Facilitating spaces for Indigenous languages and cultures

Oct 11, 2023 at 6:30pm (CT)

Facilitating spaces for Indigenous languages and cultures
Diverse curricular approaches for the Spanish-language classroom

A special presentation in honor of the Día de la Raza/Indigenous People Day
Professor Americo Mendoza, Ph.D. Harvard University

This presentation will explore strategies to incorporate Indigenous cultures and languages of the Americas within the field of Hispanic studies as a relevant and complex curricular component. We will discuss opportunities for building up academic and cultural programming to challenge and expand traditional notions of the so-called ‘Hispanic world’, and to reflect on how colleges and language departments can support more diverse spaces for the representation and visibility of Indigenous cultures, scholarship and voices, in connection with curricular goals. component.

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When: Oct 11, 2023 at 6:30pm (CT)