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Forum #2 - Thursday, January 25, 2007
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Honduras, Past and Present: Photographs from One Thousand Years of History
Although it is a small country measured in terms of geographical area, Honduras has a rich and varied historical past that is vividly reflected in the country's present circumstances. The presentation proposed here will integrate photographs from contemporary Honduras with the historical research of the presenter. As a recipient of a COAL faculty development grant in the summer of 2006, I was able to travel to different areas of Honduras that figure prominently in my historical research. In presenting my photographic record of this visit I will discuss different elements of the broad scope of Honduran history, from the Classic Maya city of Copán, to the coastal fortresses built to thwart piratical incursions during the Spanish colonial period, to the rusting relics of the banana industry that dominated Honduras's northern coast in the early twentieth century.
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