anthropology
Ready To Represent: UK will be in full force at the 37th Annual National Women's Studies Association Conference
Anthropologists Chris Pool and Mickey Loughlin Receive a Multi-Year Grant from the National Science Foundation to Study Ancient Mesoamerican History
Translated Justice? Ixhil Maya Participation in the Trial of Ríos Montt for Genocide in Guatemala
Break dancing with the dead: Popular music and the role of ancestors in Maya language revitalization
Dr. Barrett will talk about Maya understandings of the dead, funerary practices, and ways of communicating with the ancestors, and then discuss the emergence of rock and hip hop music performed in Mayan languages and the ways they emphasize the ancestors in their music.
El Dr. Barrett explicará como los Mayas se comunican con sus ancestros, las prácticas funerarias que los mayas tienen y sus pensamientos en cuando a los muertos. También hablará sobre como los ancestros tienen un rol en la inspiración de la música Maya y como el rock y hip hop ha influenciado a esta cultura.