These updates are going to seem pretty ho-hum for a while. Nothing as fantastic as our recently-concluded fieldtrip. Instead, back to the grind, so to speak.
Classes resumed today. In the morning, I discussed the architecture of Tikal in the Maya art class, discussing problems of relating form and function, and arguing for a method that takes longer spans of time and potential continuities of residential arrangement into consideration.
In the afternoon, Rita's class involved animated discussions of certain aspects of the Castellanos book on periodically violent relations between Maya and non-Maya in the highlands of Chiapas. The issues of gender and Castellanos' rejection of magic realism as her aesthetic framework were intensely considered.
Just an hour after she finished her class, Rita left on the first leg of her journey to Argentina, where she will launch her first book. Congratulations to Rita de Grandis!
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