Maria Lua

I’m a historian of Latin American and a social activist, feminist, anti-colonialist, and anti-capitalist. During summer of 2019, I traveled to Morelia, Mexico and spent two months doing archival research. I collected more than 100 cases of men and women who were accused of being sorcerers and were tried by the Spanish Inquisition. This experience allowed me to bring back to life the various women that opposed the colonial and patriarchal state through heterodoxy practices that challenged gender roles. In addition, I also learned about women who were victims of the racial constructions of the colonial state and were killed or punished because of it.