BY BRITTANY ERWIN It was a bustling scene. Excited crowds of people had gathered along the processional route in the city center, which had been elaborately decorated for the occasion. Dressed in their finest wares, a group of civic officials and the religious elite solemnly proceeded along a … [Read more...] about Living in a Material World: Art and Otherworldly Understanding in Colonial Latin America
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La Ruta del Cambio Climático: Climate Change Tourism in the Peruvian Andes
BY MOLLY H. POLK A sure way to put an end to a lively conversation in any social setting is to ask me about my work. The conversation goes something like this: “You’re a geographer. What do you do, exactly?” “I teach at UT Austin in the Department of Geography and the Environment, and … [Read more...] about La Ruta del Cambio Climático: Climate Change Tourism in the Peruvian Andes
21 años de paz, 21 millones de documentos: Una reflexión sobre el portal digital del Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional de Guatemala
POR HANNAH ALPERT-ABRAMS | traducido por Susanna Sharpe ¿Cómo le hacemos para entender 80 millones de páginas de documentos históricos? Esta pregunta es de naturaleza filosófica. Se trata del poder de la mente para asimilar un número tan grande de documentos. El Archivo Histórico de la … [Read more...] about 21 años de paz, 21 millones de documentos: Una reflexión sobre el portal digital del Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional de Guatemala
Una vida en 327 cuadernos: el archivo literario de María Luisa Puga
BY JOSÉ MONTELONGO Para algunos, un diario es una excursión hacia adentro, confrontación con uno mismo que se emprende en momentos de crisis y de transformación. Para otros no es un proyecto pasajero —que acompaña un rito de pasaje— sino una necesidad vital y cotidiana, una respiración. Eso fue … [Read more...] about Una vida en 327 cuadernos: el archivo literario de María Luisa Puga
Cardenal en tiempos difíciles
POR LUIS CÁRCAMO-HUECHANTE Leer en inglés Fue un invierno de 1979. Ya cursaba mi cuarto año de educación secundaria en el liceo de la ciudad de Valdivia, sur de Chile. En una de mis clases, la profesora de castellano sorprendió al curso y llegó al aula con un tocadiscos. Lo prendió y puso en … [Read more...] about Cardenal en tiempos difíciles
Digital Keepers: The Ethics of Saving Online Data about Latin American Social Movements
ILASSA STUDENT CONFERENCE PAPER BY ITZA A. CARBAJAL On March 24, 2015, Soad Nicole Ham Bustillos, age 13, and three other young Hondurans, all high school students, were murdered in Tegucigalpa. Less than 24 hours earlier, video footage had shown them publicly protesting against recent changes … [Read more...] about Digital Keepers: The Ethics of Saving Online Data about Latin American Social Movements
Making Beauty: The Wearing of Polleras in the Andean Altiplano
BY ANGELA TAPIA ARCE Lucy does not smile too often. Like other women who wear polleras, she does not greet you with a wide grin, unless you are more than an acquaintance. Yet, when Lucy smiles the stars twinkle, whether or not the sun is overhead. She has two little silver stars inlaid into her … [Read more...] about Making Beauty: The Wearing of Polleras in the Andean Altiplano
On the Road with Barbara Hines: UT Students Visit Karnes Family Detention Facility
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT BY SUSANNA SHARPE It’s 7:30 on a Saturday morning. Barbara Hines has parked a large white van outside the law school at The University of Texas at Austin. Inside a small hallway of the school, a slightly sleepy group of students begins to assemble. Some are law students, … [Read more...] about On the Road with Barbara Hines: UT Students Visit Karnes Family Detention Facility
Anzaldúa across Borders: A Traveling Thought Gallery
BY SUSANNA SHARPE An image is a bridge between evoked emotion and conscious knowledge; words are cables that hold up the bridge. —Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, 1987 When Chicana author, cultural theorist, and feminist Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa died in 2004, she … [Read more...] about Anzaldúa across Borders: A Traveling Thought Gallery
Establishing History: The Black Diaspora Archive and the Texas Domestic Slave Trade Project
BY RACHEL E. WINSTON The vision for the Black Diaspora Archive at The University of Texas at Austin came into focus in 2013 as a collaborative project between Black Studies, LLILAS Benson, and the University of Texas Libraries. After years of continued successful collaboration, Black Studies … [Read more...] about Establishing History: The Black Diaspora Archive and the Texas Domestic Slave Trade Project
