain and the Andes through environmental concerns.

He has published widely on topics such as hip-hop culture in Chile, Spanish Civil War memory through digital archives, and post-dictatorship justice in Spain and Argentina. His interests in anti-colonial thought and environmental justice intersect with critiques of neoliberalism and global resource extraction. Languages: Spanish and French.

Notable projects include the Spanish Civil War Memory Project (over 100 testimonies) and analyses of media like the Chilean TV series El reemplazante. Despite no explicit mention of scientific awards, his contributions to cultural and environmental critiques are widely recognized in academic circles.

His advising and grants sections remain unlisted in the provided texts, though his interdisciplinary work suggests active collaboration with environmental and cultural studies networks. No lab affiliations are explicitly stated, though his digital archives and memoir indicate engagement with community-based research.