
La Familia es la Fundación
Children, Change and the Reproduction of the House and Family among the Kaqchikel Maya
The Context
Exploring kinship structure in a changing social context
For my senior thesis at Carleton College, I completed independent, ethnographic field research in Santa Catarina Palopó, focusing on the changing role of children in Kaqchikel Maya kinship structure.
Role
Anthropological Researcher
Dates
January - March 2016; July - September 2016
Methods & Tools
Ethnography, participant observation, interviews, secondary research