Media Team

Producer & Writer

Whitney Peterson

Whitney Peterson is an anthropologist focused on amplifying underrepresented histories for public audiences. She is a senior producer at the non-profit organization CyArk, where she collaboratively produces 3D virtual experiences that highlight the diverse lived experiences of those connected to heritage sites around the world. Whitney was primarily responsible for story development, creating the interview guides, conducting interviews, and providing feedback during post-production. Snapshots of Confinement is based on Whitney’s MA thesis written at the University of Denver.

Esteban Gómez

Producer & Writer

Professor Gómez is an urban ethnographer, visual anthropologist, and digital curator in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Denver. Gómez served as a co-host for season 1 of SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human, and Senior Advisor for season 6 entitled, “The Problems with Coming of Age.” Throughout his career, Gómez has worked to produce pluralistic histories that are inclusive of groups and peoples whose pasts have been excluded and/or marginalized from larger national narratives.