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Christine Walley is a Professor of Anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she also serves as the Program Head. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from New York University in 1999. Her research focuses on ethnography, particularly regarding environmental conflict and the social dynamics of deindustrialization. Walley's notable works include 'Rough Waters: Nature Development East African Marine Park', which explores environmental conflicts in rural Tanzania, and 'Exit Zero: Family Class Post-Industrial Chicago', an examination of the long-term impact of deindustrialization in the United States through family narratives from Southeast Chicago. This work includes an award-winning book and a documentary film directed by Chris Boebel. Walley is a director of the Southeast Chicago Archive Storytelling Project, a multimedia initiative that engages with the narratives of the working-class community in Southeast Chicago. She is actively involved in documenting the experiences and histories of urban transformations amid industrial decline.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Teaching courses on environmental struggles, capitalism, and documentary filmmaking.