Connecting the Past and Present of Argentina’s Indigenous People in Communitarian Museums

María Alejandra Korstanje

April 20, 2015

Connecting the Past and Present of Argentina’s Indigenous People in Communitarian Museums

Event Description

This talk will highlight the Museo Rural Comunitario in Barranca Larga, El Bolsón, Argentina and the complicated work of archaeologists who are uncovering Argentina’s indigenous heritage amidst the long history of migrations that have shaped the nation. 

Speaker

Dr. María Alejandra Korstanje is an archeologist and a professor at the Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the National University of Tucuman, in Argentina.

Cosponsors

Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, the Archaeological Research Facility, and the Department of Anthropology at UC Berkeley.

More Information

Read "Argentina: No Past Without a Present" by Katherina Chiou in the Fall 2015 Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies.