2017 Tinker Summer Field Research Presentations - Part II

Research Talks

November 16, 2017

Event Description

This symposium is a unique opportunity to learn about the current research done by UC Berkeley graduate students who spent last summer in Latin America. Field research grants were provided by CLAS with the generous support of the Tinker Foundation.

Event Program

NameProject
Meg Cychosz (Linguistics)“Bilingual Quechua-Spanish phonological development"
Alice Taylor (Education)"The Complexities of Child Marriage in Brazil”
Carlos Martinez (Anthropology)“Central America’s Silent Massacre: The Politics of Chronic Kidney Disease Amidst Scientific Uncertainty”
Tracy Brannstrom (Anthropology/Folklore)“Ecology of Medicine in the Urban Amazon”
Jesús Gutiérrez (Anthropology)“Between Provenance and Progress: Visions of Identity in the Brazilian South”
Julia Nee (Linguistics)“Path in South Bolivian Quechua”
Manuel Santana (City and Regional Planning)"Exploring the Impact on Public Transportation Reforms on Low-Income Residents in Colombia"

Resources