Carlos Camacho

Student Fellow

Carlos M. Camacho (He/Him) is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. His dissertation looks at how LGBT individuals navigate Lucumí (commonly known as Santería), an African diasporic religious tradition. Based on in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations with LGBT practitioners in a large metropolitan city, his research highlights the experiences of trans and non-binary people as they navigate Lucumí, questioning how much of an accepting space it is, given that it is oft framed as a pro-queer religious tradition (perhaps inaccurately), and how people navigate the complexities and nuances of the tradition. In addition to the CPCP Dissertation Fellowship, he has been awarded funding with the African Studies Certificate Program Grant, and the Dean K. Harrison Fellowship.

Participating Years

2020–2021

The Agrarian Question Today

In the context of what appears to be inexorable urbanization, it is just as clear that agrarian questions are deeply enmeshed in the political, social, economic, and cultural challenges of contemporary existence. How have newer regimes of capital, particularly those associated with agri-business and food conglomerates, both formed and fractured agricultural communities?