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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 |
 (Ph.D, New York University, 2007; Assistant Professor SAS) Cultural anthropology, anthropology of media, communicative practices, visual anthropology, ethnographic filmmaking, ritual and performance, migration studies, transnationalism and globalization, multi-sited research methodologies; Latin America, Peru, US-Latinos
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Ulla D. Berg
Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies and Anthropology
Tillett Hall, Room 227, Livingston Campus
Phone: 732.445.1335
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Research statement
I am a socio-cultural anthropologist working on communicative practices in the context of transnational migration between Peru and the US. I am interested in mobile livelihoods, the sociality of transnational connections, the performance of affect, and notions of belonging and membership, and the practicalities and ontologies of multi-sites fieldwork. I am currently working on a book manuscript on new media practices and transnational life among Peruvian migrants in the US. I am co-editor of El Quinto Suyo: Transnacionalidad y Formaciones Diaspóricas en la Migración Peruana (IEP, 2005) and my articles have been published in Revista Academia Diplomática Peruana, Latino Studies, and Journal for Ethnic and Migration Studies, among others. At Rutgers, I have taught courses including Latinos and Migration, Intro to Latino Studies, Anthropology of Media, and Latino Ethnography.
 Ulla Berg accompanying US-based migrants in traditional indigenous clothing, visiting an annual festival - La Fiesta de Santiago - in the town of Sicaya, Central Highlands of Peru, August 2004
I am also a filmmaker and on the visual front, I am currently working on two projects: The first is a new documentary project on the Peruvian poet Domingo de Ramos, which I am directing and producing. This project has just entered the first stages of editing. The second project is a collaboration with Copenhagen-based filmmaker Marta Guetierrez titled Cineclub Waleker and explores the role of cinema in rehabilitation/re-socialization of prisoners in one of the most overcrowded and dangerous prisons in Caracas, Venezuela. I have also directed, produced and edited the documentary Waiting for Miracles (2003), which follows a Peruvian Catholic brotherhood in NYC as it prepares for its yearly procession honoring the Lord of Miracles.
 Ulla Berg with NJ-based Peruvian journalists, Luis Aranguren (left) and Roberto Bustamante (right) looking at a map of Paterson, NJ, and discussing/planning a survey on transnational practices among Peruvian migrants in Paterson (April, 2004)
2007 Ph.D. in Socio-cultural Anthropology, New York University.
2005 Certificate Program in Culture and Media, New York University.
2001 M.A. in Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.
1998 B.A. in Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.
Courses offered
595:298 Latinos and Migration (Fall 2008)
595:307 Latino Ethnography (Spring 2009)
595:101 Intro to Latino Studies (Spring 2009)
070:368 Anthropology of Mass Media (Fall 2008)
 Ulla Berg with grandmother from the town of Urcumarca (pseudonym), who was brought to the US by her working migrant daughter to take care of the family's children. Silver Spring, Maryland, May 2005
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Articles
Forthcoming: El Quinto Suyo: Contemporary Nation-building and the Political Economy of Emigration in Peru. Latin American Perspectives.
2008 In Defense of Community? Long-distance Localism and Transnational Political Engagement between the US and the Peruvian Andes. In Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol 34(7):1091-1108.
2006 ‘El Quinto Suyo’ from Above and from Below: State Agency and Transnational Political Practices Among Peruvian Migrants in the US and Europe. Co-authored with Carla Tamagno. In Latino Studies, vol. 4(3): 258–281
2005 ¿Enmarcando la ‘Peruanidad’? La Poética y la Pragmática del Performance Público entre los Migrantes Peruanos de New Jersey. In Berg and Paerregaard (eds.): El Quinto Suyo: Transnacionalidad y Formaciones Diaspóricas en la Migración Peruana. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos.
 2005 ‘El Quinto Suyo’: Conceptualizando la ‘Diaspora Peruana’ desde Arriba y desde Abajo. In Política Internacional, vol. 80 (April-June). Lima: Academia Diplomática Peruana. Co-authored with Carla Tamagno.
2001 Milagros y Castigos: San Sebastián en el Imaginario Popular en la Sierra Central del Perú. In Millones and Villa Rodriguez (eds.): Perú: El Legado de la Historia, pp. 235-67. Sevilla: Fundación El Monte, PromPerú, and Universidad de Sevilla.
Edited volumes and special journal issues
Guest editor with Ayumi Takenaka and Karsten Paerregaard of special issue of Latin American Perspectives on Peruvian Global Migrations (Under review)
2006 Guest editor with Roberto G. Varea of e-misférica 3.2. (Issue titled Borders: Hybrid Imaginaries / Fractured Geographies). Journal accessible at http://hemi.nyu.edu/journal/index.php.
2005 El Quinto Suyo: Transnacionalidad y Formaciones Diasporicas en la Migración Peruana. Eds. Berg and Paerregaard. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos.
FILMS
- Cineclub Waleker. Documentary in development about cinema and social justice in prisons in Venezuela (producer)
- Domingo de Ramos. Documentary-in-progress on the Peruvian poet Domingo de Ramos (director)
- Waiting for Miracles (2003). Documentary that follows a Peruvian Catholic brotherhood as it prepares for its yearly procession honoring the Lord of Miracles in NYC. This film explores the power of faith in the lives of immigrants in New York City (Director, Producer, and editor. NYU, Culture and Media).
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