Internships project of research in México:"The agents in the mixtec prehispanic and colonial stories"

• Grant number: 15/13492-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: August 21, 2015
• End date: December 20, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of America
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Natalino dos Santos
• Grantee: Ana Cristina de Vasconcelos Lima
• Supervisor: Federico Navarrete Linares
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán (UNAM), Mexico
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/09751-1 - The agents in mixtec pre-hispanic and colonial stories, BP.MS

Abstract

This internship of research in México (BEPE) aims to acomplish three objectives linked to the masters' research, supported by FAPESP, titled "Os agentes nas histórias mixtecas pré-hispânicas e coloniais". The three objectives of the internship are: the increase of the documental corpus of colonial sources (auxiliar sources of the masters'research) and the project's reference bibliography; the increase of the instruments of analysis for the mesoamerican pictoglific sources (research's central sources); and finally, the exposure of some first results of the masters' research, as well as contact with others especialists in mesoamerican studies. Thereunto will be developed the following activities: the visits to the Archivo General de la Nación de México (AGN), as well as visits to the Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México's (UNAM) librarys; the participation in the VII Coloquio Internacional sobre la Mixteca of CIESAS, participation in the Taller de Códices reunions and another events related to our masters' research; reunions with our advisor of research in México. Beyond the development of our masters' research, the internship of research aims to amplify the connections between mesoamerican studies developed in Brasil and México. (AU)