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Patricia Delia Mathews-SalazarPatricia Delia Mathews-Salazar
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Borough of Manhattan Community College
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Patricia Delia Mathews-Salazar is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at BMCC and at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Her initial interests focused on the political uses of Indian identity in a small town in northwest Argentina. Currently, her research examines issues of cultural heritage, indigenous rights, and women's work in a Quechua community inside an important archaeological park in Cusco, Peru. She holds a degree in Law from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale University.