Maribel Casas-Cortes, PhD in Anthropology by UNC-Chapel Hill, is currently an independent researcher located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her recent political and academic work explores the intersections between border regimes, precarity, social movements and knowledge production, both in Spain and the US. She has published numerous articles in journals such as _Rethinking Marxism, Cultural Studies_ and _Anthropology Quarterly_ and book chapters in several edited volumes including _A Handbook to Urban Anthropology_, _Practicas Otras de Conocimietno(s)_ and _Insurgent Encounters_. Together with geographer Sebastian Cobarrubias, she is conducting research on the mapping migration matrix formed by EU border institutions charged with externalizing migration policy to third countries outside of the EU. Maribel is currently writing a book on the theoretical legacy of social movements engaging _precarity_. She has been involved in bringing this concept/tool to US politics mainly through her participation in the _Counter-Cartographies Collective_.
