The University of Arizona’s Center for Latin American Studies and Center for Middle Eastern Studies have collaborated to create a free resource to “expand students’ global awareness and spark interest in learning about Latin American and Middle Eastern countries.” Through … Continue Reading »
Combating Anti-Black Racism in Brazil and Beyond
Recently, SAPIENS, a digital anthropological magazine, published an interview with anthropologist Christen A. Smith that “[provided] insights into resisting police violence and creating safe societies for people of African descent.” This interview features topics like police brutality, the assassination of Marielle … Continue Reading »
How a vital record of Mexican indigenous life was created under quarantine
The LA Times published an article about the Florentine Codex, a Nahuatl and Spanish language codex created in the 16th century by Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún. The last two books of the codex were created during a smallpox … Continue Reading »
Arturita
Arturita, a “collaborative digital humanities project aimed at facilitating exchange between archival communities in Latin America and the world”, hosts a few different books and published works for free on their website. One example is “Approaches to Chilean Cinema in … Continue Reading »
Stitching Resistance
The Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico has curriculum on the topic of “the history and sociopolitical context of the Chilean dictator, Pinochet, and the related art form known as arpilleras.” Arpilleras are a type … Continue Reading »
All Around This World: The Caribbean
On this webpage, students have the option to travel to different Caribbean nations in separate, music based lessons. Options include celebrating Jounen Kewyol in St. Lucia, electing the next Haitian president with the help of rara, and experiencing Junkanoo on … Continue Reading »
The Literary Canon Is Mostly White. Here’s an Alternative Latin American Reading List
Remezcla has organized a list of Latin American books that may be useful to educators putting together their syllabi for the coming school year. The list highlights different Latin American books and comparable books from the common literary canon. Options include … Continue Reading »
Quilombola Lives Matter: Forging Transnational Anti-Racisms in the Age of Pandemic
The University of Texas at Austin’s Rapoport Center invites you to attend a bilingual conversation about shared experiences and differences in the fight against white supremacy, police violence, and territorial dispossession in Brazil and the U.S. This conversation will be … Continue Reading »
Restoring Women to World Studies
Through “Hemispheres: The International Outreach Consortium”, the University of Texas at Austin has made available a variety of teaching resources. One of which is called “Restoring Women to World Studies” and focuses on bringing women back into the forefront of … Continue Reading »
Global Teacher Seminar Bibliography: Colombia’s Civil War
The Ohio State University has made available their bibliography from their 2017 Global Teacher Seminar covering the Colombian civil war that began in 1964 and has never completely ended. Resources are grouped into headings such as “Who Are the FARC?” … Continue Reading »