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Esteban Salmón (PhD, Stanford University) is an anthropologist whose research broadly examines the interactions between state power, legal practices, and political ideas. His work explores how criminal justice officers navigate the practical tensions that arise from the promises of democracy and liberalism. Salmón focuses particularly on how criminal prosecutors in marginalized populations in Mexico City navigate the conflicting demands imposed by intensifying punitive desires caused by the 'War on Drugs' and a stricter judicial framework, all amidst state violence. His research is also centered on Mexican migration to the United States. His book, 'Navigating Borders: Cultural Difference, Labor, Consumption of Mexican Undocumented Migrants in New York,' published in Spanish in 2018, is a multi-sited ethnography that examines how wage disparities at the US-Mexico border transform kinship, racial relations, and consumer practices within transnational communities. Salmón also contributes to non-academic genres, writing essays and reviews on topics such as criminal prosecution, video surveillance, true crime, and transnational migration for the anthropology magazine Sapiens and Mexican political magazines Nexos and Letras Libres.
Brown University • Providence, RI
Research focused on the intersection of criminal justice, state power, and the lived experiences of marginalized populations.
Department: Department of Economics