Archaeology and Anthropology 50th Anniversary Lecture Series
Engaging Indigenous “Medicine” Through Collaborative Ethnographic Research with Q’eqchi’ Maya Healers in Belize
50th Anniversary Lecture Series 2018-19
Archaeology and Anthropology in an Era of Engagement and Reconciliation
Lecture #1
September 27, 2018
4:30-6 pm
ARTS 102
An Imperative to Cure: Engaging Indigenous “Medicine” Through Collaborative Ethnographic Research with Q’eqchi’ Maya Healers in Belize
James B. Waldram, PhD
Professor, Archaeology and Anthropology
Dr. James B. Waldram is a medical anthropologist, a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Canada and the Society for Applied Anthropology and the 2013 University Distinguished Researcher. In 2017 he was awarded the SSHRC Insight Award for his research with the Q’eqchi’ in Belize.
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