The University of New Mexico Latin American and Iberian Institute hosts Animal Symbolism in the Mesoamerican Codex Tradition, a symposium for researchers and teachers, Thursday through Saturday, April 30 to May 2, at the UNM Student Union Building. The aim of the symposium is to lead to high quality instructional sessions that integrate language arts, social studies and visual arts.
The speakers, representing research institutions in the U.S. and Mexico, are experts on languages, archaeology and zooarchaeology, and the art of the three best-known regions that produced books – commonly referred to as codices – prior to European contact. These areas were occupied by the Maya of Yucatan, the Mixtec speakers of southern Mexico, and the Aztecs, who lived on the site that is now Mexico City.
The event is built around 10 presentations addressing the meanings of animals in pre-Historic Mexico and the continuation of these cultural traditions beyond the conquest.
The symposium is an opportunity for members of academia to collaborate with teachers so that the topic can be introduced in classrooms in New Mexico. A special orientation session for educators is set for Thursday, April 30, from 3 – 6 p.m.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at April 13, 2009 01:48 PM