Prof. Walter E. Little
Professor
University at Albany, SUNY, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, United States
Participates in 2 items
Walter Little is a cultural anthropologist who's multi-sited ethnographic research in Guatemala and Mexico aims to better understand the politics of identity in relation to economic practices, the construction of heritage and tourism in urban places, and transnational sale of Guatemala handicrafts. He is the author of Mayas in the Marketplace (2004), which won Best Book of 2005 from the New England Council for Latin American Studies. His co-edited volume, Street Economies in the Urban Global South (2013), won the Society for the Anthropology of Work Book Prize in 2014. Overall, he has author or co-authored over 40 articles and 10 books and edited volumes. In addition to his duties in the anthropology department, he co-directs the Globalization Studies Program at University at Albany and is the president of the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.
Sessions in which Prof. Walter E. Little participates
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- Maverick Heritages. Ugliness, Discomfort and Illegality in the Political and Social Construction of Heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M240 - SALLE ANNULÉE
- 11:00 - 12:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- With regard to the main question of the 3rd ACHS Biennial Conference, "What does heritage change?" the convenors of this session propose ethnograph...
- Regular session
- 11.30 Contradictions of Aesthetic and Economic Order in a World Heritage Site in Guatemala
- Participant Prof. Walter E. Little (University at Albany, SUNY, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, United States) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Maverick Heritages. Ugliness, Discomfort and Illegality in the Political and Social Construction of Heritage
- The UNESCO World Heritage aesthetic of Antigua Guatemala is well entrenched in the representations of the city and the collective memories of it...
- Paper
Sessions in which Prof. Walter E. Little attends
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8:00
- Morning Coffee UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
- 8:00 - 10:00 | 2 hours
- Pause
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- Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 hour
- What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
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10:30
- Break | Pause UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
- 10:30 - 11:00 | 30 minutes
- Pause
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- 13.50 Heritage Ontologies: Understanding Heritage as Future-Making Practices
- Participant Rodney Harrison (University College London) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Heritage Futures / Utopian Currents I
- While it is customary to think about heritage as a series of practical fields oriented toward the past, it is perhaps less often the case that w...
- Paper
- Heritage Futures / Utopian Currents I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 hours
- The notion of heritage is closely linked to processes of change. In the Western context, the definition of heritage as "a contemporary product shap...
- Regular session
- The Artistry of Heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M460
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 hours
- This session explores artist-history exchanges in the context of heritage sites, venues and spaces, and considers recent curatorial and artistic...
- Regular session
- Reshuffling of Knowledge and the Making of Autochthonous Cultural Heritage : Ethnographical Perspectives I | Mise en patrimoine et recomposition de régimes de savoir. Ethnographies d’expériences autochtones I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 hours
- Heritagization (the various means by which cultural features—either material or immaterial—are turned into a people’s heritage) has recently become...
- Regular session
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12:30
- Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 hour
- Repas
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17:00
- Smoked meat in questions Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
- 17:00 - 18:00 | 1 hour
- This festive event will offer delegates a taste of one of the iconic dishes of Montreal, the smoked meat sandwich, imported by Jewish immigration f...
- Cocktail
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18:30
- Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 18:30 - 20:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
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9:00
- At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- With sustainable development gaining momentum as a priority of UNESCO heritage policies, an increasing number of food-related nominations are being...
- Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
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- 09.00 “Novoandino” Cuisine at the Intersections of Culture and Commodity: Indirect Effects of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Patrimony
- Participant Dr. Clare Sammells (Bucknell University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II
- UNESCO’s recent recognition of specific cuisines and culinary forms as cultural patrimony has impacts far beyond those foodways that have been o...
- Paper
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11:00
- 12.00 « Rome ville ouverte », Pasolini et les « FALZ ». Objets/sujets résistants à Pigneto
- Participant Dr Cristiana Panella (Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Maverick Heritages. Ugliness, Discomfort and Illegality in the Political and Social Construction of Heritage
- L’imbrication de l’économie informelle, voire illégale, dans l’histoire sociale a considérablement caractérisé la littérature sur la migration i...
- Paper
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12:30
- Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 hour
- Repas
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9:00
- Food as Heritage: Uses and Consequences of Food as an Object of Cultural Value Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.270
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- This session is committed to extending previous research collaborations on food and culinary systems as objects of political mobilization – ICA ...
- Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
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