Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies

Tulane University

Summer Field Research Grant Symposium

November 2nd, 2013
8:00am-5:00pm

Location
Stone Center for Latin American Studies
Room 100A Jones Hall (Greenleaf)
Tulane University

Please join us for the annual Graduate Student Summer Field Research Symposium. Every fall semester, Graduate Students who received a previous summer field research grant through the Stone Center present their summer field research experiences in a day long symposium.

Symposium Schedule:

Breakfast: 8:00 – 8:30 am

Panel A 8:30 – 10:00 am

  • “Comprehensive Visual Analysis of Sculptural Representations of Tlaloc, the Aztec Rain God” Shannen Winfield
  • “Political Culture of Protest and Mobilization in Contemporary Mexico City” Diana Soto
  • “An Archaeological Examination of an Ancient Maya Community at Escalera al Cielo, Yucatan, Mexico” Evan Parker
  • “Ideology of Containment in Aztec Culture” Julia O’Keefe

Panel B 10:15 – 11:45 am

  • “Haitian Broadcast Media’s Role in Haiti’s Reconstruction” Shearon Roberts
  • “Contesting Decentralization: Agricultural Production, Peasant Movements and International Development in Haiti” Matthew Olson
  • “Nation and Diaspora: Identity and Community Politics in the Fiction of Earl Lovelace” Cherif Saloum Diatta
  • “Markets in the Time of Cholera” Kyrstin Mallon Andrews

Panel C 12:00 – 1:30 pm

  • “La configuración periodística del bandido en Cuba: batallas impresas (1878-1898)” Xose Pereira Boan
  • “Estimating Physiological Consequences of Roosting Densities in the Austral Migrant Fork-Tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus Savana)” Maggie MacPherson
  • “The Rainbow Connection: The Unlikely Alliance between Chile’s Mapuche and LGBT Movements” Baird Campbell
  • “Reworking Notions of Citizenship and Culture: Post Katrina Migrant Workers and their Return to Honduras” Sarah Fouts

Panel D 1:45 – 3:15 pm

  • “Female Inmates’ Access to Healthcare in Fortaleza, Brazil: A Qualitative Study” Venessa Vosteen
  • “Assessment of the Health Referral System in Bolivia: A Qualitative Approach” Alejandra Leyton
  • “How Does Fruit Abundance Influence Seed Dispersal and Predation by Vertebrates in the Choco Forests of Ecuador?” Luke Browne

Panel E 3:30 – 5:00 pm

  • “Identifying Factors Mediating the Survival of Panamanian Atelopus Populations” Matthew James Robak
  • “Cultural Heritage Revitalization and Development in Panama City’s Historic District, Casco Antiguo” Maille Faughnan
  • “Dengue Symptom Thresholds (Duration and Intensity) in Patient Seeking Behavior in Iquitos, Peru” Keith Esch

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Tulane Maya Symposium Teacher Workshop: On the Maya Trail: Ancient Travelers, Epic Voyages

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The Stone Center for Latin American Studies, the Middle American Research Institute, and the Audubon Aquarium are joining together to sponsor a K-12 teacher workshop in the conjunction with the 11th annual Tulane Maya Symposium. This year the workshop will be held at the Audubon Aquarium in New Orleans, in celebration of the opening of a new exhibit on reefs in the Maya area. The workshop will focus on the symposium theme: traveling and voyages among the Maya. The workshop will integrate information about the geography and environment of the Maya area and the ancient and modern Maya utilization of environmental resources. The resources discussed will provide a great way for teachers working with the Common Core requirements to integrate information about the Maya into discussions of a variety of topics!

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Eleventh Annual Maya Symposium: On the Maya Trail: Ancient Travelers, Epic Voyages

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The Middle American Research Institute and Far Horizons, in collaboration with Tulane’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the New Orleans Museum of Art, are proud to present the Eleventh Annual Tulane Maya Symposium and Workshop. This year's symposium, titled "On the Maya Trail: Ancient Travelers, Epic Voyages," will explore the many ways the ancient Maya moved across their landscape, whether for the sake of diplomacy, conquest, commerce, migration, or pilgrimage. The point of the symposium is to emphasize how integral long-distance communication was to ancient Maya society throughout its long history. This year's Maya Symposium will incorporate a wide variety of specialties such as archaeology, art history, cultural anthropology, epigraphy, history, and linguistics to explore the research being conducted on the ancient Maya civilization.

The annual K-12 teacher workshop will be located at the Audubon Aquarium and will begin Thursday evening, March 20th and all day Friday. For more information on the K-12 program, please visit here.

The keynote address will be given by Dr. Karl Taube of the University of California, Riverside who will guide us through the rich world of Mesoamerican art. We will also host a viewing of the Precolumbian collection at NOMA. On Sunday, the Hieroglyphic Forum and the Workshops will focus on the role of women travelers in the Classic Maya civilization. Finally, throughout the weekend, we will also be featuring MARI’s exhibit, “Faces of the Maya.”

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