Elena Butti
@elenabutti.bsky.social
Anthropologist | Assistant Prof SciencesPo CERI | PhD University of Oxford | www.elenabutti.com
youth | institutional violence | organized crime | social movements | informal housing | Latin America
youth | institutional violence | organized crime | social movements | informal housing | Latin America
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Starting to teach at Sciences Po today!
Looking forward to engaging with students on key issues of our times like urban governance and youth protests, critically unpacking what we are seeing in the news in these very days.
@sciencespo.bsky.social
@ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social
Looking forward to engaging with students on key issues of our times like urban governance and youth protests, critically unpacking what we are seeing in the news in these very days.
@sciencespo.bsky.social
@ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social
Starting to teach at Sciences Po today!
Looking forward to engaging with students on key issues of our times like urban governance and youth protests, critically unpacking what we are seeing in the news in these very days.
@sciencespo.bsky.social
@ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social
Looking forward to engaging with students on key issues of our times like urban governance and youth protests, critically unpacking what we are seeing in the news in these very days.
@sciencespo.bsky.social
@ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Starting to teach at Sciences Po today!
Looking forward to engaging with students on key issues of our times like urban governance and youth protests, critically unpacking what we are seeing in the news in these very days.
@sciencespo.bsky.social
@ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social
Looking forward to engaging with students on key issues of our times like urban governance and youth protests, critically unpacking what we are seeing in the news in these very days.
@sciencespo.bsky.social
@ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social
Kickoff meeting of our SNIS project “Juvenicide” at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotà, Colombia!
More on the project at 👉 shorturl.at/PnC7D
With Candy Chevez, Salvador Cruz, Claudia Howald, Aluízio Marino, Andrea Bonvillani, and Karen Cerón.
Gracias colegas por tan inspiradoras conversas 🥹
More on the project at 👉 shorturl.at/PnC7D
With Candy Chevez, Salvador Cruz, Claudia Howald, Aluízio Marino, Andrea Bonvillani, and Karen Cerón.
Gracias colegas por tan inspiradoras conversas 🥹
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Kickoff meeting of our SNIS project “Juvenicide” at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotà, Colombia!
More on the project at 👉 shorturl.at/PnC7D
With Candy Chevez, Salvador Cruz, Claudia Howald, Aluízio Marino, Andrea Bonvillani, and Karen Cerón.
Gracias colegas por tan inspiradoras conversas 🥹
More on the project at 👉 shorturl.at/PnC7D
With Candy Chevez, Salvador Cruz, Claudia Howald, Aluízio Marino, Andrea Bonvillani, and Karen Cerón.
Gracias colegas por tan inspiradoras conversas 🥹
Delighted to share that as of today I’m joining @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social as Assistant Professor!
I’ll be researching violence against youth across Latin American cities.
Grateful to the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social for being a wonderful home over the past years.
More at www.elenabutti.com.
I’ll be researching violence against youth across Latin American cities.
Grateful to the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social for being a wonderful home over the past years.
More at www.elenabutti.com.
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Delighted to share that as of today I’m joining @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social as Assistant Professor!
I’ll be researching violence against youth across Latin American cities.
Grateful to the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social for being a wonderful home over the past years.
More at www.elenabutti.com.
I’ll be researching violence against youth across Latin American cities.
Grateful to the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social for being a wonderful home over the past years.
More at www.elenabutti.com.
Marcha de la Gorra, Córdoba, Argentina. Demanding justice for young people killed by police for 19 years ✊
Part of our new SNIS project "Juvenicide: Reconceptualizing and Measuring Lethal Violence against Youth", hosted at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social
More at: l1nq.com/kBX68
Ph: Andrea Bonvillani
Part of our new SNIS project "Juvenicide: Reconceptualizing and Measuring Lethal Violence against Youth", hosted at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social
More at: l1nq.com/kBX68
Ph: Andrea Bonvillani
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Marcha de la Gorra, Córdoba, Argentina. Demanding justice for young people killed by police for 19 years ✊
Part of our new SNIS project "Juvenicide: Reconceptualizing and Measuring Lethal Violence against Youth", hosted at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social
More at: l1nq.com/kBX68
Ph: Andrea Bonvillani
Part of our new SNIS project "Juvenicide: Reconceptualizing and Measuring Lethal Violence against Youth", hosted at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social
More at: l1nq.com/kBX68
Ph: Andrea Bonvillani
I’m much looking forward to deliver a guest lecture at ETH Zurich this coming Monday on informal housing, criminal actors and urban extractivism in Colombia!
