Graduate Students

Beier, Christine

cmbeier@mail.utexas.edu
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Field(s): Linguistic Anthropology, Social Anthropology

Program: Doctoral

Geographic Area(s): Peruvian Amazonia

Research Interest(s): Indigenous languages and societies in lowland South America, with focus on Peruvian Amazonia. Collaborative Locally-Engaged Anthropology and Linguistics: Scholarly research guided by community goals. Discourse-Centered Approaches to Culture: The intersection of language and social practices. Ethnography of Speaking and Discursive Ecology: Speaking practices as an integrated communicative system. Language Vitality: documentation, preservation, and revitalization of endangered languages.

Degree status: ABD

Supervisor(s): Co-Supervisors: Joel Sherzer (Anthropology) and Nora England

Dissertation Title: (Provisional Title) Composing Relationships: Extemporaneous Nanti

MA Thesis/Report Title: Creating community: Feasting among the Nantis of Peruvian Amazonia