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Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Dr. Livia Stone

Associate Professor
Sociology and Anthropology
Office
SCH Schroeder Hall 357
Office Hours
M/W 12-2
or by Appointment
Office Phone
(309) 438-5850office
phone
Email
lkstone@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Research

Current Courses

ANT 185.002 Cultures Of The World: An Introduction To Cultural & Linguistic Anthropology

ANT 499.001 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

ANT 400.003 Independent Study In Anthropology

ANT 385.001 Media And Visual Anthropology

ANT 270.001 Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality

ANT 270.002 Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality

ANT 499.001 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

ANT 400.003 Independent Study In Anthropology

ANT 398.001 Professional Practice: Research Apprenticeship Anthropology

ANT 382.001 Senior Thesis

Research Interests & Areas

My research focuses on the intersections between political activism, cultural change, and visual media. I have a particular interest in anti-capitalist, anti-government social movements in Mexico and the United States. I am the author of Atenco Lives!: Filmmaking and Popular Struggle in Mexico (2019). My work has also apeared in Adjusting the Lens: Community and Collaborative Video in Mexico (2017), Cine político en México (2019), The Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology, Visual Anthropology Review, Cultural Anthropology, and The Taiwan Journal of Democracy. My current research projects include a historical examination of the ethico-political idea of autogestión in Mexico and a collaborative ethnographic project examining the challenges facing US heartland farmers and the contemporary cultural divide between the urban and the rural.

Ph D Socio-cultural Anthropology

Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO

MA Socio-cultural Anthropology

Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO

BA Anthropology

Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA

Civic Engagement Award

Illinois State University Center for Civic Engagement
2023

2019 Award for Outstanding Teaching Pre-Tenure

College of Arts & Sciences
2019

Outstanding University Teaching Award, Pre-Tenure Teaching Initiative

Illinois State University
2018

Book, Authored

Stone, Livia K. 2019. Atenco Lives!: Filmmaking and Popular Struggle in Mexico. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.

Book, Chapter

Stone, Livia K. 2019. “El Cine Político como Militancia: Un análisis de los documentales del Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra de San Salvador Atenco (2001-2010) y sus usos políticos”. In Cine Político en México (1968-2017), edited by Adriana Estrada Álvarez, Nicolas Défossé and Diego Zavala Scherer, 49-69. New York: Peter Lang.
Stone, Livia K. 2017. "Romper el Cerco: an ethnography of transnational collaborative film" in Adusting the Lens: Community and Collaborative Video in Mexico, edited by Freya Schiwy and Byrt Wammack Weber, 151-182. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburg Press.

Journal Article

Stone, Livia K. 2019. "Compañeros and Protagonismo: The Ethics of Anti‐Neoliberal Activism and the Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra (FPDT) of Atenco, Mexico" Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology 24(3):709-726
Stone, Livia K. 2015. "Suffering Bodies and Scenes of Confrontation: The Art and Politics of Representing Structural Violence" Visual Anthropology Review 31(2): 177-189.
Stone, Livia K. and Abigail C. Stone. 2014. "As Fluid as a Brick Wall: Graffiti, Power, and Street Archaeology in Oaxaca" Cultural Anthropology 29(4)
Hinegardner, Livia. 2011. "'We Made That Film; There Is No Filmmaker": La Otra Campaña, Autonomy, and Citizenship in Mexico" Taiwan Journal of Democracy. 7(2):95-117
Hinegardner, Livia. 2009. "Action, Organization, and Documentary Film: Beyond a Communications Model of Human Rights Videos" Visual Anthropology Review 25(2): 172-185

Grants & Contracts

Anti-Neoliberal Politics in America's Heartland. Wenner-Gren Foundation. Private. (2021)
"Film Festival Management and Curation: A Hands-On Course for Creating a Local Film Festival in Bloomington-Normal". College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Initiative Grant Program. Illinois State University. (2020)
Agriculture & Anthropology: Teaching Through Research. CAS Interdiscipinary Initiative Grant. Illinois State University. (2019)
Agriculture and Anthropology Teaching Through Research. Illinois State University College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary Initiative Program. Illinois State University. (2019)