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April LASC coffeehouse: Maya Education Foundation
April 23, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Dr. Christine Eber and Dr. Laura McClusky on their work with MEF
Christine Eber holds her Ph.D. in anthropology from SUNY Buffalo and is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at New Mexico State University. Her research and applied work have focused on the gendered aspects of social change in highland Chiapas, Mexico, specifically Tzotzil-Maya women’s participation in the Zapatista movement, weaving cooperatives, and the Catholic Church. She is author of Women and Alcohol in a Highland Maya Town: Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow, co-author with “Antonia” of The Journey of a Tzotzil-Maya Woman: Pass Well Over the Earth, and co-editor with Christine Kovic of Women of Chiapas: Making History in Times of Struggle and Hope. She is founding member of Weaving for Justice, a volunteer network that assists Maya weavers in Chiapas to sell their products through fair trade.