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Sobre La Marcha: The Fiesta of Santiago Apostol in Loiza, Puerto Rico
(2016-05-19)
The annual Fiesta of Santiago Apóstol is the most significant religious festival in Loíza, Puerto Rico. This dissertation examines this religious ritual applying an indigenous methodological approach I call sobre la marcha, ...
The Aftermath: Memorialization, Storytelling, and Walking at the 9/11 Tribute Center
(2015-05-11)
Located in the heart of Lower Manhattan, the 9/11 Tribute Center is a small memorial museum that commemorates the attacks of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath. Tribute’s five small galleries house numerous exhibits ...
Devotions of Desire: Changing Gods, Changing People at a Transylvanian Pilgrimage Site
(2015-04-16)
This dissertation describes how desiring subjects make devotional worlds in times of radical change. I argue that what is centrally at stake for people who pass through the Şumuleu Ciuc (Hungarian: Csíksomlyó) pilgrimage ...