I’ve included some pictures to illustrate my travels and fieldwork in Central America.
Junajpu / Volcan de Agua (One Volcano / Volcano of Water) in the background of a south-facing street in Antigua, Guatemala (December 2014)El Arco de Santa Catalina (Santa Catalina Arch) in Antigua, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala (December 2014)Making traditional Guatemalan tamales (corn dough with filling wrapped in maxan leaves) and tayuyos (stuffed tortillas), Guatemala City, Guatemala (December 2014)Posters left from #RenunciaYa protest at the National Palace of Culture (Palacio Nacional de la Cultura) in Guatemala City (June 13, 2015)Candles left from a protest vigil spelling out #UnNuevoAmanecer (A New Dawn, or a new beginning) at the Central Plaza in Guatemala City (June 2015)Cornfield (milpa) on a climb up the side of Junapu at Santa Maria de Jesus outside of Antigua, Sacatepéquez (July 2015)Preparations for traditional Mayan ceremony and offering (July 2015)Preparations for traditional Mayan ceremony and offering (July 2015)Preparations for traditional Mayan ceremony and offering (July 2015)Preparations for traditional Mayan ceremony and offering (July 2015)
Historical memory mural section in San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango (July 2015)Historical memory mural section in San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango (July 2015)Historical memory mural section in San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango (July 2015)Names of Victims during the genocide, from San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango (July 2015)Plaza Central, San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala (July 2015)Plaza Central, San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala (July 2015)Copán Ruinas, Copán, Honduras (July 2015)Central Plaza, Copán Ruinas, Copán, Honduras (July 2015)Guacamaya (macaw), Parque Archeológico de las Ruinas de Copán (Archeological Park of the Copan Ruins), Honduras (July 2015)