MELISA RIVIÈRE Curriculum Vitae rivi0001@umn.edu Institute for Global Studies 267-19th Avenue S. Minneapolis. MN 55454 Academic specialization: socio-cultural anthropology; Latin American studies, popular culture in relation to civil and human rights; ethnographic filmmaking and ethnomusicology. Pedagogical concentration: research methods and ethics, critical pedagogy; study abroad. Geographical and population focus: Cuba and Puerto Rico; Caribbean; Latin America; and Latinos in the United States. EDUCATION PH.D. 2010 Anthropology MacArthur Scholars Fellow Department of Anthropology M.A. 2001 Anthropology Department of Anthropology B.A. TEACHING 1997 College of Liberal Arts One year study abroad at the Fundación Ortega y Gasset (Spain) Study Abroad: 2014 Lecturer and Administrator: Cuba and Puerto Rico Spring and fall semester preparatory seminars on US-Caribbean relations with eight weeks abroad to Cuba and Puerto Rico Student Project for Amity among Nations (SPAN/FSSP 5960 & 5970W) Institute for Global Studies,. Twin Cities, MN. 2012 2013 Academic Director: Cuba Cuba: History, Culture, and Identity (Caribbean and Latin America) SIT (School for International Training) Study Abroad, a program of World Learning. Brattleboro, VT. 2012 Assistant Director and Media Specialist: Dubai, UAE African Diaspora in the Arab World (HIST 280) Off-Campus Studies in Dubai, UAE. Carleton College. Northfield, MN.
Affiliated / Adjunct Faculty: 2011 2014 Department of Anthropology and Institute for Global Studies, Twin Cities, MN. Globalization and Culture (GLOS 3602: F14) Directed Study (GLOS 3993; F14) Foreign Study Seminar (FSSP 5960: Sp14; FSSP 5970W: Sum14) Reader for BA senior theses in Anthropology and Global Studies (Sp11-F14) 2008 2011 Department of Anthropology Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. Topics in Anthropology (ANTH 3980: Sp08, Sp11) Graduate Student Teaching / Instructor (): 2006 2009 Department of Anthropology Topics in Anthropology (ANTH 3980: F06, Sp08, F09) 2004 2009 Institute for Global Studies Topics in Global Studies (GLOS 3900: F06, Sp08, F09) Major Project Seminar (GLOS 3981W: F04, Sp05, Sum05, Sp07) 2008 Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence SEAM Freshman Seminar (GLOS 1600: Sp08) 2005 2006 Foreign Language Immersion Program Topics in Latin American Studies - Hispanics: Latinos in the U.S. (FLIP/GLOS 3930: Sp05, Sp06) Teaching Assistantships (): 2010 U.S. Latin American Relations (POLS 4410: Sp10; Dr. D. Samuels) 2006 Introduction to Cultural Diversity and World Systems (ANTH 1005W: Sp06; Dr. D.Valentine) 2003 2004 Theoretical Approaches to Global Studies (GLOS 3101: Sp03, Sp04; Dr. V. Gidwani & Dr. A. Skaria) 2002 2003 Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (GLOS 3144: F02, F03; Dr. G. Raheja) 2001 Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 3003: Sp01; Dr. D. Lipset) Academic Advising: 1999 2004 Assistant to the Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Anthropology, M.Rivière Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae; October 2014 page 2
RESEARCH 2013 Visiting Scholar Post-Doctoral Research Institute for Caribbean Studies Supported by the Institute for Caribbean Studies University of Puerto Rico 2004 2010 Son Dos Alas: A Multimedia Ethnography of Hip-Hop between Cuba and Puerto Rico Doctoral Dissertation Research Supported by the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC) MacArthur Scholars Dissertation Fellowship and the Department of Anthropology 2006 2007 Politics of Populations: Arts and Diaspora Symposium Research assistant to Director, Dr. Ann Waltner Supported by the Institute for Advanced Studies 2003 Pre-Dissertation and Archival Research at the Martí National Library of Cuba Supervised by Dr. August Nimtz (Political Science) Supported by the Humanities Institute and the Graduate Research Partnership Program 2000 2002 Mujeres de la Guerrilla Film Documentary Pre-production Research assistant to Dr. August Nimtz and film director Consuelo Elba Alvarez in conjunction with the Cuban Institute for Cinematographic Arts and Industry (ICAIC) in Havana Supported by the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC) MacArthur Scholars Pre-Dissertation Fellowship and the Faculty Grant-in-Aid from the Office of the Vice President for Research 1997-1999 Multicultural Curriculum Research and Development Research assistant to Dr. Frank Miller Supported by the Department of Anthropology PUBLICATIONS Present Book Manuscript (Writing in progress, initiating review). Working title: Son Dos Alas: Hip-Hop between Cuba and Puerto Rico. Temple University Press: Philadelphia. Editor/Columnist: 2015 2018. Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. Anthropology News. American Anthropological Association. Arlington, VA. M.Rivière Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae; October 2014 page 3
