Amber M. Henry

Amber M. Henry holds a joint Ph.D in Anthropology and Africana Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research traverses embodiment, sovereignty, informal labor and Black women’s politicization in Latin America. Amber’s current work investigates political modes of contestation amongst Palenquera women as they mobilize in light of government and corporate attempts to reconfigure them as icons of cultural heritage and tropical tourism in Cartagena, Colombia. She employs methods of ethnographic film, performance and community-based modes of engaged research. Her recent documentary, My Name is Angelina (2021), explores Palenquera women’s experiences of and mobilizations against police violence in the historic district of Cartagena. Amber’s work has garnered support from the Fulbright Foundation, the American Association of University Women, the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University, and the Santo Domingo Center for Latin American Excellence at the British Museum. She is currently an assistant professor of Anthropology at Haverford College.