SOAN Colloquium talk: "Reading the Way: Public Science and Hieroglyphic Knowledge Production"

Monday, April 11, 2011 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
SOAN Conference Room (3rd Fl Robinson B)

Visiting Assistant Professor in SOAN Matthew C. Watson will give a presentation: "Reading the Way: Public Science and Hieroglyphic Knowledge Production." A visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Matthew C. Watson is a Latin Americanist anthropologist and science and technology studies (STS) scholar.  He holds a B.A. in anthropology and Spanish from Grinnell College (2003) and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Florida (2010). His current book project examines the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs as an expression of collaborative public science.  

Hosted by SOAN Colloquium.