Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Honors Theses Lee Honors College 12-5-1988 Journey to a Distant Center: A Pilgrimage Experience Suzanne M. Forsch Western Michigan University,
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[email protected]. JOURNEY TO A DISTANT CENTER: A PILGRIMAGE EXPERIENCE SUZANNE M. FORSCH Western Michigan University- Honors Thesis December 5, 1988 A special acknowledgment of appreciation regarding Professor Rafael Cake. Professor Rafael Cake, resident of Atlixco, Mexico is an ethnographer and visual anthropologist. He is the principal investigator of the village of Santa Cruz Tejalpa in the state of Puebla, Mexico. Professor Cake instructed me in the field in on-site observational skills and through extensive personal communication. Through Professor Cake I gained access to the site, was introduced to key informants in the village, and was permitted and encouraged to draw upon his valuable research data. The data from his first paper about Tejalpa, "Santa Cruz Tejalpa, Contemp orary Ceremonial Center," written during the summer of 1988, was especial ly critical to my project. When I prepared for my multi-media presentation, Professor Cake not only took certain photographs I requested but also sent me several pertinent photographs from his own surveys.