News Release
California State University, San Bernardino
- “Crafting in Mesoamerica,” which is free and open to the public, will take place from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. March 4 at the California State University, San Bernardino College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
- The meeting’s presentations will display a diverse assortment of material culture and the social practices behind it.
- One focus of the event will be to encourage student participation as undergraduate and/or graduate students will present short talks outlining their research on any aspect of Mesoamerican studies.
The SoCal Mesoamerican Network returns to Cal State San Bernardino for its 2023 Spring Meeting on Saturday, March 4, with a focus on crafting, featuring presentations from current and former faculty, students, visiting scholars and indigenous craftspeople.
“Crafting in Mesoamerica,” which is free and open to the public, will take place from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. in the university’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences building, room SB-128. Parking at the university is $3; face coverings are optional but recommended.
Those unable to attend in person may register for a livestream link at the 2023 SoCal Mesoamerica Network meeting Zoom page.
With the focus on crafting in Mesoamerica, the meeting’s presentations will display a diverse assortment of material culture and the social practices behind it. One focus of the event will be to encourage student participation. To that end, undergraduate and/or graduate students will present short talks outlining their research on any aspect of Mesoamerican studies.
California State University, San Bernardino last hosted the network’s annual meeting in 2018.
Scheduled presenters include:
- Frances Berdan, CSUSB professor of anthropology, emerita, “Postclassic Mesoamerican Turquoise Mosaics: Materials, Sources, and Techniques”
- Nawa Sugiyama, UC Riverside assistant professor of anthropology, “The Matter of Corporal Animal Forms in Imperial Formations at Teotihuacan”
- Travis Stanton, UCR professor of anthropology, “Recrafting Identity at Chichen Itza: Reimagining Teotihuacan at Chichen Itza in the Early Postclassic”
- Kenichiro Tsukamoto, UCR assistant professor of anthropology, “Crafting Social Affiliations and Distinctions among Standard-Bearers at El Palmar, Mexico”
- Guy David Hepp, CSUSB associate professor of anthropology, and Mark Levin, University of Oklahoma associate professor of anthropology, “Late Postclassic Period Figurine Production at Tututepec, Oaxaca, Mexico”
- Jeremy Coltman, UCR lecturer in anthropology, “Drumming Up Paradise: The Symbolism and Function of Teponaztli Drums in Ancient Mexican Art and Culture”
- Xóchilt Chávez, UCR assistant professor of music, “‘A Community without a Band is a Community without a Soul:’ Indigenous Placemaking and Sustainability of Oaxacan Brass Bands in Los Angeles, CA”
- Claudia García-Des Lauriers, Cal Poly Pomona professor of geography and anthropology, “Art, Agency, and Production: Interaction and the Marketplace of Ideas”
- Rachael Wedemeyer, UCR anthropology Ph.D. candidate, “Crafting Belonging: Results of Test Excavations in the López Plaza, a Classic Period Plazuela Group at El Palmar, Campeche”
- Johanna Najera, UCR anthropology Ph.D. candidate, “The Well-being of the Home: Caregiving Practices in the Maya Northern Lowlands”
For information on the SoCal Mesoamerican Network 2023 Spring Meeting, contact Guy Hepp, CSUSB assistant professor of anthropology at guy.hepp@csusb.edu. Follow the SoCal Mesoamerican Network on its Facebook page, @SoCalMesoamericaNetwork.
About Cal State San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in Inland Southern California. Opened in 1965 and set at the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains, the university serves more than 20,000 students each year and graduates about 4,000 students annually. The university offers more than 70 traditional baccalaureate and master’s degree programs, education credential and certificate programs, and a doctorate program in educational leadership. Every one of its eligible academic programs has earned national accreditation. CSUSB reflects the dynamic diversity of the region and has the most diverse student population of any university in the Inland Empire. More than 80 percent of those who graduate are the first in their families to do so.
For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university’s Office of Strategic Communication at (909) 537-5007 and visit the Inside CSUSB news site.
