Rita Laura Segato (born 14 August 1951) is an

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ian academic, who has been called "one of

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's most celebrated

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s" and "one of the most lucid feminist thinkers of this era". She is specially known for her research oriented towards

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villages and Latin American communities,

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and the relationships between gender,

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and

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. One of her specialist areas is the study of gender violence. Segato was born in

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and educated at the Instituto Interamericano de Etnomusicología y Folklore de Caracas. She has an MA and a PhD in anthropology (1984) from Queens University, Belfast. She teaches

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at the

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, where she holds the

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Chair of Anthropology and Bioethics; since 2011 she has taught on the Postgraduate Programme of Bioethics and Human Rights. She additionally carries out research on behalf of Brazil's National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. In 2016, along with Prudencio García Martínez, Segato was an expert witness in the Sepur Zarco case, in which senior officers at a military base in

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were convicted of crimes against humanity as a result of the holding of fourteen women in sexual and domestic slavery. The defence tried to challenge the expertise of the witnesses, but their appeal was unsuccessful. Her works were an inspiration to the Chilean collective LASTESIS from

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for the song and performance

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, which was performed by women throughout America Europe and Australia.

Awards and Recognitions

* Premio Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Ciencias Sociales CLACSO 50 Años (2017) * Honorary degree granted by the Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos (2018) * Honorary degree granted by the Universidad Nacional de Salta (2018) * Honorary degree granted by the

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(2021)

Publications

* * Series: Derechos Humanos. Viejos problemas, nuevas miradas Dirigida por

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. * * Co-authored with Rodolfo Brardinelli and Claudia Cesaroni * * ''L’Oedipe Noir'' (París: Petite Bibliothèque Payot, editorial Payot et Rivages, 2014) * ''Las nuevas formas de la guerra y el cuerpo de las mujeres'' (México, DF: Pez en el Árbol, 2014) * (Obra colectiva) * (Co-authored) * (Co-authored) * (Co-authored) * (Co-authored) * * * (Co-authored) * (Co-authored) *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Segato, Rita 1951 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Brasília Brazilian women academics Brazilian anthropologists Brazilian women anthropologists Brazilian feminists