Maxime Lamoureux-St. Hilaire (PhD candidate, Tulane) joins this episode of the Go Dig a Hole podcast to share lessons from the ancient Maya. He introduces a "pragmatic" model of governance - both in physical and symbolic structures. This topical and timely discussion of politics on a macro scale bears haunting echoes of present situations in the global sociopolitical sphere. In many ways, human civilization hasn't really come that far...
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Links:
- Proyecto Regional Arqueológico La Corona (Facebook)
- Wilk, Richard (1985) Ancient Maya in the Political Present
- Lowrey, Annie (2017) Why the Phrase 'Late Capitalism' is Suddenly Everywhere
- Annual Maya at the Lago conference
- David Stuart's blog, Ancient Decipherment
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- Christopher Sims