iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

For yet another year, we're holding a mini-conference on Illegal Markets within @sasemeeting.bsky.social. We're so excited to see this community grow! 📍 Join us in Glasgow on 30 June - 3 July 2027 👉 Submission: lnkd.in/ek53Zvsn @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social

000

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Starting to teach at Sciences Po today! Looking forward to engaging with students on key issues of our times like urban governance and youth protests, critically unpacking what we are seeing in the news in these very days. @sciencespo.bsky.social @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social

000

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Kickoff meeting of our SNIS project “Juvenicide” at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotà, Colombia! More on the project at 👉 shorturl.at/PnC7D With Candy Chevez, Salvador Cruz, Claudia Howald, Aluízio Marino, Andrea Bonvillani, and Karen Cerón. Gracias colegas por tan inspiradoras conversas 🥹

100

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Delighted to share that as of today I’m joining @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social as Assistant Professor! I’ll be researching violence against youth across Latin American cities. Grateful to the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social for being a wonderful home over the past years. More at www.elenabutti.com.

131

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Marcha de la Gorra, Córdoba, Argentina. Demanding justice for young people killed by police for 19 years ✊ Part of our new SNIS project "Juvenicide: Reconceptualizing and Measuring Lethal Violence against Youth", hosted at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social More at: l1nq.com/kBX68 Ph: Andrea Bonvillani

000

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I’m much looking forward to deliver a guest lecture at ETH Zurich this coming Monday on informal housing, criminal actors and urban extractivism in Colombia! Thank you David Kostenwein, Daniela Sanjinés Encinales & Jennifer Duyne Barenstein for the invitation.

020

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We had a most insightful workshop last week in Geneva, discussing the intersection between housing struggles and "illegality". Thanks to my co-organizer Guillaume Dumont, our discussants @hanna-hilbrandt.bsky.social, Matthew Richmond, Miguel Martínez, Martijn Koster & the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social!

011

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Profundamente inspirador participar en este encuentro en Medellín la semana pasada junto a tantos queridos colegas! Para saber más sobre nuestro Colectivo Juvenicidio y Resistencias Sociales (JUVIR) 👉 www.upf.edu/web/juvenici...

030

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

When I visited Gaza in 2019, what struck me most wasn’t the destruction – it was the life. Now, @WeAreNotNumbers has published its first book: powerful essays by young Gazans (2014–2024). $15. A youth-led project. A way to see Gaza beyond the numbers. shorturl.at/p57IQ

shorturl.at

We Are Not Numbers

***THE NUMBER 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** ***THE IRISH BESTSELLER*** 'Meaningful and impactful ... A vital [read] ... Tell all your friends' BRITISH VOGUE 'A powerful collection' SERVICE 95, found...

010

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Hello Montreal! So glad to be joining @sasemeeting.bsky.social 2025 as part of a panel series on illegal markets organized by Matias Dewey & Gabriel Feltran! #SASE2025

010

Reposted by Elena Butti

Research Office @gvagrad-research.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📸 The winners of our #PhotoCompetition are: 🏆 Luisa.Lupo, Public Prize – TRACES OF VIOLENCE 🎖️ Nora.Doukkali, Jury Prize – STOLEN TIME 👉 shorturl.at/M8umu Thanks to all 26 participants, the 580 voters, and the jury: @juliebillaud.bsky.social, Tobias.Marshall, Antoine.Tardy, @elenabutti.bsky.social

graduateinstitute.ch

RESEARCH PHOTO COMPETITION AT THE GENEVA GRADUATE INSTITUTE | IHEID

043

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

📍 Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest informal settlements? 📆 Join us TODAY at 3.30 CET for a seminar co-hosted by @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social & @gvagrad.bsky.social - in person & online! 🔜 Info: shorturl.at/BwFDk

031

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

📸 The Geneva Graduate Institute is holding a research photo competition! 🤓 And I have the honor of being part of the jury - with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, Antoine Tardy, and Tobias Marschall. 💡 You can view the portfolios here shorturl.at/75aqX 📥 and vote your top 3 here shorturl.at/rVNj0

graduateinstitute.ch

RESEARCH PHOTO COMPETITION AT THE GENEVA GRADUATE INSTITUTE | IHEID

033

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Join us this Thursday at the Université de Genève for a discussion of my recent research on gang-controlled informal housing markets and urban extractivism in Colombia! 💬 Discussed by Armelle Choplin 📍 Thursday 8 May 2025 - 12h30-13h30 🏫 Uni Mail, salle M 4020 lnkd.in/eEA_g6fE

000

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

📢 Are you an outstanding young activist? Or do you know someone who is? Nominations for the Young Activists Summit close in five days! ➡️ Info here www.youngactivistssummit.org/events @ActivistsSummit

youngactivistssummit.org

Events | Young Activists Summit

An Official Summit is held annually at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Thousands of young people from all over the world participate online in four languages.

