Jan 26
Global Issues Forum: Researching indigenous identity & knowledge
Thu, January 26, 2017
• 12:00pm
- 1:00pm (1h) • LDC 104
A lunchtime panel talk on:
Researching Indigenous Identity and Knowledge in an Age of Globalization
Enjoy a light, snacky lunch (crackers and brie, fresh mandarin oranges, and Pirouette cookies) and selection of global teas!
(LDC tray lunches or bag lunches also welcome.)
Panelists
- Lydia Ding '17 is a Linguistics major who received a Carleton summer fellowship to participate in a project documenting the language and stories of stories of Nukuoro, an endangered language in Micronesia.
- Raelynne E. Benjamin-Bevis '17 is a Sociology and Anthropology major and Women's and Gender Studies concentrator who participated in the El Mundo Maya: Anthropology in Guatemala and Chiapas OCS program in Winter 2016, conducting field research on the evolution of Mayan thought and spiritual beliefs to contemporary times. Raelynne is also the Minnesota Chapter president of Project Rousseau, a college access non-profit providing mentoring and resources to Native American youth.
- Emma Grisanzio '17 is a Sociology and Anthropology major who researched children’s lives and kinship structures in Kaqchikel Mayan society El Mundo Maya: Anthropology in Guatemala and Chiapas OCS program in Winter 2016, work that is now forming the basis of her comps.
- Emma Bruhl '18 is an American Studies major and an ally member of the Carleton Indigenous Peoples Alliance. Emma grew up in a fishing town in Alaska and is interested in the complicated nature of subsistence harvesting rights, identity politics, and cultural preservation.
Event Contact: Mikaela Auerbach