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Karime Parodi

Department:
Global Inclusion & Social Development
Title:
Assistant Professor

Biography

I am a sociocultural and linguistic anthropologist specializing in Legal Anthropology, the Anthropology of the State, and Latin American Anthropology. My current research examines the implementation and meaning of the Gender Perspective in the Chilean Judiciary. As part of this project, I am conducting fieldwork in Chilean courts and a range of related legal and institutional settings. 

Area of Expertise

Legal Anthropology

Legal Feminism

Socio-Legal Studies

Degrees

2025, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), PhD in Anthropology

2018, UCLA, M.A. Spanish and Portuguese 

2014, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, B.A. Spanish Linguistics and Literatures

Professional Publications & Contributions

Refereed Journal Articles

2026
Parodi, Karime. “The Business we are in”: The Pitfalls of Gender-sensitive Prosecutions in Chile.” Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR);(Revise and Resubmit).

2025
Parodi, Karime. “Gendering Justice in the Chilean Courts: Institutional Developments and Legal Actors’ Perspectives.” Latin American Research Review 60(4), 757–775.

2023
Parodi, Karime. “Tackling Bias Against Women Victims of Sexual Assault in the Chilean Judiciary: a case study.” Revista Derecho Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

2020
Parodi, Karime. “A Father Against his Daughter on Marriage Choice: A 1823 Rapto Trial in Chile.” Journal of Family History 46.2: 131-153.

2020
Parodi, Karime. “From Seduction to Sexual Assault: Notions of Consent and Models of Heterosexual Interaction in El Libro de Buen Amor.” La Corónica, a Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures and Cultures 49.1: 45-72.

2019
Parodi, Karime. “La esclavitud indígena en Chile: argumentos, autoridades y pseudo-diálogo en el Tratado de Melchor Calderón.” [Indigenous slavery in Chile: arguments, authorities, and pseudo-dialogue in the Treaty of Melchor Calderón] Colonial Latin American Review 28.4: 496-513.

Translated Journal Articles

2025
Parodi, Karime. “Indigenous Slavery in Chile: Arguments, Authorities, and Pseudo-dialogue in Melchor Calderón’s Treatise”, in Egío, José Luis (ed.), La dimensión americana de la Escuela de Salamanca. Glocalizaciones del derecho, la teología moral y la filosofía natural en la Modernidad ibérica [The Hispanic-American resonance of the Salamanca School. Global and Local law, Moral, and Natural Philosophy in Modern Iberia] (book series Global Perspectives on Legal Histories), Frankfurt am Main, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, (Forthcoming).

2023
Parodi, Karime. “Abordando los sesgos contra las mujeres víctimas de delitos sexuales en el Poder Judicial Chileno: un estudio de caso.” [Tackling Bias against Women Victims of Sexual Assault in the Chilean Judiciary: a case study] Revista Derecho Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 90: 139-184.

Parodi, Karime. “Un padre contra su hija por la libertad para elegir matrimonio: un juicio por rapto en 1823 en Chile.” [A Father Against his Daughter on Marriage Choice: A 1823 Rapto Trial in Chile] Revista Historia y Justicia 16: 1-28.

Book Reviews

Parodi, Karime. “Saber hacer y decir en justicia: Culturas jurídico-judiciales en la zona centro-sur de Chile (1824-1875)” [Knowing how to proceed in the justice context: Legal-judicial cultures in the central southern zone of Chile (1824-1875)] by Victor Brangier. Historia Mexicana 72. 3: 1568-1573.