Field Trip
Beyond The Gates
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As I descended into the basement I wondered if copal would ever have a chance to ascend.
Rebecca Mendoza
Rebecca Mendoza is a PhD student in the Committee for the Study of Religion at Harvard University with a focus on Indigenous religious traditions in the Americas. Through studying precolonial materials and decolonial theories, Rebecca’s scholarship centers Indigenous kinship and ritual relationships among humans, plants, animals, ancestors, and land. Currently her research is grounded in Mesoamerica, the Mexico-U.S. borderlands, and early 20th century museum collections from these places. She recently began working with the Peabody Museum offering research to support repatriation and the ethical shifts she imagines for the future. Rebecca is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School (M.Div) and the University of Oregon (B.A.) with professional experience in community organizing, advocacy, education, and storytelling.