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Indigenous Issues

The Hijuelas Books: Digitizing Indigenous Archives in Mexico

October 30, 2020

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

Tagged With: British Library, endangered archives, hijuelas, John Erard, Latin American Digital Initiatives, Matthew Butler, Michoacán, post-custodial archives

“La mitad de mi corazón”: Una entrevista con Montserrat y Fátima Valdivia

April 8, 2020

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

Tagged With: Fátima Valdivia, LLILAS students, migrantes, Montserrat Valdivia, Tarahumara, UT Austin

“Half of My Heart”: An Interview with Montserrat and Fátima Valdivia

April 8, 2020

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

Tagged With: Central American migration, Fátima Valdivia, LLILAS, LLILAS students, migrants, Montserrat Valdivia, Tarahumara, UT Austin

Indigenous Self-Determination and Drug Trafficking in Mexico’s Tarahumara Region

August 20, 2019

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

Tagged With: drug trafficking, Fátima Valdivia, Indigenous Issues, indigenous women, Rarámuri, Student Research, Tarahumara

Auto-Determinación Indígena y Tráfico de Drogas en la Región Tarahumara, México

August 20, 2019

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

Tagged With: Fátima Valdivia, LLILAS, Rarámuri, Tarahumara, tráfico de drogas

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

Four Centuries of Rare Documents Will Be Digitized in Partnership with Puebla Archive

August 27, 2018

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

April 19, 2018

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

Tagged With: AHPN, Digital archives, Digital humanities, Guatemala, Guatemala armed conflict, Human Rights

From the Director

September 7, 2017

  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

August 28, 2017

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

Tagged With: Andean women, Andes, Peru, Polleras, Puno

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