Violence, Gender, and Policing in Colombia: In Conversation with Dr. Jon Gordon
In today\u2019s interview, we speak with Dr. Jon Gordon, incoming Assistant Professor of Sociology at Appalachian State University, who tells us about his research with criminalized men in an armed group in a marginal neighborhood in Medell\xedn, Colombia. Jon tells us how his experiences as a teacher in both Chicago and Medell\xedn got him interested in studying gangs and violence. He explains how doing 45 months of fieldwork allowed him to track changes in the group he studied and talks about the value\u2014and marginalization\u2014of long-term ethnographic fieldwork. He also reflects on how he dealt with the psychological toll of witnessing violence, and how the men he studied subverted traditional gender roles in surprising ways. Finally, he describes what happened when his mother and partner entered his field site, and the ethnographic importance of a bologna sandwich.\nLearn more about Dr. Gordon\u2019s research\xa0here.\nAlex Diamond\xa0is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Texas, Austin.\xa0Sneha Annavarapu\xa0is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago.\xa0Dr. Sneha Annavarapu\xa0is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law