Thank you David Kostenwein, Daniela Sanjinés Encinales & Jennifer Duyne Barenstein for the invitation.
Thank you David Kostenwein, Daniela Sanjinés Encinales & Jennifer Duyne Barenstein for the invitation.
October 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I’m much looking forward to deliver a guest lecture at ETH Zurich this coming Monday on informal housing, criminal actors and urban extractivism in Colombia!
Thank you David Kostenwein, Daniela Sanjinés Encinales & Jennifer Duyne Barenstein for the invitation.
Thank you David Kostenwein, Daniela Sanjinés Encinales & Jennifer Duyne Barenstein for the invitation.
We had a most insightful workshop last week in Geneva, discussing the intersection between housing struggles and "illegality". Thanks to my co-organizer Guillaume Dumont, our discussants @hanna-hilbrandt.bsky.social, Matthew Richmond, Miguel Martínez, Martijn Koster & the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social!
September 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We had a most insightful workshop last week in Geneva, discussing the intersection between housing struggles and "illegality". Thanks to my co-organizer Guillaume Dumont, our discussants @hanna-hilbrandt.bsky.social, Matthew Richmond, Miguel Martínez, Martijn Koster & the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social!
Profundamente inspirador participar en este encuentro en Medellín la semana pasada junto a tantos queridos colegas!
Para saber más sobre nuestro Colectivo Juvenicidio y Resistencias Sociales (JUVIR) 👉 www.upf.edu/web/juvenici...
Para saber más sobre nuestro Colectivo Juvenicidio y Resistencias Sociales (JUVIR) 👉 www.upf.edu/web/juvenici...
September 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Profundamente inspirador participar en este encuentro en Medellín la semana pasada junto a tantos queridos colegas!
Para saber más sobre nuestro Colectivo Juvenicidio y Resistencias Sociales (JUVIR) 👉 www.upf.edu/web/juvenici...
Para saber más sobre nuestro Colectivo Juvenicidio y Resistencias Sociales (JUVIR) 👉 www.upf.edu/web/juvenici...
When I visited Gaza in 2019, what struck me most wasn’t the destruction – it was the life.
Now, @WeAreNotNumbers has published its first book: powerful essays by young Gazans (2014–2024).
$15. A youth-led project. A way to see Gaza beyond the numbers.
shorturl.at/p57IQ
Now, @WeAreNotNumbers has published its first book: powerful essays by young Gazans (2014–2024).
$15. A youth-led project. A way to see Gaza beyond the numbers.
shorturl.at/p57IQ
We Are Not Numbers
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July 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
When I visited Gaza in 2019, what struck me most wasn’t the destruction – it was the life.
Now, @WeAreNotNumbers has published its first book: powerful essays by young Gazans (2014–2024).
$15. A youth-led project. A way to see Gaza beyond the numbers.
shorturl.at/p57IQ
Now, @WeAreNotNumbers has published its first book: powerful essays by young Gazans (2014–2024).
