# Raquel Brailowsky

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{{Short description|Puerto Rican anthropologist}}
'''Raquel Brailowsky-Cabrera''' (October 22, 1953 – June 15, 2019) was a Paraguayan-born Puerto Rican social anthropologist and professor of [anthropology](/source/anthropology) and [sociology](/source/sociology) at the [Interamerican University of Puerto Rico](/source/Interamerican_University_of_Puerto_Rico), San Germán Campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sg.inter.edu/deptosociales/default-4.htm |title=Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico |access-date=2010-05-05 |archive-date=2010-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424051932/http://www.sg.inter.edu/deptosociales/default-4.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [Asunción, Paraguay](/source/Asunci%C3%B3n%2C_Paraguay), she came to [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico) at an early age. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the [University of Puerto Rico](/source/University_of_Puerto_Rico) at Rio Piedras. In 1977, she obtained her master's degree in history from the [State University of New York at Stony Brook](/source/State_University_of_New_York_at_Stony_Brook), and in 1993 she obtained her Ph.D. in philosophy and letters from the same institution.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Un abrazo para Raquel Brailowsky (22 de octubre de 1953 a 15 de junio de 2019) |url=https://elpostantillano.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23344:2019-06-16-14-11-05&catid=331&Itemid=1035 |access-date=2025-10-16 |website=elpostantillano.net}}</ref>

She published extensively on topics like [popular culture](/source/popular_culture) and [folklore](/source/folklore). Her research focused on the mask festivities of the northern area of Puerto Rico. Her thesis, ''A Study of Popular Culture: Masked Festivities in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico,'' studies Puerto Rican popular culture.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ciruelo.uninorte.edu.co/pdf/BDC288.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-06 |archive-date=2011-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707052806/http://ciruelo.uninorte.edu.co/pdf/BDC288.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was also the author of the Anthropology chapter in Lina Torres's textbook ''Introduction to Social Sciences''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animalesyplantas.com/libreria/item.php?cat=44&id=18947|title = Animales y Plantas - Mundo natural en estado puro}}</ref>
Other research includes [women](/source/women), [medicinal plants](/source/medicinal_plants),<ref>{{cite book|title=Plantas Medicinales de Puerto Rico (Open Library)|work=openlibrary.org|ol = 14748908M}}</ref> and [the Caribbean](/source/the_Caribbean). She served in various cultural organizations and programs, such as the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture's Cultural Promotion Program—of which she was the coordinator from 1978 to 1981—and the Caribbean Studies Association—of which she was the secretary-treasurer for five years.<ref name=":0" /> Her other involvements included the Puerto Rican Association of Historians,<ref name=":0" /> the Santo Domingo de Porta Coeli Board of Trustees,<ref name=":0" /> the Francisco Mariano Quiñones Cultural Center,<ref name=":0" /> and the [Latin American Studies Association](/source/Latin_American_Studies_Association).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/|title=Latin American Studies Association: Welcome|work=pitt.edu|access-date=14 August 2015}}</ref>

Barilowsky-Cabrera was a professor of anthropology and sociology at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, where she taught from 1981 until her retirement in 2017. During that time, she "taught more than twenty courses on various historical, anthropological, and sociological topics",<ref name=":0" /> and held multiple leadership roles in the institution's administration. The university granted her an emritus professorship in June 2018.<ref name=":0" />

On June 15, 2019, Brailowsky-Cabrera passed away due to breast cancer.<ref name=":0" />

==Education==
*B.A. in [humanities](/source/humanities), [magna cum laude](/source/magna_cum_laude), from the [University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras](/source/University_of_Puerto_Rico_at_Rio_Piedras).
*M.A. in [History](/source/History) and Ph.D. in [Social Anthropology](/source/social_anthropology) from the [State University of New York at Stony Brook](/source/State_University_of_New_York_at_Stony_Brook).

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