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Elena Butti

@elenabutti

Urban Anthropologist | Research Fellow @CCDP_IHEID | youth, gangs, illicit economies & informal housing in Latin America | she/her | @elenabutti.bsky.social

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Exciting research partnership opportunity between Swiss and Latin American institutions! 👇 latinamerica.unisg.ch/en/leading-hou…

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📍 For Venezuelan migrants in Medellín, building one's own home in an informal settlement can be a key act of rooting and integration, despite extractivist gang practices and the threat of violent evictions. 👉 Curious? Check out my latest docu-film! 🔗youtu.be/dsXxDIukRLs

📍 For Venezuelan migrants in Medellín, building one's own home in an informal settlement can be a key act of rooting and integration, despite extractivist gang practices and the threat of violent evictions.

👉 Curious? Check out my latest docu-film!

🔗youtu.be/dsXxDIukRLs
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Join us this Thursday at the Université de Genève for a discussion of my recent research on gang-controlled informal housing markets and urban extractivism in Colombia! 💬 Discussed by Armelle Choplin 📍 Thursday 8 May 2025 - 12h30-13h30 🏫 Uni Mail, salle M 4020 lnkd.in/eEA_g6fE

Join us this Thursday at the <a href="/UNIGEnews/">Université de Genève</a> for a discussion of my recent research on gang-controlled informal housing markets and urban extractivism in Colombia!

💬 Discussed by Armelle Choplin
📍 Thursday 8 May 2025 - 12h30-13h30
🏫 Uni Mail, salle M 4020

lnkd.in/eEA_g6fE
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📸 The Geneva Graduate Institute is holding a research photo competition! 🤓 And I have the honor of being part of the jury - with Julie Billaud, Antoine Tardy, & Tobias Marschall. 💡 You can view the portfolios here shorturl.at/75aqX 📥 and vote your top 3 here shorturl.at/rVNj0

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📍 Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest informal settlements? 📆 Join us TODAY at 3.30 CET for a seminar co-hosted by @CCDP & Geneva Graduate Institute - in person & online! 🔜 Info: graduateinstitute.ch/communications…

📍 Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest informal settlements?

📆 Join us TODAY at 3.30 CET for a seminar co-hosted by @CCDP &amp; <a href="/GVAGrad/">Geneva Graduate Institute</a> - in person &amp; online!

🔜 Info: graduateinstitute.ch/communications…
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When I visited Gaza in 2019, what struck me most wasn’t the destruction – it was the life. Now, We Are Not Numbers has published its first book: powerful essays by young Gazans (2014–2024). $15. A youth-led project. A way to see Gaza beyond the numbers. shorturl.at/p57IQ

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Profundamente inspirador participar en este encuentro en Medellín la semana pasada junto a tantos queridos colegas! Para saber más sobre nuestro Colectivo Juvenicidio y Resistencias Sociales (JUVIR) 👉 upf.edu/web/juvenicidi… Carles Feixa #JUVIR

Profundamente inspirador participar en este encuentro en Medellín la semana pasada junto a tantos queridos colegas!

Para saber más sobre nuestro Colectivo Juvenicidio y Resistencias Sociales (JUVIR) 👉 upf.edu/web/juvenicidi…

<a href="/CFeixa/">Carles Feixa</a> #JUVIR
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We had a most insightful workshop last week in Geneva discussing the intersection between housing struggles and "illegality". Thanks to my co-organizer Guillaume Dumont, our discussants Hanna Hilbrandt, Matthew Richmond, Miguel Martínez, Martijn Koster & CCDP & emlyon business school!

We had a most insightful workshop last week in Geneva discussing the intersection between housing struggles and "illegality". Thanks to my co-organizer Guillaume Dumont, our discussants <a href="/HannaHilbrandt/">Hanna Hilbrandt</a>, Matthew Richmond, Miguel Martínez, Martijn Koster &amp;  <a href="/GVAGrad_CCDP/">CCDP</a> &amp; <a href="/EMLYON/">emlyon business school</a>!