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Indigenous Languages Thrive at UT Austin: Quechua, Nahuatl, and K’iche’

August 31, 2021

BY SUSANNA SHARPE The Indigenous Languages Initiative (ILI), established in 2013, builds on LLILAS Benson’s longstanding commitment to fomenting and supporting the study of Indigenous languages and cultures. The primary goal of ILI is threefold: (1) provide high-quality courses taught by native … [Read more...] about Indigenous Languages Thrive at UT Austin: Quechua, Nahuatl, and K’iche’

Tagged With: COERLL, Eduardo de la Cruz Cruz, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous languages, Indigenous Languages Initiative, Jermani Ojeda, K'iche', Katherin Tairo, Kelly McDonough, LLILAS Benson, Nahuatl, Quechua, Sicuani, Susanna Sharpe, The University of Texas at Austin, UT Austin

Faculty Spotlight: Kelly S. McDonough

August 27, 2018

BY SUSANNA SHARPE There is a term in the Nahuatl language that means learned person, sage, or knowledge keeper: itxtlamati (plural, ixtlamatinih), a compound of the words meaning face and to know. The concept of knowledge gleaned from experience is central in the work of Kelly S. McDonough, … [Read more...] about Faculty Spotlight: Kelly S. McDonough

Tagged With: Indigenous Issues, Kelly McDonough, Nahuas, Nahuatl

Reading the First Books: Colonial Mexican Documents in the Digital Age

August 24, 2017

BY HANNAH ALPERT-ABRAMS AND MARIA VICTORIA FERNANDEZ In 1595, in Mexico City, the Jesuit priest Antonio del Rincón (1555–1601) published a grammatical description of the Nahuatl language. Though other grammars of Nahuatl existed, Rincón’s Arte mexicana was the first to describe the indigenous … [Read more...] about Reading the First Books: Colonial Mexican Documents in the Digital Age

Tagged With: colonial Mexico, Digital humanities, Nahuatl, OCR, Primeros Libros, Student Research

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