December 2016-June 2017: Pre-fieldwork preparation
-Literature review
-Preparation for the fieldwork period,
-Research seminars/workshops at University of Kent; University of Manchester; University of Sussex; University College London
July – December, 2017: Ethnographic Research in Oaxaca, Mexico
-Ethnographic research in Santa Cruz Mixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
-Research and interviews with heritage experts in Oaxaca City, Mexico
-Open-ended interviews in neighbouring communities and parishes.
-Bibliographic archival research in Oaxaca City
-“Note from the field” report for project websites
January – November, 2018: Writing and Dissemination
A. Academic Dissemination Activities:
-Drafted 4 articles
-Co-organised and chaired a panel on ‘Aesthetics and Religious Collectivities’ at the Royal Anthropological Institute annual conference.
-Co-authored 1 special issue proposal on the theme of ‘aesthetics and religious collectivities’
-Worked with a cartographer to produce maps and architectural plans of the field site
-“San Jacinto or San José? San Jacinto or San José? Historicity and the mis/recognition of Catholic saints in religious and heritage perspectives.” University of London Anthropology of Christianity Workshop, May 29-30, 2018.
-“Aesthetics, Authority and ‘Scales’ of Belonging in Lived Mexican Catholicism.” The Royal Anthropological Association Annual Conference, Art, Materiality and Representation, London, June 1-3, 2018.
-“The Aesthetics of Practice and Presence: Authority, Community and Immanence in a Mexican Catholic church.” Cambridge University Social Anthropology Society, Cambridge, November 8, 2018.
-“13 Grains of Maize: material religion and history in the ‘deep local’ of witchcraft in Oaxaca, Mexico.” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Jose, California, USA, November 14-18, 2018.
B. Public Engagement/Dissemination Activities:
-“Saints of the Shaking Earth.” The Religion Factor,
https://religionfactor.net/2018/01/10/saints-of-the-shaking-earth/(se abrirá en una nueva ventana)-Public lecture “Researching Religious Heritage at Kent,” Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, July 20, 2018.
-“What Can Witchcraft Do In Mexico?” Anthropology News,
http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2018/10/24/what-can-witchcraft-do-in-mexico/(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) -Reports for research participants
-Project websites