Sylvia Rodriguez, University of New Mexico professor of anthropology, presents the 2009 Richard W. Etulain lecture, “Acequia Communities and the Struggle for Water,” Thursday, Feb. 19, 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building, Santa Ana Rooms A & B.
Rodríguez is also Director of the Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies at UNM. She has conducted ethnographic research in northern New Mexico for nearly three decades, and published prize-winning articles and books on the impact of tourism on ethnic relations; the politics of identity, place and representation; identity and ritual; and conflict over land and water.
Her most recent book is Acequia: Water Sharing, Sanctity, and Place (School for Advanced Research Press, 2006). In 2008 she received the UNM Sarah Belle Brown Community Service Award for her work over the past two decades on behalf of New Mexico’s community acequia associations.
This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture. The Etulain Lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Regional Studies.
Professor Emeritus of History Richard Etulain, for whom the lecture is named, is the 1991 recipient of the UNM Annual Research Lectureship, the highest honor bestowed on faculty. He is author of more than 40 books.
For more information on the 2009 Etulain Lecture, or other events sponsored by the Center for the Southwest, call 277-7688, or e-mail: cntrsw@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
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