https://melachay.com/ 2026-10-13 monthly 1.0 https://melachay.com/images/melanie.jpg Melanie Lopez del Pozo Melanie Lopez del Pozo smiling in front of a black and white mural, wearing a woven scarf https://melachay.com/images/field-02.jpg Fieldwork, Lima, 2020 Young FED CUT leaders prototype a campaign graphic during a content-creation workshop. https://melachay.com/images/field-03.jpg Fieldwork, Ica, 2020 Agricultural union leaders launch their program on a local radio station. https://melachay.com/images/field-04.jpg Fieldwork, Lima, 2020 Running the technical side of SUTEP’s online meeting of women teachers, in the middle of the pandemic. https://melachay.com/images/field-01.jpg Fieldwork, Huanta, 2021 Fieldwork: how digital platforms are used to livestream the Fiesta de las Cruces. https://melachay.com/images/field-07.jpg Fieldwork, Lima, 2021 Water and sanitation workers protest against labor outsourcing in their sector, carrying the campaign slogan Agua con derechos. https://melachay.com/images/field-05.jpg Fieldwork, La Libertad, 2022 Leaders of the regional agricultural federation launch their program on a local radio station. https://melachay.com/images/field-06.jpg Fieldwork, La Libertad, 2022 An agricultural worker shares her testimony of farm work in the region. Photo: Luis Javier Maguiña. https://melachay.com/images/field-16.jpg Fieldwork, Lambayeque, 2022 Spokesperson workshop with women union leaders from grassroots unions across the country. https://melachay.com/images/field-08.jpg Fieldwork, La Libertad, 2023 Katherine Sarmiento and I facilitate a spokesperson workshop with union leaders from Chao. https://melachay.com/images/field-09.jpg Fieldwork, La Libertad, 2023 An agricultural worker holds the slogan of the membership campaign: Unidos y organizados somos más fuertes. https://melachay.com/images/field-10.jpg Fieldwork, Lima, 2023 Producing the agricultural workers’ radio program, streamed live on Facebook. https://melachay.com/images/field-11.jpg Fieldwork, Lima, 2024 A testing session with users of Diana, an AI assistant that promotes sexual and reproductive rights. https://melachay.com/images/field-15.jpg Fieldwork, Lima, 2024 Producing a video tribute to the workers killed in police repression. https://melachay.com/images/field-12.jpg Fieldwork, Cajamarca, 2024 Sharing findings from a study of a social program with local communities, on a floor plan that maps where each conversation took place. https://melachay.com/images/field-17.jpg Fieldwork, La Libertad, 2024 Workshop with grassroots union leaders on speaking for their organizations online and running their own social media. https://melachay.com/images/field-13.jpg Fieldwork, Lima, 2024 Fieldwork: observing a community assembly on the property titling process.