$15. A youth-led project. A way to see Gaza beyond the numbers.
shorturl.at/p57IQ
Hello Montreal! So glad to be joining @sasemeeting.bsky.social 2025 as part of a panel series on illegal markets organized by Matias Dewey & Gabriel Feltran! #SASE2025
July 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hello Montreal! So glad to be joining @sasemeeting.bsky.social 2025 as part of a panel series on illegal markets organized by Matias Dewey & Gabriel Feltran! #SASE2025
Reposted by Elena Butti
📸 The winners of our #PhotoCompetition are:
🏆 Luisa.Lupo, Public Prize – TRACES OF VIOLENCE
🎖️ Nora.Doukkali, Jury Prize – STOLEN TIME
👉 shorturl.at/M8umu
Thanks to all 26 participants, the 580 voters, and the jury:
@juliebillaud.bsky.social, Tobias.Marshall, Antoine.Tardy, @elenabutti.bsky.social
🏆 Luisa.Lupo, Public Prize – TRACES OF VIOLENCE
🎖️ Nora.Doukkali, Jury Prize – STOLEN TIME
👉 shorturl.at/M8umu
Thanks to all 26 participants, the 580 voters, and the jury:
@juliebillaud.bsky.social, Tobias.Marshall, Antoine.Tardy, @elenabutti.bsky.social
RESEARCH PHOTO COMPETITION AT THE GENEVA GRADUATE INSTITUTE | IHEID
www.graduateinstitute.ch
May 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
📸 The winners of our #PhotoCompetition are:
🏆 Luisa.Lupo, Public Prize – TRACES OF VIOLENCE
🎖️ Nora.Doukkali, Jury Prize – STOLEN TIME
👉 shorturl.at/M8umu
Thanks to all 26 participants, the 580 voters, and the jury:
@juliebillaud.bsky.social, Tobias.Marshall, Antoine.Tardy, @elenabutti.bsky.social
🏆 Luisa.Lupo, Public Prize – TRACES OF VIOLENCE
🎖️ Nora.Doukkali, Jury Prize – STOLEN TIME
👉 shorturl.at/M8umu
Thanks to all 26 participants, the 580 voters, and the jury:
@juliebillaud.bsky.social, Tobias.Marshall, Antoine.Tardy, @elenabutti.bsky.social
📍 Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest informal settlements?
📆 Join us TODAY at 3.30 CET for a seminar co-hosted by
@gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social & @gvagrad.bsky.social - in person & online!
🔜 Info: shorturl.at/BwFDk
📆 Join us TODAY at 3.30 CET for a seminar co-hosted by
@gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social & @gvagrad.bsky.social - in person & online!
🔜 Info: shorturl.at/BwFDk
May 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
📍 Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest informal settlements?
📆 Join us TODAY at 3.30 CET for a seminar co-hosted by
@gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social & @gvagrad.bsky.social - in person & online!
🔜 Info: shorturl.at/BwFDk
📆 Join us TODAY at 3.30 CET for a seminar co-hosted by
@gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social & @gvagrad.bsky.social - in person & online!
🔜 Info: shorturl.at/BwFDk
📸 The Geneva Graduate Institute is holding a research photo competition!
🤓 And I have the honor of being part of the jury - with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, Antoine Tardy, and Tobias Marschall.
💡 You can view the portfolios here shorturl.at/75aqX
📥 and vote your top 3 here shorturl.at/rVNj0
🤓 And I have the honor of being part of the jury - with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, Antoine Tardy, and Tobias Marschall.
💡 You can view the portfolios here shorturl.at/75aqX
📥 and vote your top 3 here shorturl.at/rVNj0
RESEARCH PHOTO COMPETITION AT THE GENEVA GRADUATE INSTITUTE | IHEID
www.graduateinstitute.ch
May 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
📸 The Geneva Graduate Institute is holding a research photo competition!
🤓 And I have the honor of being part of the jury - with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, Antoine Tardy, and Tobias Marschall.
💡 You can view the portfolios here shorturl.at/75aqX
📥 and vote your top 3 here shorturl.at/rVNj0
🤓 And I have the honor of being part of the jury - with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, Antoine Tardy, and Tobias Marschall.
💡 You can view the portfolios here shorturl.at/75aqX
📥 and vote your top 3 here shorturl.at/rVNj0
Join us this Thursday at the Université de Genève for a discussion of my recent research on gang-controlled informal housing markets and urban extractivism in Colombia!
