Presented By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Mirrored Mountains
A Panel on Mayan Language, Folktales, and Community around Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
A place of great beauty and political trauma, Lake Atitlán is home to many indigenous Mayan communities who are the survivors of a long and brutal civil war. Panelists will discuss the role of language and folktales in helping native communities create the fabric of cultural resilience and renewed identity.
PANELIST:
Judith M. Maxwell, Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Tulane University
Ajpub' Pablo García Ixmatá, Professor of Linguistics, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala
Janice C. Paul, Professor of Art, University of Michigan
Organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; co-sponsored by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance
RELATED EVENT:
The School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s premiere performance of Sun & Shadows: A Guatemalan Tale Projected on North Campus – a giant shadow-puppet drama based on a Mayan folktale, light-projected on the outside glass walls of the Walgreen Drama Center
Fri, 4/17 at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 pm | Sat, 4/18 at 8:30, 9:30 pm
PANELIST:
Judith M. Maxwell, Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Tulane University
Ajpub' Pablo García Ixmatá, Professor of Linguistics, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala
Janice C. Paul, Professor of Art, University of Michigan
Organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; co-sponsored by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance
RELATED EVENT:
The School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s premiere performance of Sun & Shadows: A Guatemalan Tale Projected on North Campus – a giant shadow-puppet drama based on a Mayan folktale, light-projected on the outside glass walls of the Walgreen Drama Center
Fri, 4/17 at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 pm | Sat, 4/18 at 8:30, 9:30 pm
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