000

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Huge thanks to my supervisors @fernandapirie.bsky.social and Dennis Rodgers, to the amazing Anthropology Editor at NYU Press & to the anonymous reviewers whose feedback helped me reach this stage. Finally, my most profound gratitude goes to the youth who welcomed me into their lives.

110

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Thanks to @oxfordcsls.bsky.social & @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social for hosting this research, @udea.bsky.social & @vriunal.bsky.social for welcoming me during critical research periods in Medellín, and to the ESRC and Swiss Confederation for their financial support.

020

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I'm excited to share that I’ve recently signed a book contract with NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social ! The book brings together a decade of doctoral & post-doctoral ethnographic work on adolescentes involved at the bottom of the organized crime hierarchy in contemporary urban Colombia. Stay tuned!

210

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Only a few days left to send us your abstracts! Hurry up!👇

130

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

📍 For Venezuelan migrants in Medellín, building one's own home in an informal settlement can be a key act of rooting and integration, despite having to deal with extractivist gang practices and the threat of violent state evictions. 👉 Curious to know more? Check out my latest short docu-film!

youtu.be

El sueño de la casa propia - Short documentary by Elena Butti

YouTube video by Elena Butti

042

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

📻 Ayer salimos en Radio UNAL con un conversatorio sobre la migración Venezolana en Medellín! Puedes escuchar aquí 👉 radio.unal.edu.co/detalle/la-m...

011

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

📍Curious about my recent research on informal housing, migration, and gangs in one of Latin America's largest self-built settlements? 📅 Mark your calendar for my upcoming seminar at @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social on May 15 - in person & online! 🔜Info shorturl.at/4uc2k

032

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

El próximo miércoles, yo y Lirio Gutiérrez (UNAL Medellín), estaremos facilitando una mesa redonda sobre la migración venezolana en la ciudad.Tendremos ponentes de las instituciones y sociedad civil. Participación abierta! 📅 26 Febrero 2025 🏫 UNAL Medellín

000

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

📚 News! With Guillaume Dumont we are organizing a Paper Development Workshop on 'Housing, Illegality and Criminal Actors' at the Geneva Graduate Institute on 9-10 September 2025. ➡️ To apply, please send us a 500 word abstract & a short bio by March 31st. 👉 Full CfP at rb.gy/dzk23x

143

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

📚 First Open Access Paper of 2025! 🔎 In this paper, I critically reflect on my use of participatory research methods in youth research. 🙌 Thanks Carles Feixa & Nele Hansen for coordinating this wonderful Social Sciences special issue! ➡️Link surl.li/ityokl

000

Reposted by Elena Butti

Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

here's @gvagrad.bsky.social stater pack! Just follow all

063

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Here are the official channels of the campaign: 📸 Instagram: bit.ly/4gJY8q3 💙 Facebook: bit.ly/3ZAXOCY #UnaEscuelaParaSoñar #EducaciónParaTodos

000

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

This is the neighbourhood where I work and live in Colombia. It's a 30.000 people self-built settlement in the Medellín outskirts with no state services. With local leaders we developed this fundraising campaign to build the first school. If interested in donating, you can do it here bit.ly/4grNjJl

youtube.com

CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES

YouTube video by Escuela Nueva Jerusalén

100

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Yesterday at the IHEID we had a timely & honest discussion on the complexities of contemporary ethnography. For more, check my chapter on the subjective dimensions of ethics & safety, published in Inclusive Ethnography (SAGE 2024) edited by amazing C. Procter & B. Spector 📚

110

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Next Tuesday we close the year together with my brilliant colleague and friend Caitlin Procter talking of ethics, safety & (mental) health in ethnographic fieldwork. Join us for a timely conversation at the Geneva Graduate Institute Anthropology and Sociology Department!

032

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Second roundtable: juvenicidio & resistencias. Featuring Rayen Rovira, Salvador Cruz, Candy Chevez, Wilson Agudelo, German Muñoz, Elena Butti @wennergrenorg.bsky.social @UPFBarcelona @JOVIS

010

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

First roundtable of our conference on juvenicide. Featuring Jose Manuel Valenzuela, Alexandra Agudelo, Marisa Fefferman, Andrea Bonvillani, Alfredo Nateras, Carles Feixa. Thanks @wennergrenorg.bsky.social for promoting great ideas in anthropology!

010

Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Tired but satisfied after the intensive workshop on 'juvenicide' we organized with funding of @wennergrenorg.bsky.social. Tomorrow's session is public - you can still register at shorturl.at/vrsf2

041