Elena Turevon is a 2014 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient and a graduate student at Duke University. In this Research Snapshot, she examines the social consequences of climate change by focusing on Andean entrepreneurs who work as both miners and mountain guides in Peru's Cordillera Blanca. The Research Snapshots series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.
Elena Turevon
A 2014 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient, Elena Turevon is a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology at Duke University. Her dissertation research explores the temporality of climate change through oral literature in the Peruvian Andes.