BY MATTHEW BUTLER and JOHN ERARD THE ROADS TO MICHOACÁN: MATTHEW BUTLER IT IS SAID that the history of a Mexican pueblo is the history of its lands. What better way, then, to explore that history than through land records such as Michoacán’s hijuelas books? I first came across these … [Read more...] about The Hijuelas Books: Digitizing Indigenous Archives in Mexico
Indigenous Issues
“La mitad de mi corazón”: Una entrevista con Montserrat y Fátima Valdivia
BY SUSANNA SHARPE Read in English Olimpia Montserrat Valdivia y Fátima Valdivia son hermanas gemelas idénticas de León, Guanajuato, Mexico, que estudian el doctorado en el Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos Teresa Lozano Long (LLILAS) de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Fátima comenzó … [Read more...] about “La mitad de mi corazón”: Una entrevista con Montserrat y Fátima Valdivia
“Half of My Heart”: An Interview with Montserrat and Fátima Valdivia
BY SUSANNA SHARPE Leer en español Olimpia Montserrat Valdivia and Fátima Valdivia are identical twin sisters from León, Guanajuato, Mexico, who are enrolled in the doctoral program at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at … [Read more...] about “Half of My Heart”: An Interview with Montserrat and Fátima Valdivia
Indigenous Self-Determination and Drug Trafficking in Mexico’s Tarahumara Region
Leer en español. BY FÁTIMA VALDIVIA IN OCTOBER 2018, Julián Carrillo Martínez, an indigenous Rarámuri defender, was killed in his community of Coloradas de la Virgen, located in the municipality of Guadalupe y Calvo, in the northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Together with his community, … [Read more...] about Indigenous Self-Determination and Drug Trafficking in Mexico’s Tarahumara Region
Auto-Determinación Indígena y Tráfico de Drogas en la Región Tarahumara, México
Read in English. POR FÁTIMA VALDIVIA EN OCTUBRE 2018, Julián Carrillo Martínez, defensor indígena rarámuri, fue asesinado en su comunidad Coloradas de la Virgen, ubicada en el municipio de Guadalupe y Calvo, en el estado de Chihuahua, al norte de México. Junto con su comunidad, Julián había … [Read more...] about Auto-Determinación Indígena y Tráfico de Drogas en la Región Tarahumara, México
Faculty Spotlight: Kelly S. McDonough
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
Four Centuries of Rare Documents Will Be Digitized in Partnership with Puebla Archive
BY SUSANNA SHARPE August 8, 2018, was an auspicious day for students of Mexican history. An agreement signed between LLILAS Benson and the Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Estado de Puebla marks the official start of a project to digitize a large collection of archival materials from the Fondo … [Read more...] about Four Centuries of Rare Documents Will Be Digitized in Partnership with Puebla Archive
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
From the Director
This is my first opportunity to greet you from the pages of Portal as the director of LLILAS Benson. I came into this position with many years of connections to LLILAS and the Benson Collection. I started teaching at The University of Texas at Austin in 1990, when I had an appointment at … [Read more...] about From the Director
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
