Profile
I look at black markets as alternative modes of governance, more specifically at how they operate as sites of economic and legal experimentation in the production of national and transnational economies.
My research focuses primarily on Cuba.
Degrees Held
PhD in Anthropology, The New School for Social Research
PhD in Latin American Studies, 好色先生 of Calabria
MPhil in International Relations, 好色先生 of Rome 3
Professional Affiliation
Lecturer - Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School
Cuba International Field Program - Faculty Coordinator
Recent Publications
Books (all co-authored):
2014. Factores cr铆ticos para el logro de la seguridad alimentaria en Cuba. Havana, Cuba. ISBN: 978-959-296-026-8. See UNDP link
2012. 2020: Hacia la sostenibilidad alimentaria en Cuba. , Havana, Cuba. ISBN
2003. Guida 鈥淯niversit脿 e Professioni鈥 [Guide to Universities and Professions], Italian Ministry of Education, 好色先生 and Research, (M.I.U.R.) Issued in 500.000 copies. MIUR, Rome, December 2003. Pages 24-295.听
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Peer Reviewed articles:
Forthcoming (2016). Henken, T. & Vignoli, G. A Taste of Capitalism? Competing Notions of Cuban Entrepreneurship in Havana鈥檚 Paladares. Human Geography.
2015. Henken, T. & Vignoli, G. 鈥淓nterprising Cuba: Citizen Empowerment, State Abandonment, or U.S. Business Opportunity?鈥, American 好色先生 and SSRC website on the implication fo US-Cuba normalization.听 Link:
2011. 鈥El Laberinto de la Soledad: hacia una nueva historia鈥, [the labyrinth of solitude: toward a new history], in Revoluci贸n y Cultura. Havana, Cuba.; 2011 (4); 39-48.
2003. 鈥Octavio Paz: la Parola Demiurgica鈥, [Octavio Paz: the Demiurgic Word]. In: Annuario Viator, rivista di prospettive tradizionali. Rovereto, Italy, 2003. Pages 175-190.听听听
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Book Chapters
Forthcoming (Spring 2016) Henken, T. & Vignoli, G. 鈥淓ntrepreneurial Reform, Market Expansion, and Political Engagement: Risks and Opportunities for Cuba Today鈥 , in Hershberg, E. & LeoGrande, W. (eds) A new chapter in Us-Cuban relations: Impacts on the Island and Beyond. London, Palgrave Macmillan
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Performances and Appearances
Academic conferences/Invited talks
11/04/2015. The politics of marginality: questioning citizenship in Havana. Janey Program for Latin American Studies. The New School.
10/06/2015. Economic and political transformation in Cuba. Invited talk. NYU/Gallatin.
05/29/2015 A (hi)story of Pork: Notes from the Special Period. LASA Annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
05/07/2015. Cuba: Looking Forward. Round-table, panellist and discussant.
10/08/2014 Cuba today: analysis from the field. Invited talk at Parsons, the New School, NYC.
11/19/2014 Schizonomics: Havana鈥檚 black market. Talk Sponsored by the听听at the听 鈥 The New School.
11/24/2014 Making sense of black markets. Invited talk at Pratt Institute. NYC.
Multiple guest lectures at: Pratt Institute; CUNY, The New School.听
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Media appearances
Expert, live coverage of the Pope鈥檚 visit to Cuba and the USA. NY1 News/ Noticias - New York City, September 2015.
Expert, in studio analysis of the Cuba-US diplomatic thaw. EITB tv (Basque country) 鈥 New York City, April 2015.
Research Interests
Black markets, socialism and post-socialism; illegality; Cuba; coloniaism and state-making; Revolutions听