Dissertation Scholar
CRISTINA MORENO
I am a Black Colombian woman, descended from uprooted parents who relocated from a Pacific town (Chocó) to eastern Cali, Colombia, where I was born and raised my Black son as a single mother and head of the household. I hold a bachelors degree in art education and a masters in journalism from Universidad ICESI in Colombia, and I am currently a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of California, Riverside.
My professional experience is primarily focused on education and social activism
through collectives, social organizations, and educational institutions in Colombia. As a Black woman from eastern Cali—a city whose economic growth has been built upon the exploitation of racialized, displaced, uprooted, and silenced people. In this sense, "I also am" what Hartman terms the "afterlife of slavery." I am deeply committed to the social and racial realities of my country and its specific contexts.
I have been an active member of the Casa Cultural El Chontaduro Association in Cali, Colombia, by contributing to the general investigative processes and participating in its research line program. My research interests center on analyzing the historical role of Black women in shaping Colombian society and the African diaspora from a situated perspective, particularly regarding the place of servitude as a continuation of the slavery system and its logic. Recognizing my connection to these historical realities drives my activism in both social and
academic arenas.