💬 Discussed by Armelle Choplin
📍 Thursday 8 May 2025 - 12h30-13h30
🏫 Uni Mail, salle M 4020
lnkd.in/eEA_g6fE
💬 Discussed by Armelle Choplin
📍 Thursday 8 May 2025 - 12h30-13h30
🏫 Uni Mail, salle M 4020
lnkd.in/eEA_g6fE
May 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Join us this Thursday at the Université de Genève for a discussion of my recent research on gang-controlled informal housing markets and urban extractivism in Colombia!
💬 Discussed by Armelle Choplin
📍 Thursday 8 May 2025 - 12h30-13h30
🏫 Uni Mail, salle M 4020
lnkd.in/eEA_g6fE
💬 Discussed by Armelle Choplin
📍 Thursday 8 May 2025 - 12h30-13h30
🏫 Uni Mail, salle M 4020
lnkd.in/eEA_g6fE
📢 Are you an outstanding young activist? Or do you know someone who is?
Nominations for the Young Activists Summit close in five days!
➡️ Info here www.youngactivistssummit.org/events
@ActivistsSummit
Nominations for the Young Activists Summit close in five days!
➡️ Info here www.youngactivistssummit.org/events
@ActivistsSummit
Events | Young Activists Summit
An Official Summit is held annually at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Thousands of young people from all over the world participate online in four languages.
www.youngactivistssummit.org
April 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢 Are you an outstanding young activist? Or do you know someone who is?
Nominations for the Young Activists Summit close in five days!
➡️ Info here www.youngactivistssummit.org/events
@ActivistsSummit
Nominations for the Young Activists Summit close in five days!
➡️ Info here www.youngactivistssummit.org/events
@ActivistsSummit
I'm excited to share that I’ve recently signed a book contract with NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social !
The book brings together a decade of doctoral & post-doctoral ethnographic work on adolescentes involved at the bottom of the organized crime hierarchy in contemporary urban Colombia. Stay tuned!
The book brings together a decade of doctoral & post-doctoral ethnographic work on adolescentes involved at the bottom of the organized crime hierarchy in contemporary urban Colombia. Stay tuned!
April 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm excited to share that I’ve recently signed a book contract with NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social !
The book brings together a decade of doctoral & post-doctoral ethnographic work on adolescentes involved at the bottom of the organized crime hierarchy in contemporary urban Colombia. Stay tuned!
The book brings together a decade of doctoral & post-doctoral ethnographic work on adolescentes involved at the bottom of the organized crime hierarchy in contemporary urban Colombia. Stay tuned!
Only a few days left to send us your abstracts! Hurry up!👇
📚 News! With Guillaume Dumont we are organizing a Paper Development Workshop on 'Housing, Illegality and Criminal Actors' at the Geneva Graduate Institute on 9-10 September 2025.
➡️ To apply, please send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st.
👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x
➡️ To apply, please send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st.
👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x
March 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Only a few days left to send us your abstracts! Hurry up!👇
Students interested in anthropology - consider joining the London Anthropology Day!
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Home - London Anthropology Day
London Anthropology Day (LAD) is a FREE annual university taster day for Year 12, 13, FE students, undergraduate or graduate students interested in Master's degrees, careers advisers and teachers, org...
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March 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Students interested in anthropology - consider joining the London Anthropology Day!
londonanthropologyday.co.uk
londonanthropologyday.co.uk
📍 For Venezuelan migrants in Medellín, building one's own home in an informal settlement can be a key act of rooting and integration, despite having to deal with extractivist gang practices and the threat of violent state evictions.
👉 Curious to know more? Check out my latest short docu-film!
👉 Curious to know more? Check out my latest short docu-film!
El sueño de la casa propia - Short documentary by Elena Butti
YouTube video by Elena Butti
youtu.be
March 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
📍 For Venezuelan migrants in Medellín, building one's own home in an informal settlement can be a key act of rooting and integration, despite having to deal with extractivist gang practices and the threat of violent state evictions.
👉 Curious to know more? Check out my latest short docu-film!
👉 Curious to know more? Check out my latest short docu-film!
Great postdoc opportunity for PhD students from LATAM!
