UF Center for Latin American Studies
Students received honors during public poster exhibit presenting their fieldwork
March 17, 2023
The annual Fieldwork Festival took place on March 10, bringing together students in Latin American Studies, Sustainable Development Practice, and Tropical Conservation and Development to share their fieldwork research. The day's festivities began with a student-led workshop and a session on ethnography in the morning. Following lunch, the students presented their fieldwork during a public poster exhibit, where judges interviewed each presentation and selected winners.
L-R: Clate Korsant, Sarina Kawall, Hernán Álvarez, Carlos de la Torre, Vivian Lantow, Claudia Garnica Díaz, Francisco Sánchez
This year's winners:
Claudia Garnica Díaz
Intra and inter-specific variation of functional composition across successional stages of High Andean Forest
Francisco Sánchez
Trocheras: women experiences smuggling, surviving and crossing the Venezuelan Colombian border
Sarina Kawall
An examination of human-wildlife conflict as it relates to small carnivores and small livestock in the Rupununi region, Guyana
Hernán Álvarez
Understanding collaborative network arrangement around wildmeat trade enforcement and regulations in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Vivian Lantow
Adorned with Feathers: The workmanship of Pampa la Cruz featherworks and what feathers can tell us about Chimú society
