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Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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michael.austin@edgehill.ac.uk

2 h-index 17 pubs 19 cited

Research Areas

Latin American and Latino Studies Race, History, and American Society Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics Media Studies and Communication

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Shawn Michael Austin is an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas. His research focuses on the historical and cultural contexts of economic development and social structures, particularly in the Americas. Austin's work examines the interactions between European colonizers and Indigenous populations, such as the Guaraní, and how these encounters shaped early modern economies. He has published on topics including the origins of the modern economy, the role of interpreters and translation in colonial administration, and musical practices as indicators of social mobility among Indigenous groups in colonial Paraguay and the Río de la Plata region.

His scholarship also engages with the historiography of economic thought, exploring how concepts of economy were historically intertwined with social and moral life. Austin's publications span from the 16th to the 18th centuries, offering detailed analyses of archival documents and cultural practices to illuminate complex historical processes. His recent work includes "New World of Gain: Europeans, Guaraní, and the Global Origins of Modern Economy" (2023) and articles analyzing filtration processes in Guaraní documents and musical practices in colonial Asunción.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 17
  • Citations: 19

Selected Publications

  • Linda Biesele Hall (1939–2022) (2025) DOI
  • New World of Gain: Europeans, Guaraní, and the Global Origins of Modern Economy (2023) DOI
  • BRIAN OWENSBY: “Lo que hoy llamamos economía fue parte íntegra de la vida social y moral. (2022) DOI
  • Los “indios cantores” del Paraguay: prácticas musicales y dinámicas de movilidad en Asunción colonial (siglos XVI-XVIII) (2021) DOI
  • Mining and Indigenous Knowledge - Mining Language: Racial Thinking, Indigenous Knowledge, and Colonial Metallurgy in the Early Modern Iberian World. By Allison Margaret Bigelow. Chapel Hill: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press, 2020. Pp. vii, 354. Appendices. Index. $39.95 cloth; $29.99 e-book. (2021) DOI

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