Walter started following the work of 2 people.
Walter started following the work of 2 people.
Walter started following the work of Nestor Marquez-Diaz, University of Central Florida, Interdisciplinary Studies.
Faculty Member, Anthropology
Tulane University, Stone Center for Latin American Studies
Director, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies
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Using a theoretical approach that combines political economy and interpretive perspectives, my research focuses on the socio-economic and political lives of Kaqchikel and K'iche' Maya handicraft vendors. I am interested in how they use identity instrumentally for political and economic gain, the reasons why individuals and communities compete for tourism and development money, and why community continues to be a powerful way for Mayas to organized their economic, political, and social life in the context of global economic and cultural markets.
One of my other ethnographic research projects is the politics of Maya spirituality, which is in collaboration with two Kaqchikel Maya ajq’ija’ (daykeepers). Our research looks at the increased visibility and the formalization of Maya spirituality from modern historical, juridical, linguistic, and ethnographic perspectives.
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