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Miki R. commented on the post, Research Project Sources, on the site Colonial Latin America

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:48:54 +0000

This is an awesome idea! Last semester, I got to spend a week and a half with a Mapuche community in a small town called Curarrehue in Chile during a study abroad program and learned so much about their struggle […]

Miki R. commented on the post, Revised Research Idea, on the site Colonial Latin America

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:37:48 +0000

This is awesome! I studied abroad in Chile for a bit last semester, and maté was also a huge thing there because of the influence of a lot of the communities in the Andes. From what I saw, maté was generally d […]

Miki R. commented on the post, Revised Research Idea, on the site Colonial Latin America

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:32:52 +0000

This is a great question– I also think it’ll be interesting to see how the European colonizers’ conceptions of race differed and had a long-term impact on racial dynamics within Colonial Hispaniola. I think it […]

Miki R. wrote a new post on the site Colonial Latin America

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 17:40:22 +0000

I would like to focus on how the gastronomy of indigenous Latin American communities were impacted by the enforcement of European norms and ideas surrounding cuisine, health, morality, and other elements of […]

Miki R. wrote a new post on the site Colonial Latin America

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:55:17 +0000

So far this semester, I have been intrigued by the effect of European colonization on Native people’s perception towards their use of crops, agriculture, and eating habits. Obviously, we have seen how native […]

Miki R. wrote a new post on the site Colonial Latin America

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 01:39:34 +0000

This semester, I want to gain a better baseline understanding of Latin America before, during, and after the arrival of European imperialists. Thus far, I have noticed that history courses tend to somewhat […]