Alexandra Lamiña

Geographer, Urban Planner, and Amazonia Advocate

Scholarly Works

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

Vitery, A., & Lamiña, A. (2020). The Ethnocartography of Sumak Allpa: The Kichwa Indigenous Community of Pastaza, Ecuador. In B. Sletto, J. Bryan, A. Wagner, & C. Hale (Eds.), “Radical Cartographies: Participatory Mapmaking from Latin America,” the University of Texas Press, pp. 97–113.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Lamiña, A. (2024). “Are we being the actors in mapping or being the subjects mapped?” community-engaged research in Amazonian Indigenous geographies. In Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research. SAGE Publications, Ltd., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529683394

Lamiña, A. & Sletto, B. (2024). Settler urbanism, emotional geographies, and Indigenous planning in Ecuadorian Amazonia. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 42(3), 380-400. https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758241240872

Sletto, B., Lamiña, A. M., Rakes, K., & Stycos, M. (2022). Intersectionality, gender, and project-induced displacement in the informal city: The struggle over stormwater development in Los Platanitos, Dominican Republic. World Development, 158, 105972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105972

Sletto, B., Barrera de la Torre, G., Lamiña, A. M., & Pereira Júnior, D. (2021). Walking, knowing, and the limits of the map: performing participatory cartographies in Indigenous landscapes. Cultural Geographies, 28(4), 611–627. https://doi.org/10.1177/14744740211034479

Lamiña, A. (2019). “Migração de indígenas urbanos na região da Amazônia Equatoriana” [Urban Indigenous Migration in the Ecuadorian Amazonia]. Amazônia Latitude Journal: ISSN 2692-7446 (Print) | ISSN 2692-7462 (Online; link)

Lamiña, A. (2018). “Metodologías de campo para la evaluación de los impactos del urbanismo en los paisajes de la Amazonia indígena ecuatoriana.” Investigaciones Geográficas. https://doi.org/10.14350/rig.59718

Book Reviews

Lamiña, A. (2020). Review of the book Urban Mountain Beings: History, Indigeneity, and Geographies of Time in Quito, Ecuador by Kathleen S. Fine-Dare Lexington Books, 2020. Journal of Native American and Indigenous Studies. The University of Minnesota Press.

Lamiña, A. (2018). Review of the book Ontología Del Paisaje Chatino: Hacia “otras” Geografías. La(s) geografía(s) chatina(s) de la región de San Juan Lachao, Oaxaca, México. Mexico, Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora. 124 pp. Barrera de la Torre, G. (2017). ISBN: 978-607-9475-61-1. Revista Geográfica, UNAM. 98. México. Lamiña, A. (2018).

Lamiña, A. (2018). Review of the book Vernacular Sovereignties: Indigenous Women Challenging World Politics. Tucson, University of Arizona Press. 236 pp. Lavinas Picq, M. (2018). ISBN: 978-0-8165-3735-8. Revista Geográfica, UNAM. 97. México.

Reports in Urban Planning and Maps

Lamiña, A. in Danze, E. (Ed.), Platform 2022-2023: Teaching for Next. Magazine of The University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture, to investigate the intersection of research, practice, and pedagogy with a broader audience.

Lamiña, A. (2021). Map: Origin of Mexican Migrants. Page 9. In ConTex Project “Geographies of Displacement: Mexican Migrant/Refugee Children and Youth in the Sonora-Arizona Borderlands.” Dr. Rebecca Torres and Dr. Valentina Glockner, Principal Investigators.

Lamiña, A., Torres, J. Mota, M., Rancier, O. Hernández, E., Moreta, M., Mendoza, N., Amparo, S. (2020) Participatory Research Methods for Informal Communities. Editor: Bjorn Sletto. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña.

Duranti, J., Lamiña, A., Radkle, A., Rakes, K., et al. (2019). Caminando de Frente: Community resilience and collaborative planning praxis. Editor: Bjorn Sletto. Austin: University of Texas.

Lamiña, A. Oliver, D. Otero, S. Perdue, B., et al. (2016). Reimagining Community Infrastructures: Entrelazando Miradas hacia una nueva vision de la infraestructura socio-comunitaria. Editor: Dr. Bjørn Sletto. UT Austin.