Introducing Kyle Piispanen, and other news

Hello GTers and readers!  This academic year has clearly been a busy one for many of us, given the silence here.  Kate and I are both in our first year in tenure-track positions, Miguel is in a new job, and many other things are going on in our lives.  Hopefully we’ll be more talkative in the future.

To that end, I want to introduce Kyle Piispanen, a Masters student at Oregon State University in Applied Anthopology. He is currently living and working with the Unidad Academica Campesina in Carmen Pampa in the Yungas region of Bolivia.  I had the pleasure of meeting Kyle at the recent SfAA meeting in Merida, Mexico, and he is doing some very interesting work.  We look forward to hearing more from him!  Welcome!

Also, I plan to be in Bolivia this June — so if you plan to be in La Paz or the region then also, drop me an email!