Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley

2008 Tinker Summer Research Updates

The following are updates filed by CLAS Summer Research Grant Recipients.

Jenny Baca examining Chile's forestry and pulp wood industries.
	Xochiquetzal Marsilli-Vargas looks at psychoanalysis in Buenos Aires.
Rebecca Bodenheimer and the rumba in Cuba.
	Leticia Cesarino researching sugarcane-based biofuel technologies in Brazil.
Katrina Dodson examining the life of poet Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil.
		Colin Foard on migrant sending communities in Puebla.
Gretchen Gordon looking at the entire biofuels chain in Brazil.
	Di Hu working on the history of ethnic identities in Peru.
Andrew Leong on the Japanese community in Peru.
	Diana Negrin on Huichol migration to Guadalajara and Tepic.
Lindsey Newbold working in the Kuna language communities of Panama.
		Jill Repogle and Emma Cott on spiritual tourism in Guatemala.
Sarah Selvidge looks at concepts of modernity in Mexico City.
		Selene Zander on food and nutrition issues in Merida, Venezuela.