Raquel Machaqueiro
Anthropology Ph.D. Program
Year of Entry: Fall 2012
Advisors: Stephen Lubkemann and Alexander Dent
Research: Machaqueiro’s research is focused on forest conservation policies conceived internationally and implemented in countries of the Global South. She investigates the circuits of these policies not just in their North-South flows, but also across the South. Her particular interest is in market-based conservation mechanisms such as REDD+, and in the ways through which carbon is conceived and valued as a commodity. She also studies policy-making processes, researching issues of bureaucracy, authority, and language ideologies. Her research is based in Brazil and Mozambique.
Publications and Presentations
2014 Machaqueiro, R. “REDD: An Agentive Network?” Presentation at the Lewis N. Cotlow Student Research Conference, George Washington University, October 17.
2014 Machaqueiro, R. “The ‘Warsaw Framework for REDD+’: Analysis of a Policy Success in the Making.” Presentation at Policies and Procedures: A Symposium on Policy as Located Practice, George Washington University, March 21.
2014 Machaqueiro, R. “REDD: Definition of an Object and Dissonant Narratives.” Presentation at Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, University of Kentucky, February 27 - March 1.
2013 Machaqueiro, R. “Following the REDD Network.” Presentation at the Lewis N. Cotlow Student Research Conference, George Washington University, October 18.
M.A. (Anthropology) 2003, Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE)
B.A. (Anthropology) 2000, University Nova of Lisbon (Portugal)