Abstract
This article discusses my experiences moving from a full-time organizer to anthropologist. While conducting dissertation fieldwork in Haiti, I participated in a campaign to cancel Haiti's debt and organized an observer mission to Haiti's Free Trade Zone. During my fieldwork period, Haiti underwent an intense political-economic crisis, demanding extra vigilance and caution, transforming my role from direct involvement to an academic observer. Paradoxically, this role might be more appropriate for transnational solidarity. During Haiti's food crisis and 2008 hurricane season activists relied more extensively on my scholarly role than activist role. This article distills lessons from this collaboration for other activist-anthropologists.
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