Prof. Walter E. Little

Professor

University at Albany, SUNY, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, United States

Participe à 2 sessions

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 auxquelles Prof. Walter E. Little participe

Dimanche 5 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:00

Maverick Heritages. Ugliness, Discomfort and Illegality in the Political and Social Construction of Heritage

1 heure 30 minutes, 11:00 - 12:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M240 - SALLE ANNULÉE

Regular session

Dr Cristiana Panella, Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Modérateur.rice)

Prof. Walter E. Little, University at Albany, SUNY, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, United States (Modérateur.rice)

With regard to the main question of the 3rd ACHS Biennial Conference, "What does heritage change?" the convenors of this session propose ethnograph...

11.30 Contradictions of Aesthetic and Economic Order in a World Heritage Site in Guatemala

30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

Partie de: Maverick Heritages. Ugliness, Discomfort and Illegality in the Political and Social Construction of Heritage

Paper

Prof. Walter E. Little, University at Albany, SUNY, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, United States (Participant.e)

The UNESCO World Heritage aesthetic of Antigua Guatemala is well entrenched in the representations of the city and the collective memories of it...

Sessions auxquelles Prof. Walter E. Little assiste

Samedi 4 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

8:00

Morning Coffee

2 heures, 8:00 - 10:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall

Pause

9:00

Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)

1 heure, 9:00 - 10:00

Inscription req.

UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Lucie Morisset, Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain (Modérateur.rice)

What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...

10:30

Break | Pause

30 minutes, 10:30 - 11:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall

Pause

11:00

13.50 Heritage Ontologies: Understanding Heritage as Future-Making Practices

30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

Partie de: Heritage Futures / Utopian Currents I

Paper

Rodney Harrison, University College London (Participant.e)

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...

Heritage Futures / Utopian Currents I

6 heures, 11:00 - 17:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Ms Elizabeth Stainforth, University of Leeds, History of Art and Cultural Studies, United Kingdom (Modérateur.rice)

Dr Helen Graham, University of Leeds (Modérateur.rice)

The notion of heritage is closely linked to processes of change. In the Western context, the definition of heritage as "a contemporary product shap...

The Artistry of Heritage

6 heures, 11:00 - 17:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M460

Regular session

Prof. Carla Taunton, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Division of Art History and Critical Studies, Canada (Modérateur.rice)

Dr Andrea Terry, Lakehead University (Modérateur.rice)

This session explores artist-history exchanges in the context of heritage sites, venues and spaces, and considers recent curatorial and artistic...

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

6 heures, 11:00 - 17:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Regular session

Dr Valentina Vapnarsky, CNRS, FABRIQ’AM project, France (Modérateur.rice)

Dr Anath Ariel de Vidas, CNRS, FABRIQ’AM project, France (Modérateur.rice)

Heritagization (the various means by which cultural features—either material or immaterial—are turned into a people’s heritage) has recently become...

12:30

Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch

1 heure, 12:30 - 13:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall

Repas

17:00

Smoked meat in questions

1 heure, 17:00 - 18:00

Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse

Cocktail

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...

18:30

Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)

1 heure 30 minutes, 18:30 - 20:00

Inscription req.

UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University (Participant.e)

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Modérateur.rice)

Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...

Dimanche 5 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II

3 heures 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée

Dr Chiara Bortolotto, Institut interdisciplinaire d’anthropologie du contemporain, France (Modérateur.rice)

Prof. Benedetta Ubertazzi, University of Milan-Bicocca (Modérateur.rice)

With sustainable development gaining momentum as a priority of UNESCO heritage policies, an increasing number of food-related nominations are being...

09.00 “Novoandino” Cuisine at the Intersections of Culture and Commodity: Indirect Effects of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Patrimony

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Partie de: At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II

Paper

Dr. Clare Sammells, Bucknell University (Participant.e)

UNESCO’s recent recognition of specific cuisines and culinary forms as cultural patrimony has impacts far beyond those foodways that have been o...

11:00

12.00 « Rome ville ouverte », Pasolini et les « FALZ ». Objets/sujets résistants à Pigneto

30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

Partie de: Maverick Heritages. Ugliness, Discomfort and Illegality in the Political and Social Construction of Heritage

Paper

Dr Cristiana Panella, Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Participant.e)

L’imbrication de l’économie informelle, voire illégale, dans l’histoire sociale a considérablement caractérisé la littérature sur la migration i...

12:30

Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch

1 heure, 12:30 - 13:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall

Repas

Lundi 6 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

Food as Heritage: Uses and Consequences of Food as an Object of Cultural Value

3 heures 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.270

Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée

Dr Raúl Matta, University of Göttingen, KAEE (Modérateur.rice)

Dr Charles-Édouard de Suremain, CIESAS-UMR 208 PALOC (IRD-MNHN) (Modérateur.rice)

This session is committed to extending previous research collaborations on food and culinary systems as objects of political mobilization – ICA ...