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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

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
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Sessions in which Prof. Walter E. Little attends

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Lucie Morisset
Moderator
Canada Research Chair in...
Event manager
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  • 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
    Changes in Heritage (New Manifestations)Notions of HeritageArchitecture and Urbanism
    Changes in heritageNew manifestations of heritageNotions of heritage
  • 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
    Heritage as an Agent of Change (Epistemologies, Ontologies, Teaching)ArtsArchitecture and Urbanism
12:30
12:30
17:00
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
    Festive Event
18:30
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
    Public event
    Simultaneous translation - Traduction simultanée
Prof. Michael Herzfeld
Participant
Harvard University
Ernest E. Monrad Profess...
Prof. Laurajane Smith
Moderator
Australian National Univ...
Professor and Head of th...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
11:00
11:00
12:30
12:30

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00