Políticas y lactancias: una conversación sobre investigación, vida y resistencia con Ester Massó Guijarro.

Abstract

We spoke with Ester Massó Guijarro, an anthropologist and philosopher dedicated to the subject of human lactation, with extensive experience and bibliographic production on the topic. Based on questions asked by the interviewers, Ester tells us how she transformed her own experiences as a woman-mother-breastfeeding into a research object. During the interview, we also reflected on how academic agendas have been constructed and identified the difficulties that breastfeeding has (and continues to have) in gaining recognition as a relevant topic within the Social and Human Sciences. We also address some tensions linked to various feminist and activist movements and, in particular, we problematize the ambivalence that the professionalization of lactation consultants can lead to. We also present concepts such as agency and lactating corporalities. Finally, we discuss some challenges that nursing anthropologists face, and the strategies they implement in their practice.