Gabriel Antonio Abarca Brown

Gabriel Antonio Abarca Brown

Postdoc

Gabriel Abarca-Brown is a postdoctoral fellow of the Decolonizing Madness project. He also is a research associate of the Research Program in History and Critical Theory of Psy Knowledge at Diego Portales University and the Transdisciplinary Laboratory in Social Practices and Subjectivity (LaPSoS) at the University of Chile (UCh). His work focuses on the intersections of psy technologies, global mental health, subjectivity, and everyday life, highlighting historical, transcultural, intersectional, and decolonial aspects. Gabriel holds a PhD in Anthropology (Dept. of Global Health and Social Medicine, King's College London (KCL)) and a MA in Adult Clinical Psychology with specialisation in Psychoanalysis (UCh). He has been a lecturer and researcher at the University of Santiago, UCh, and KCL, as well as a guest researcher at the Institute of Social Medicine at UERJ, Brazil. Besides, he has been a collaborator of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). He co-founded the Platform for Social Research in Mental Health in Latin America (PLASMA).

Selected publications

  1. Published

    Becoming a (Neuro)Migrant: Attachment, Early Stimulation, and the Government of the Future of Chile

    Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, 2023, In: Science, Technology, & Human Values. p. 1-26

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    ¿Somos sujetos cerebrales?: Neurociencias, salud mental y sociedad

    Jimenez Molina, A. & Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, 2022, Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales. 416 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookpeer-review

  3. Published

    Este no es otro libro "neuro"

    Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio & Jimenez Molina, A., 2022, ¿Somos sujetos cerebrales? : Neurociencias, salud mental y sociedad. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales, p. 11-28

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Devenir (neuro)migrante: Tecnologías "psi" y comunidad haitiana en Santiago, Chile

    Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, 2022, ¿Somos sujetos cerebrales?: Neurociencias, salud mental y sociedad. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales, p. 329-372

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Peña Maturana, Rómulo José

    Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio & Winkler Muller, M. I., 2022, The Palgrave Biographical Encyclopedia of Psychology in Latin America. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 3 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingEncyclopedia chapterResearchpeer-review

  6. Vida cotidiana y experiencias morales de un grupo de jóvenes en conflicto con la ley en Santiago, Chile

    Carreño Hernández, M., Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio & Radiszcz, E., 2021, In: Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais. 126, 4, p. 69-90

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. "No hay salud mental sin justicia social": desigualdades, determinantes sociales y salud mental en Chile

    Jiménez-Molina, Á., Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio & Montenegro, C., 2019, In: Revista de Psiquiatría Clínica. 57, p. 7-20

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Religión, vudú y salud mental: nuevos desafíos para los servicios de salud en Chile

    Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio, 2019, In: Revista Chilena de Salud Pública. 23, 1, p. 68-71

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. ¿Sujetos de derecho o sujetos al desarrollo? Crimen y castigo juvenil en la justicia penal chilena

    Radiszcz, E., Carreño Hernández, M., Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio & Abarzúa, M., 2019, In: Dilemas. 12, 2, p. 309-332

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

Selected prizes

  1. Honorable Mention - Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais Prize - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra

    Carreno Hernandez, M. (Recipient), Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio (Recipient) & Radiszcz, E. (Recipient), 2022

    Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions

  2. ANID BecasChile PhD scholarship

    Abarca Brown, Gabriel Antonio (Recipient), 2015

    Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions

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