2021 Tinker Field Research Grant Presentations

Research Talks

March 11, 2022

Valeria Ramírez Castañeda in Lake Tarapoto, 2 hours from Leticia in boat looking for a poison frog, (Photo by Alfonso Fierro.)

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

TimeNameProject
11:00Valeria Ramírez Castañeda (Integrative Biology)"Finding snakes in the Colombian Amazon forest: A collaborative endeavor" (Leticia, Colombia)
11:10Yesenia Valverde (Environmental Science, Policy, and Management)"Enriching the Agricultural Matrix: Farmer engagement in biological corridor projects in Costa Rica” (San Jose, Costa Rica)
11:20Ailén Vega (Geography)“Collaborative archival work and analysis of Munduruku resistance to gold mining in the Upper Tapajós River of the Brazilian Amazon” (Brazil - virtual)
11:30Emily Fjaellen Thompson (Anthropology)“When Words Fail: Exploring Embodied Memory in Peru” (Lima, Ayacucho, Junín, Peru)
11:40Irene Farah Rivadeneyra (City & Regional Planning)“Urban governance and health conditions of street vendors in Mexico City” (Mexico City, Mexico)
11:50Alejandra Decker (Spanish and Portuguese)“Building the Lettered City: Engineering & Literature in 19th Century Mexico” (Mexico City, Mexico)

Resources