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International Prize for Best M.A. Thesis from the Center for Social Anthropology in Argentina Winner-- Karla Encalada Falconi

Karla Encalada's M.A. thesis, Racismo e interculturalidad dentro del sistema de administración de Justicia ordinario en Riobamba – Ecuador, written before arriving to the Anthropology Department at the University of Kentucky, won an international prize from a Research Center in Argentina called The Center for Social Anthropology. The prize honors the work of the late Eduardo Archetti, a well known Argentinian anthropologist, who worked at Oslo University in Norway. The prize recognizes the best M.A. thesis on Argentina, Ecuador, Norway, or Guatemala. Karla won the first prize and her Master's Thesis will be published in Argentina by Antropofagia publishers. This is the first time that a thesis on Ecuador wins the Archetti Prize. The advisor for Karla's M.A. Thesis was Professor Carmen Martínez Novo from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. Karla is a Ph.D. student at the Anthropology Department at U.K.  This is the link for the prize: http://ides.org.ar/archivos/5223.