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Hiroyuki Shibata
During the summer 2014, I was able to conduct a seven weeks preliminary research in São Paulo, Brazil towards my dissertation project on the changing relationship that Brazilian Nikkeis – Japanese emigrants to Brazil and their descendants – have with Japan and Brazil over a longue durée. While my dissertation project will examine a longer…
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Laura Carter
“This summer, beginning June 4, 2013 I travelled to Paris, France and to Guadeloupe, French West Indies to conduct preliminary research for the long-term dissertation fieldwork that I will undertake next year. This summer’s research was crucial for the larger thesis project, Embodied & Inscribed—Gwoka : Guadeloupan Social Movement & Immaterial Heritage of France. These two…
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Mya Dosch
“During my CLACLS-sponsored on-site research in summer 2013, I studied the architectural and artistic interventions made within two former detention centers infamous for holding political prisoners: Lecumberri Prison in Mexico City and the Escuela Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA) in Buenos Aires. My research emphasized the ways in which certain historical narratives have been privileged…
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Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa
“Thanks to the CLACS Summer Travel Fellowship, for 15 days during August 2013, I was able to observe social settings and talk to people familiar with the international migration phenomenon and public officials in communities of origin in Mexico City, and the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala (approximately 5 days in each location). During this…
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Joshua Katz-Rosene
“I traveled to Bogotá, Colombia in July to continue my dissertation research on Colombian canción social (social song). During this fieldwork trip, I did archival and bibliographic research at libraries, interviewed musicians, and documented performances.”
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