Introducción: Turismo En Las Tierras De Los Mayas,
2022
UNAM
Introducción: Turismo En Las Tierras De Los Mayas, Cristina Oehmichen
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Spanish Introductory Note
A Rebel Territory Behind The Tourist Scene: Negotiating National Belonging And Indigeneity In Quintana Roo,
2022
IRIS – Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux sociaux
A Rebel Territory Behind The Tourist Scene: Negotiating National Belonging And Indigeneity In Quintana Roo, Mélissa Elbez
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
When we think of tourism or migration, we think of international mobility. However, the history of Quintana Roo teaches us that tourism and migration can be forces of nationalization. This article invites us to revisit the history of the southeast Yucatan peninsula, in order to understand the mechanisms that presided over its inclusion into the Mexican nation and the logic of the resistance movement that was opposed to it. Furthermore, this article delves into the ritual practices, social organization and territoriality inherited from the Cast War, that are kept alive by the rebels’ descendants (Cruzoob), unbeknownst to the gaze of …
Las Vías De La Mayanización: Turismo, Tren Maya Y Representaciones De La Mayanidad En La Península De Yucatán,
2022
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitan
Las Vías De La Mayanización: Turismo, Tren Maya Y Representaciones De La Mayanidad En La Península De Yucatán, Marco Almeida Poot, Samuel Jouault, Yassir Rodríguez Martínez
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
En este trabajo se analiza cómo diversos actores sociales, autoidentificados o no como mayas, activan variadas representaciones de la mayanidad ante el Proyecto Tren Maya en su fase de construcción, tanto para gobernar la diversidad y promover el desarrollo, como para obtener beneficios económicos principalmente de actividades vinculadas al turismo. Con este propósito, se ofrece la ruta conceptual que nos permite hablar de representaciones de la mayanidad. Posteriormente, se exponen tres ejemplos que visibilizan los tipos de representación, así como las estrategias concretas de los actores ante el Proyecto Tren Maya.
Brave Storytelling: Diasporic Indigenous Students, Vulnerability, And The Arts,
2022
University of Warsaw
Brave Storytelling: Diasporic Indigenous Students, Vulnerability, And The Arts, Luis Javier Pentón Herrera
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
In this article, I explore how vulnerability is imposed on diasporic Indigenous students in U.S. classrooms and how, through the arts, language and literacy educators can remove these vulnerabilities. For this, I weave elements of storytelling to first introduce Mariela and diasporic Indigenous students. Then, I share two examples of how my diasporic Indigenous students used poetry and drawing in our high school English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classroom to overcome vulnerabilities imposed on them by our school system. For clarification, throughout this manuscript, I use the term diasporic Indigenous students to describe Indigenous students who migrated to …
Introduction: Tourism In The Lands Of The Maya,
2022
UNAM
Introduction: Tourism In The Lands Of The Maya, Cristina Oehmichen
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
English Introductory Note
Conjuro De Las Nueve Palabras,
2022
Kennesaw State University
Conjuro De Las Nueve Palabras, Donny Limber De Atocha Brito May
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Conjuro de las Nueve Palabras es un poema original de Donny Limber de Atocha Brito May. Este poema en español ha sido traducido del maya yucateco que también aparece en este número de América Maya.
Biographies/Biografías,
2022
UNAM
Biographies/Biografías, Cristina Oehmichen, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Author Biographies
Apocalypse Eternal: "The Road" And "Parable" Series As Pilgrimage,
2022
Liberty University
Apocalypse Eternal: "The Road" And "Parable" Series As Pilgrimage, Caleb Gurule
Senior Honors Theses
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road represent two different views on how humans create meaning in a postapocalyptic world. The authors’ writings utilize the critical dystopia genre, in which the protagonists’ surroundings are bleak but the possibility of redemption remains. As Butler’s Lauren Olamina travels from her burned-down home to a place where she can begin a new community with her religion, Earthseed, as the foundational structure, she brings together a group of diverse and useful people who aid her in her pilgrimage to a better place. The protagonist’s identity as a mentally impaired black …
Príncipe Jaguar,
2022
Kennesaw State University
Príncipe Jaguar, Ismael Briceño Mukul
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
"Príncipe Jaguar" es un poema original de Ismael Briceño Mukul. Este poema en español ha sido traducido del maya yucateco que también aparece en este número de América Maya.
Incantation Of The Nine Words,
2022
Kennesaw State University
Incantation Of The Nine Words, Donny Limber De Atocha Brito May
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Incantation of the Nine Words is an original poem by Donny Limber Brito May. This poem in Yucatec Maya and in Spanish also appears in this issue of Maya America.
