Selected Publications
Tiktok and the Politics of Photographic Time
Digitalization turned the photographic wait on its head. The rituals of production now relegated to an afterthought, photography centers consumption. The shoot itself far shorter than the, “let me see it!” act of consumption ensuing shortly afterwards. Concomitantly, the wait inverted into a negative of itself as photography became characterized by acceleration.
When Busier is Not Better
“In this interview, Fogarty-Valenzuela addresses … topics such as creative practice, surveillance, war on drugs, militarism, youth culture, and pedagogy.”
Pedagogies of Prohibition
Drawing from two years of ethnographic fieldwork in schools and other educational settings in Rio de Janeiro, this article traces the proximity between educational interventions and the war on drugs.
Camera Ocupa
Taking as its starting point both the photographs of the ethnographer and those of the interlocutors, this photo-essay proposes a methodology that proceeds by retroactively mining the gap between the two for insights. Winner of the 2020 Current Anthropology Visual Anthropology Prize.
On the Importance of Having a Positive Attitude
This photo-essay thinks through juxtaposition, between the reality of captivity and the rhetoric of positivity, to consider the politics of what Lauren Berlant would call “cruel optimism” inside Guatemala’s religious drug rehabilitation centers. Co-authored with Kevin Lewis O'Neill.
Verticality
Anthropological critiques of urban segregation tend to maintain a horizontal frame. Walls and gates keep undesirable people over there as opposed to here. Insightful as this approach has been, this article pairs everyday perspectives with the built form to assess the politics of vertical segregation in Guatemala City. Co-authored with Kevin Lewis O'Neill.