Join Jerry Zee (Anthropology) and Franz Prichard (East Asian Studies) for a conversation about the diverse ways scholars study the impact of urbanization. From the dust in the air, to the imageries captured by photographers, filmmakers, and writers, urban development shapes the material world, and culture, around us.

There has an explosion of research on the historical archaeology of Latin America over the past twenty years, particularly focused upon the continuities and transformations of the early colonial period.  Yet much of this work has remained siloed deep within specific sub-disciplinary forums.

On March 25, 2021, at 8 AM ET (10h Brasília) the Brazil LAB and the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology of the Museu Nacional will hold the first joint seminar of the series Encounters.