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 2014 Between (Play) and (Rewind): The Making of Son Dos Alas and Entre (rebobinar) y (reproducir): la realización de Son Dos Alas (bilingual publication). Alter/Nativas, Latin American Cultural Studies Journal. Vol. 2 (Spring). Ed. Christopher Dennis. Center for Latin American Studies at Ohio State University: Columbus. Web. (Accepted, forthcoming). Centro del Margen: Crónica de un día en un estudio de grabación clandestino de música rap en Buenos Aires. (Center of the Margin: Chronicle of a Day in an Underground Rap Recording Studio of Buenos Aires). Studies in Latin American Popular Culture. University of Texas Press. Non-Refereed Journal Articles: 2012 Entre (rebobinar) y (reproducir): la realización de Son Dos Alas. Movimiento: La Revista Cubana de Hip-Hop. Cuban Rap Agency, Cuban Institute for Music (ICM), Ministry of Culture, issue 10. p. 17-24. Havana. 2005 The Dynamics of A Canvass: Graffiti and Aerosol Art Public Art Review, Forecast, Fall/winter 05, vol. 16, issue 34, n 3, p. 25-27. St. Paul. MN. Encyclopedia Entries: 2014 Hip-Hop in Cuba and Hip-Hop in Puerto Rico. Bloomsbury s Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Volume 9: Caribbean and Latin American Genres [ed. by David Horn and John Shepherd]. P. 371-376 and 381-386. Bloomsbury Academic Publishing: London and New York. 2001 Girls and Graffiti with Joe Austin. Girlhood in America: An Encyclopedia, p. 342-350. ABC-CLIO Publications. Santa Barbara, CA. Book Reviews: 2014 Review: Buena Vista in the Club by Geoffrey Baker. Caribbean Studies. Journal of the Institute for Caribbean Studies at the University of Puerto Rico. Vol. 41, num 2. p.280-283. San Juan. 2013 Investigación a Ritmo de Hip-Hop: Soñando se Resiste (hip-hop en la calle y al parque). Boletín Cultural y Bibliográfico. Journal of the Luis Ángel Arango Library, vol. XLVII, issue 84, p. 173-177. Bogotá. Review: Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City by Natasha K. Warikoo. American Anthropologist. Journal of the American Anthropological Association. Vol. 115, num. 4, December, p. 710-711. Wiley-Blackwell: Hoboken. 2012 Review: Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization by Ian Condry. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Volume 18. June, issue 2, p. 491-493. London. M.Rivière Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae; October 2014 page 4
Audiovisual (documentary, film and video): Scriptwriting, direction, production, video/audio recording, and editing. 2010 Sangre Guerrera Music video for SieteNueve (Puerto Rico) and El B (Cuba) Coge tu flow a La Aldea Music video for Los Aldeanos (Cuba) Sin Permiso Music video for Intifada (Puerto Rico) and Los Aldeanos (Cuba) 2007 2006 B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip-Hop Documentary of B-Girl Be International Summit for Intermedia Arts (Minneapolis) Featured at the Langston Hughes Film Festival (Seattle 2009) Speak Your Mind Documentary of metropolitan urban art initiatives for Juxtaposition Arts (Minneapolis) 2005 Land of 10,000 Homeless Music video for Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless (Minneapolis) Los Pelos Music video for Obsesión (Cuba) Lucas Award Winner (Cuban Institute for Radio and Television, Cuba, 2010) La Ley 5566 Music video for Anónimo Consejo (Cuba) Lucas Award Nominee (Cuban Institute for Radio and Television, 2006) Musical: 2006 Son Dos Alas Director and Audio Engineer Artists: Anónimo Consejo (Cuba) and Tego Calderón (Puerto Rico). Published in Tego Calderón. The Underdog/El Subestimado. Atlantic Recording Corporation: New York. PRESENTATIONS Oct. 2014 April 2014 Keynote: Building Bridges: Music and Cultural Diplomacy between Cuba and the United States Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Cultural Conversations, St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN. Doctoral Keynote Presentations in English Title: Between (Play) and (Rewind): the Making of Son Dos Alas Visual Scholarship Initiative: Innovative Dissertations. Emory University, Atlanta, GA. M.Rivière Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae; October 2014 page 5
Dec. 2013 Mar. 2013 Feb. 2013 Aug. 2012 Oct. 2013 Sept. 2013 Mar. 2013 International Roundtable, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. College for Visual and Performing Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. American Culture & Difference Program, St. Thomas University, St. Paul, MN. Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN. Doctoral Keynote Presentations in Spanish Title: Entre (rebobinar) y (reproducir): la realización de Son Dos Alas Institute for Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR. Department of Social Sciences and Office for Cultural Activities, University of Puerto Rico, Utuado, PR. Institute for Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR. Dicho Lugar Cultural Center, Mérida, Mexico. Jan. 2010 Nov. 2009 Mar. 2009 Mar. 2008 Feb. 2008 Sept. 2007 July 2006 Oct. 2005 Aug. 2004 Pre-Doctoral Keynote: Encuentro con Melisa Emetrece Riviere: exposición videográfica y presentaciones en vivo (lecture, performance and video exhibit) La Madriguera, Hermanos Saíz Association, Havana, Cuba. Merging Entrepreneurship and Academia Multicultural Student Community Dialogue, University of St. Thomas, MN. Planet Hip-Hop: A Global Phenomenon American Association of University Women, Minneapolis, MN. Son Dos Alas: Hip-Hop in Cuba and Puerto Rico Department of Anthropology, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA. Hip Hop Habana from the Reel Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. Guerrilla Marketing: Origin, Impact & Future Consumer Insight Conference for General Mills. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. El papel de la mujer dentro de la cultura hip-hop (Role of Women in Hip-Hp) 2 nd Annual Cuban Hip-Hop Symposium, Cuban Institute of Music, Havana, Cuba. Hip-Hop Habana Desde el Riel (Hip-Hop Habana from the Reel) Casa Cruz de la Luna Theatre, San German, Puerto Rico. La Etnografía Audiovisual y el Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop and Visual Ethnography) La Madriguera, Hermanos Saíz Association, Havana, Cuba. Conference Lectures and Paper Presentations: Dec. 2014 Between (Play) and (Rewind): Media as an Ethnographic Dis/Location (Accepted) Session on Assemblage and Recombination: Rethinking Media Dis/placements. Producing Anthropology, 113 th meeting of the American Anthropology Association, Washington D.C. M.Rivière Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae; October 2014 page 6
Nov. 2013 Between (Play) and (Rewind): Media as an Ethnographic Place Session on Sound, Music and Technology: Anthropological Explorations (Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness). Current Publics, Future Engagements, 112 th annual meeting of the American Anthropology Association, Chicago, IL. Mar. 2013 Entre (rebobinar) y (reproducir): la realización de Son Dos Alas Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA) IV annual conference. Post-National Transformations: Culture and Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico. Apr. 2010 Apr. 2008 July 2007 Apr. 2007 Dec. 2006 Nov. 2005 Cuban Expressions: Society, Culture and Politics E-Revolution Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Puerto Rock & Latin Hop: The Spanglish of the Rhyme AcadeMIXX Conference. Haverford College, Philadelphia, PA. Historia y desarrollo del reggaetón (A Brief History of Reggaetón) 3 rd Annual Cuban Hip-Hop Symposium, Cuban Institute of Music, Havana, Cuba. Edutainment: Bridging the Arts and Scholarship Art, Activism, and Scholarship conference. Department of American Studies, Macalester College, St.Paul, MN. Hip-Hop Herstory The Many Faces of Hip-Hop Lecture Series, Study of Race and Ethnicity at the American Studies Department. Macaester College, St. Paul, MN. Leading Through Song: Music, Social Activism and Democracy 2005 Leadership Conference, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN. Invited Class Lectures, Panels, and Workshops: Feb 2014 Oct. 2013 Mar. 2013 Oct. 2010 Oct. 2009 The Global Proliferation of Graffiti and Public Art in Brazil Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN. Política de Cuerpo y Raza en el Hip-Hop (Race and Body Politics in Hip-Hop) Program of Women and Gender Studies College of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico. Censorship of the Arts within Evolving Media Fine Arts Doctoral Program, Core Curriculum II: Current Issues College of Visual and Performing Arts, Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX. Media as an Ethnographic Place Anthropologists on Globalization series Department of Anthropology, Carleton College Northfield, MN. Son Dos Alas: Hip-Hop Habana from the Reel Anthropologists on Globalization series Department of Anthropology, Carleton College Northfield, MN. M.Rivière Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae; October 2014 page 7
Apr. 2009 Oct. 2008 Aug. 2008 July 2008 Apr. 2008 Aug. 2006 Panelist: Reggaetón (Ed. Raquel Rivera, Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini- Hernandez book release) Sagrado Corazón University, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Son Dos Alas: Hip-Hop Habana from the Reel Institute for Global Studies, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. Taller principal: Historia y Desarrollo del Hip-Hop (five day workshop) Cuban Institute of Music, Casas de Cultura, Havana, Cuba. Lecturer for Content Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development at the Summer Institute for Language Teachers Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota, MN. Hip Hop Culture and American Politics: Past and Present American Studies,, Minneapolis, MN. After Castro: (a) Revolution within (the) Revolution Institute for Advanced Studies,, Minneapolis. MN. GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS 