Rama Responses to Nicaragua's
RIVERS OF RESISTANCE: RAMA RESPONSES TO NICARAGUA’S GRAND CANAL A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNI- VERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MĀNOA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN GEOGRAPHY AUGUST 2017 By Timothy Joseph Workman Thesis Committee: Krisnawati Suryanata, Chairperson Reece Jones Mary Mostafanezhad Keywords: Geography, Indigenous Peoples, Nicaragua, Grand Canal, Atlantic Coast For my mom and dad. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It takes a village to mint a Master. I’d first like to thank the residents of Rama Cay. I’m frustrated that I can’t mention them by name. They and I know who they are. The same goes for my whacky roommates in Bluefields, two renegades I’ll call Mutt and Jeff. To Comandante and Junior, too. To Anexa. To the always-amazing Seanna Howard of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Center at James E. Rogers. Without her I would’ve never made it beyond Managua. To my beautiful, wonderful friends Kara and Ian Philly- bomb. To those who truly hand-held me from beginning to end. Firstly, my chair and ad- visor Krisnawati Suryanata. She never lost faith in me. And her advice and instruction were second to none. To Mary Mostafanezhad, the chillest boss ever, and the greatest surf bud. To Dave Beilman, Chill Boss # 2. To Reece, for his instruction and guidance. My won- derful, young, passionate 101 and 102 students. To Judy Naumu, for always looking out. Finally, to my UH friends: Azmeary “Bangala Beavis” Ferdoush, Billy “Master” Cecil, Dylan “Sweet D” Beatty, Li “Leonardo” Phillips, Kathryn “Thryn” Metzker & her fam- ily, Daniel the Canadian (Sweet Mounty, Canadaniel, etc.), Kawelauokealoha Wright, Ryan Shelby, Shahin Rahman, Serra Bolduc, Desi Samandjuk, Ashok Das, Keith Bettinger, Jonah “Bao” Preising, Robert Moore, Rizal “Sexy” Lutfi, and many more.
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