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ISU professor to lecture on anthropology in Brazil
Discussion to highlight motherhood in Brazil
Brittni Garcia / Campus Editor
Issue date: 11/12/08 Section: News
Today, Gina Bessa, a cultural anthropologist and associate professor at Illinois State University, will give a lecture to anthropology students on the motherhood in a Brazilian shantytown.
Anthropology professor Don Holly invited Bessa last spring to speak with students at Eastern to lecture on her research she has been conducting since 1996.
"I want to give them an example of valued fieldwork," Bessa said. "I want them to understand a group of people who don't get understood and that get marginalized."
The lecture will be held at 10 a.m. in the Buzzard Hall Auditorium.
Bessa has worked in her community since 1996 and has periodically returned to Brazil.
She took the request of her visit as an honor and would like to discuss her experiences with the Eastern community.
Holly received a grant from the John S. and Margaret Redden Fund to have Bessa come speak to the campus community.
"I would like to expose students to different research in anthropology," Holly said. "Also to consider a spark of interest in anthropology and to expose the EIU community to diverse cultural experiences."
Bessa, who is a medical anthropologist, studies the relationships between culture, health, and illness. She helps people understand where they come from and how they are related.
Bessa will also highlight her research in the past years as it relates to Holly's anthropology class.
"I like presenters to come in and highlight their research and how it will tie into course content," Holly said.
For the community, Holly said Bessa would be able to describe children and parents in poor areas of Brazil.
Brittni Garcia can be reached at 581-7942 or at bmgarcia@eiu.edu.
Anthropology professor Don Holly invited Bessa last spring to speak with students at Eastern to lecture on her research she has been conducting since 1996.
"I want to give them an example of valued fieldwork," Bessa said. "I want them to understand a group of people who don't get understood and that get marginalized."
The lecture will be held at 10 a.m. in the Buzzard Hall Auditorium.
Bessa has worked in her community since 1996 and has periodically returned to Brazil.
She took the request of her visit as an honor and would like to discuss her experiences with the Eastern community.
Holly received a grant from the John S. and Margaret Redden Fund to have Bessa come speak to the campus community.
"I would like to expose students to different research in anthropology," Holly said. "Also to consider a spark of interest in anthropology and to expose the EIU community to diverse cultural experiences."
Bessa, who is a medical anthropologist, studies the relationships between culture, health, and illness. She helps people understand where they come from and how they are related.
Bessa will also highlight her research in the past years as it relates to Holly's anthropology class.
"I like presenters to come in and highlight their research and how it will tie into course content," Holly said.
For the community, Holly said Bessa would be able to describe children and parents in poor areas of Brazil.
Brittni Garcia can be reached at 581-7942 or at bmgarcia@eiu.edu.
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