Winston Scott - B'eleeb' B'atz'

E-mail: ws688948@albany.edu

Education:

University of Utah, 1998-2003. (BA, Anthropology, 2003)

University at Albany, 2005-2006 (M.A. Anthropology)
University at Albany, 2006-present. ( Phase II Ph.D.)

Current Research:

My most recent research involved documenting and writing on K'iche' Maya shamanism in Guatemala.

Research interests:

Coffee commodity and Indigenous displacement in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Class stratification and economic implications in bi-ethnic Q’eqchi’-Ladino communities in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Hegemonic processes in bi-ethnic Q’eqchi’-Ladino communities in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Contact-based language interference in bi-ethnic Spanish/Q’eqchi’ speaking communities.

Discourse analysis with emphasis on class structure between monolingual and bilingual Q’eqchi’ speakers.

Ritual and cosmology of K’iche’ Maya Daykeepers.

Language analysis of K’iche’an Mayan language groups (K’iche’, Q’eqchi’, and Kaqchikel Mayan).

Languages:

Spoken and Read: Spanish, Q’eqchi’ Mayan, K’iche’ Mayan, Kaqchikel Mayan.

Publications:

I have a forthcoming essay, currently under review by Oklahoma Press, to be included in a volume of essays on religious practice in three Highland Guatemala communities.

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