2016-2017 Tinker Field Research Grant Recipients
May 23, 2016
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Brown University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016-2017 Tinker Foundation Field Research Grants.
The 2016-2017 Field Research Grants have been awarded to 14 graduate students across eight departments. The funding will help support their pre-dissertation fieldwork in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing them a valuable opportunity to acquire comprehensive knowledge of language and culture, familiarize themselves with information sources relevant to their studies, conduct preliminary research, and develop contacts in their respective fields. This, in turn, will enhance the feasibility of their projects and the competitiveness of subsequent proposals for external funding in support of their dissertation research.
2016-2017 Recipients of the Tinker Foundation Field Research Grants
Luis Achondo (Music)
Location: Argentina
The intersection of music, sound, and violence in the cultural practices of Argentine soccer fans
Omar Alcover (Anthropology)
Location: Guatemala
Archaeological fieldwork with Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilan in northwestern Guatemala
Jamie Corbett (Music)
Location: Brazil
Ethnographic research on musical practices of Brazilians who claim Azorean descent and how those practices have become a forum for tying environmentalist politics to ideas about cultural sustainability
Lauren Deal (Anthropology)
Location: Argentina
Andean panpipe music and the poetics of protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Javier Fernandez Galeano (History)
Location: Argentina
The social history of homosexuality in 20th century Argentina
Brendan Lambert (Comp Lit)
Location: Peru
Spanish language immersion
Mallory Matsumoto (Anthropology)
Location: Guatemala
Archaeological fieldwork with Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilan in northwestern Guatemala
Daniel McDonald (History)
Location: Brazil
Social movements and the politics of consumption, well-being, and welfare in the democratization of Brazil
David Mittelman (Portuguese and Brazilian Studies)
Location: Brazil
Philosophical skepticism in Brazilian literature
Benjamin Parks (Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences)
Location: Argentina
The structure and composition of volcanic rocks and the creation and evolution of the continents
Watufani Poe (Africana Studies)
Location: Brazil
Black LGBTQ resistance through a comparative study of Black movements, LGBTQ movements and intersectional Black LGBTQ movements
Alejandra Roche Recinos (Anthropology)
Location: Guatemala
Archaeological fieldwork with Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilan in northwestern Guatemala
John Lucian Smith (History)
Location: Mexico
Catholic conservatives in the making of post-revolutionary Mexico
The grant funds from the Tinker Foundation are matched by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and the Graduate School.