Linguistic anthropology, nationalism, liberal multiculturalism, socialmovements, urban anthropology, indigeneity, multilingual speaking andteaching practices, educational institutions, ethnographic methods andwriting, discourse analysis, Latin America, EcuadorI am writing my dissertation on the politics of Amerindian languagesand intercultural bilingual education (EIB) in Ecuador. I primarilyconsider how directors of EIB navigate the paradoxes of producing anindigenous movement around the language Quichua, especially frominside the halls of state offices.Website: http://nlimerick.wordpress.com/