Faculty

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.

PhD in Anthropology, The New School for Social Research

PhD in Latin American Studies, University of Calabria

MPhil in International Relations, University of Rome 3

Books (all co-authored):

2014. Factores críticos para el logro de la seguridad alimentaria en Cuba. Havana, Cuba. ISBN: 978-959-296-026-8. See UNDP link

http://www.undp.org/content/dam/cuba/docs/Desarrollo%20humano/Palma-Agrocadenas/Factores%20Cr%C3%ADticos-Libro.pdf

2012. 2020: Hacia la sostenibilidad alimentaria en Cuba. Instituto De Investigaciones En Fruticultura Tropical, Havana, Cuba. ISBN 978-959-296-000-8

2003. Guida “Università e Professioni” [Guide to Universities and Professions], Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, (M.I.U.R.) Issued in 500.000 copies. MIUR, Rome, December 2003. Pages 24-295. 

Peer Reviewed articles:

Forthcoming (2016). Henken, T. & Vignoli, G. A Taste of Capitalism? Competing Notions of Cuban Entrepreneurship in Havana’s Paladares. Human Geography.

2015. Henken, T. & Vignoli, G. “Enterprising Cuba: Citizen Empowerment, State Abandonment, or U.S. Business Opportunity?”, American University and SSRC website on the implication fo US-Cuba normalization.  Link:

http://www.american.edu/clals/Implications-of-Normalization-with-SSRC-Henken-and-Vignoli.cfm

2011. “El Laberinto de la Soledad: hacia una nueva historia”, [the labyrinth of solitude: toward a new history], in Revolución y Cultura. Havana, Cuba.; 2011 (4); 39-48.

2003. ‘Octavio Paz: la Parola Demiurgica’, [Octavio Paz: the Demiurgic Word]. In: Annuario Viator, rivista di prospettive tradizionali. Rovereto, Italy, 2003. Pages 175-190.   

Book Chapters

Forthcoming (Spring 2016) Henken, T. & Vignoli, G. “Entrepreneurial Reform, Market Expansion, and Political Engagement: Risks and Opportunities for Cuba Today” , in Hershberg, E. & LeoGrande, W. (eds) A new chapter in Us-Cuban relations: Impacts on the Island and Beyond. London, Palgrave Macmillan