Episode 25: Ancient Politics in the Present

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...

Maxime Lamoureux-St. Hilaire would like to thank Drs. Marcello Canuto (Tulane) and Tomas Barrientos (Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) for having him on their long-term project, and for their support of his research.

Links:

Proyecto Regional Arqueológico La Corona

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

Contact Maxime Lamoureux-St. Hilaire by email [email protected]