Researchers

Andrea Cardarello holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from l’Université de Montréal (Canada) and has taught anthropology and sociology at universities in both Canada and Brazil. Her research focuses on a range of intersecting issues, including kinship, adoption, foster care, poverty, children’s rights, and immigration. She has contributed significantly to the study of intercountry adoption, particularly focusing on Brazil.

She is an active member of several interdisciplinary research networks, including LIELA (Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d’études latino-américaines), DIGREG/UFBA (Social Inequalities and Intersectionalities of Class, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Generations at the Federal University of Bahia), and ANTHERA (International Network for Research on Family and Kinship).

Cardarello, A. (2023). “El Movimiento de las Madres de la Plaza del Juzgado: ‘Tráfico legal de niños’, adopción y pobreza en Brasil.” Revista del Museo de Antropología, 16(2), 327–338. (Spanish translation of 2009 publication). Available at: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/38906/42515

Cardarello, A. (2015). “The Right to Have a Family: ‘Legal Child-Trafficking’, Adoption, and Birth Control in Brazil.” Anthropology & Medicine, 19(2), 225–240. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13648470.2012.675047?needAccess=true

Cardarello, A. (2012). “O interesse da criança e o interesse das elites: ‘Escândalos de tráfico de crianças’, adoção e paternidade no Brasil.” Scripta Nova: Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales, 16. (Portuguese). Available at: https://www.ub.edu/geocrit/sn/sn-395/sn-395-10.htm

Cardarello, A. (2009). “The Movement of the Mothers of the Courthouse Square: ‘Legal Child Trafficking’, Adoption and Poverty in Brazil.” Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 14(1), 140–161. Available at: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1935-4940.2009.01042.x

Cardarello, A. (2009). “Le ‘trafic légal’ d’enfants au Brésil : l’adoption comme solution à la pauvreté.” Anthropologie et sociétés, 33(1), 49–64. (French). Available at: https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/as/2009-v33-n1-as3337/037812ar/

Cardarello, A. (2000). “Du mineur à l’enfant-citoyen : droits des enfants et droits des familles au Brésil.” Lien social et politiques, 44 (automne), 155–166. (French). Originally published as: Cardarello, A. (1998). “A transformação do internamento ‘assistencial’ em internamento por ‘negligência’: tirando a cidadania dos pais para dá-la às crianças.” Ensaios FEE, 19(2), 306–331. Porto Alegre. Available at: https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/lsp/2000-n44-lsp356/005137ar/

Cardarello, A. (1998). “A transformação do internamento ‘assistencial’ em internamento por ‘negligência’: tirando a cidadania dos pais para dá-la às crianças.” Ensaios FEE – Fundação de Economia e Estatística Siegfried Emanuel Heuser, 19(2), 306–331. (Portuguese). Available at: https://revistas.planejamento.rs.gov.br/index.php/ensaios/article/view/1934