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Tinker Talks are Tinker-funded student research presentations. This semester, three SPPO graduate students, Luana Lamberti, Raphael Palermo dos Santos, and Palo Pinillos Chávez, will be presenting several of these presentations. Luana Lamberti's talk, "How Helvécia Afro Portuguese represents the African Diaspora in Brazil" and Raphael Palermo dos Santos' talk, "Production of comedy films in Brazil" will take place during the first session on Thursday, February 27th. Palo Pinillos Chávez's talk, "Migration and cross-dialectal changes: analyzing Matses Amazonian Spanish in the Iquitos urban space" will take place during the third session on Friday, March 27th.
The Tinker Foundation’s Field Research Grants Program is designed to provide budding scholars with a first-hand experience of their region of study, regardless of academic discipline. The grants provide graduate students with funds for travel to and within Latin America to conduct pre-dissertation research. These awards allow students to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of language and culture, familiarize themselves with information sources relevant to their studies, conduct pilot studies and preliminary investigations, and develop contacts with scholars and institutions in their respective fields.
The Tinker Foundation, based in New York City, promotes the interchange of information within the community of those concerned with the affairs of Latin America. Emphasis is placed on those activities that have strong public policy implication, offer innovative solutions to the problems facing these regions today, and incorporate new mechanisms for addressing environmental, economic, and governance issues. Dr. Edward Larocque Tinker created the Tinker Foundation in 1959, and his lifelong devotion to the Iberian tradition in the Old and New Worlds gave definition to the Foundation’s overall purpose.
To register to attend these sessions, please visit the Tinker Talk Registration page. Lunch will be served to all registered attendees.
For more information about these sessions, please view the flyer attached below.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies.