2010 LUCAS Award, Cuban Institute for Radio and Television, Havana, Cuba Changemakers Award, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN. 2007 Department of Anthropology Summer Block Grant, 2005 Barcelo Collaborative Multicultural Grant, Office of University Women, University of Minnesota 2004 MacArthur Scholars Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change Dissertation Fellowship Department of Anthropology Summer Block Grant, 2003 Humanities Institute Summer Graduate Fellowship, UMN College of Liberal Arts Excellence-in-Teaching Award 2001 MacArthur Scholars Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change Pre- Dissertation Fellowship 2001, College of Liberal Arts, Office of the Dean, Graduate Research Partnership Program 1997 Department of Anthropology First-year Tuition Fellowship, M.Rivière Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae; October 2014 page 8
UNIVERSITY / PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS Society of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropologists (SLACA): member (1998 2006; 2011 present); Elected Board Member (2015 2018). American Anthropological Association (AAA): member (1998 2006; 2011 - present) Broadcast Music Industry (BMI): member/publisher (2006 present) Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA): member (2011 2012) Associate Professor Candidate Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota: graduate student member (2003 2004) Graduate Student Hip Hop Collective, : president, (2003 2006) Department of Anthropology Newsletter Editor, (1998 2001) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IN THE ARTS Minnesota Yoruba Cuba Association. Executive Secretary (2010 present). Emetrece Productions. Director (2003 Present). The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Raíces y Sueños: The Artistry of Cuba, Educational Advisor (2014 2015). Minnesota State Arts Board. Artistic and Administrative Operations Support FY2013 grant panelist (Summer 2012). B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip-Hop International Summit, Intermedia Arts. Co- Founding Director (2004 2010). Paz Sin Fronteras / Peace without Borders. Cultural liaison (Havana/Miami 2009). Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. Community Arts Grant panelist (2000 2002). SELECT PRESS AND MEDIA SPOTLIGHTS 2013 Review. Arbasetti, Joel Cintrón. Un puente entre el hip-hop de Cuba y Puerto Rico. 80Grados: Prensa Sin Prisa. San Juan, Puerto Rico. September 20. http://www.80grados.net Live interview. Sálvese Quien Puede. Radio Isla. San Juan, Puerto Rico. September 8. Live interview. La Voz del Hip-Hop. Radio Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico. September 7. Review. Rejón, Katia. Son Dos Alas. Memorias de Nómada. Merida, Mexico. March 24. http://memoriasdenomada.blogspot.com 2011 Live interview. MoríSoñando. SieteNueve Podcast, Vol 3, Puerto Rico, December 4. Compilation Spotlight. Diaz, Martha. Fresh, Bold, and So Def: Women in Hip-Hop Changing the Game. H2A Womanhood Learning Project. May 17. Live interview. Rimas Rebeldes: Entrevista con Melisa Emetrece Riviere. Radio Grafica. Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 22. M.Rivière Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae; October 2014 page 9
2010 Live interview. La Super Musical Latina: Conversación y exposición musical con Melisa Emetrece Riviere. Radio Metropolitana. Havana, Cuba, January 21. Live interview. KunKunPa: Los nuevos estrenos de Melisa Emetrece Riviere. Radio Ciudad de La Habana. Havana, Cuba. January 19. 2009 News article. Soubra, Randa. Hip-Hop Professin : professor, producer, scholar, activist Melisa Riviere (Emetrece) mixes the powers of education and entertainment in her course Anthropology of Hip-Hop. The Oracle: Hamline University. St. Paul, MN. October 6. Live interview. KunKunPa: profesora y productora Melisa Riviere y su aportación al hip-hop cubano. Radio Ciudad de La Habana. Havana, Cuba. August 25. News article. Tutton, Mark. How hip hop gives Cubans a voice. CNN International. London. April 2. Article. Vazquez, L. Melisa Riviere.en busca de las escencias. Revista Movmiento, Issue #7. Cuban Institute of Music. Havana, Cuba. 2008 News article. Hernández Fusté. Hacen rap con clase. Juventud Rebelde. Havana, Cuba. August 29. News article. Author unknown. Festival de hip hop cubano en defensa del género en la isla: el taller de hip hop, a cargo de la profesora estadounidense Melisa Riviere será el plato fuerte del espacio teórico. Trabajadores. Havana, Cuba. August 22. Live interview. Steele Talkin: Edutainment. WCCO. Minneapolis. July 27. Live interview. Brisas Latinas: Edutainment con Emetrece. KBEM. Minneapolis. May 18. News article. Brueck, Hilary University Rep Working to Lift Cuba Embargo. Minnesota Daily:. Minneapolis. May 10. M.Rivière Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae; October 2014 page 10