Tinker Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies in Stanford, CA for Stanford University
Exciting opportunity in Stanford, CA for Stanford University as a Tinker Postdoctoral Fellowship ...
careers.lasaweb.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great postdoc opportunity for PhD students from LATAM!
📻 Ayer salimos en Radio UNAL con un conversatorio sobre la migración Venezolana en Medellín!
Puedes escuchar aquí 👉 radio.unal.edu.co/detalle/la-m...
Puedes escuchar aquí 👉 radio.unal.edu.co/detalle/la-m...
March 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
📻 Ayer salimos en Radio UNAL con un conversatorio sobre la migración Venezolana en Medellín!
Puedes escuchar aquí 👉 radio.unal.edu.co/detalle/la-m...
Puedes escuchar aquí 👉 radio.unal.edu.co/detalle/la-m...
📍Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest self-built settlements?
📅 Mark your calendar for my upcoming seminar at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social on May 15 - in person & online!
🔜Info shorturl.at/4uc2k
📅 Mark your calendar for my upcoming seminar at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social on May 15 - in person & online!
🔜Info shorturl.at/4uc2k
February 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
📍Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest self-built settlements?
📅 Mark your calendar for my upcoming seminar at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social on May 15 - in person & online!
🔜Info shorturl.at/4uc2k
📅 Mark your calendar for my upcoming seminar at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social on May 15 - in person & online!
🔜Info shorturl.at/4uc2k
El próximo miércoles, yo y Lirio Gutiérrez (UNAL Medellín), estaremos facilitando una mesa redonda sobre la migración venezolana en la ciudad.Tendremos ponentes de las instituciones y sociedad civil. Participación abierta!
📅 26 Febrero 2025
🏫 UNAL Medellín
📅 26 Febrero 2025
🏫 UNAL Medellín
February 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
El próximo miércoles, yo y Lirio Gutiérrez (UNAL Medellín), estaremos facilitando una mesa redonda sobre la migración venezolana en la ciudad.Tendremos ponentes de las instituciones y sociedad civil. Participación abierta!
📅 26 Febrero 2025
🏫 UNAL Medellín
📅 26 Febrero 2025
🏫 UNAL Medellín
📚 News! With Guillaume Dumont we are organizing a Paper Development Workshop on 'Housing, Illegality and Criminal Actors' at the Geneva Graduate Institute on 9-10 September 2025.
➡️ To apply, please send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st.
👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x
➡️ To apply, please send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st.
👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x
February 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📚 News! With Guillaume Dumont we are organizing a Paper Development Workshop on 'Housing, Illegality and Criminal Actors' at the Geneva Graduate Institute on 9-10 September 2025.
➡️ To apply, please send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st.
👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x
➡️ To apply, please send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st.
👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x
📚 First Open Access Paper of 2025!
🔎 In this paper, I critically reflect on my use of participatory research methods in youth research.
🙌 Thanks Carles Feixa & Nele Hansen for coordinating this wonderful Social Sciences special issue!
➡️Link surl.li/ityokl
🔎 In this paper, I critically reflect on my use of participatory research methods in youth research.
🙌 Thanks Carles Feixa & Nele Hansen for coordinating this wonderful Social Sciences special issue!
➡️Link surl.li/ityokl
February 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
📚 First Open Access Paper of 2025!
🔎 In this paper, I critically reflect on my use of participatory research methods in youth research.
🙌 Thanks Carles Feixa & Nele Hansen for coordinating this wonderful Social Sciences special issue!
➡️Link surl.li/ityokl
🔎 In this paper, I critically reflect on my use of participatory research methods in youth research.
🙌 Thanks Carles Feixa & Nele Hansen for coordinating this wonderful Social Sciences special issue!
➡️Link surl.li/ityokl
Reposted by Elena Butti
here's @gvagrad.bsky.social stater pack! Just follow all
Here comes the Geneva Graduate Institute starter pack go.bsky.app/NFEFPC4
January 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
here's @gvagrad.bsky.social stater pack! Just follow all