U Kunali’ Bolon T’Aano’Ob,
2022
Kennesaw State University
U Kunali’ Bolon T’Aano’Ob, Donny Limber De Atocha Brito May
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Poema original de Donny Limber de Atocha Brito May en Yucatec Maya
Seated On The Bank Of The Yichk’U River,
2022
Kennesaw State University
Seated On The Bank Of The Yichk’U River, Daniel Caño
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
The six poems included here are presented in Q’anjob’al Maya and in English, side by side for language comparison. Collectively, the poems convey reflections on the poet’s renderings of beauty, wisdom, romance, and the natural world; in a style of eloquence amplified by directness and brevity. Glimpses of village, family, childhood and old age, life and death, are interwoven with cosmological wisdoms. Palpable resentment toward the Church and ladinos are graciously tempered with lightness and humor. Reprinted from “Sentado en la orilla del río Yichk’u “ POE Talleras, (2018) Huehuetenango, Guatemala, with permission from the author and publishers.
Apuntes Para Comentar El Libro "Sentado En La Orilla Del Río Yichk’U",
2022
Kennesaw State University
Apuntes Para Comentar El Libro "Sentado En La Orilla Del Río Yichk’U", Sergio Vives
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Sentado en la orilla del río Yichk’u, es el título de un trabajo en el que Daniel Caño nos invita con la generosidad que le caracteriza a acompañarlo en un viaje por distintos episodios de su vida iniciando precisamente en el escenario de la orilla de ese río que corre y que forma parte de la vida cotidiana de la comunidad Payconob´, la misma que le vio nacer en territorio ancestral del pueblo maya Q’anjob’al en lo que hoy conocemos como el municipio de Santa Eulalia. En esta obra su autor entrelaza elementos simbólicos de la cosmovisión maya con momentos …
Análisis Discursivo Del Tren Maya: Fragmentación Territorial De Una Promesa Desarrollista,
2022
Kennesaw State University
Análisis Discursivo Del Tren Maya: Fragmentación Territorial De Una Promesa Desarrollista, Ivet Reyes Maturano
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
La Península de Yucatán, al sur de la República Mexicana vive una profunda transformación derivada de la implementación de proyectos de gran infraestructura tanto públicos como privados. Tal es el caso del proyecto denominado Tren Maya (TM) y megaproyectos energéticos. Si bien existen varios estudios referentes a los posibles efectos socioambientales relativos al carácter material de estos megaproyectos, en este breve trabajo me pregunto cómo la dimensión discursiva, no material, del proyecto TM sustenta su despliegue y afecta la reconfiguración territorial. Específicamente, describo cómo los análisis técnicos de estos proyectos recurren a la fragmentación del territorio y de los proyectos …
Complete Issue: Volume 4 Issue 2,
2022
UNAM
Complete Issue: Volume 4 Issue 2, Cristina Oehmichen, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
The full Issue 2, Volume 4 of Maya America, published December 2022
Sentado En La Orilla Del Río Yichk’U,
2022
Kennesaw State University
Sentado En La Orilla Del Río Yichk’U, Daniel Caño
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
La poesía y las historias de Daniel Caño nos hablan sobre la vitalidad de su cultura y su lengua. Los seis poemas que se incluyen se presentan en la lengua maya Q'anjob'al y en español, uno al lado del otro para su comparación. Los poemas transmiten un conjunto de reflexiones acerca de la interpretación del poeta sobre la belleza, la sabiduría, el romance y el mundo natural; en un estilo de elocuencia enaltecido por la franqueza y la brevedad de la palabra. Las visiones del pueblo, de la familia, de la infancia y la vejez, y de la vida y …
A Collaborative Effort Joins North Omaha And Convences A Joint Effort To Hold Oppd Accountable For Toxics From Coal Burning,
2022
University of Nebraska at Omaha
A Collaborative Effort Joins North Omaha And Convences A Joint Effort To Hold Oppd Accountable For Toxics From Coal Burning, Preston Love Jr.
Black Studies Faculty Publications
I share an important issue affecting all of Omaha but critically affecting North Omaha residents. Coal burning creates toxic air and many other public health issues. Coal plants are responsible for 42 percent of US mercury emissions, a toxic heavy metal that can damage the nervous, digestive, and immune systems, and is a serious threat to the child development. Just 1/70th of a teaspoon of mercury deposited on a 25-acre lake can make the fish unsafe to eat. According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Emissions Inventory, US coal power plants emitted 45,676 pounds of mercury in 2014 …
Full Issue,
2022
University of Texas at Arlington
Full Issue, Palara Guest Editors
PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association
No abstract provided.
Being La Dominicana: Race And Identity In The Visual Culture Of Santo Domingo,
2022
University of Texas at Arlington
Being La Dominicana: Race And Identity In The Visual Culture Of Santo Domingo, Lydia Platón Lázaro
PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association
Rachel Afi Quinn Review by Lydia Platón Lázaro
“Together We Arrived And Together We Shall Leave”: The Gouverneur Parents Association And The Politics Of Race And Disability In Postwar New York,
2022
CUNY Hostos Community College
“Together We Arrived And Together We Shall Leave”: The Gouverneur Parents Association And The Politics Of Race And Disability In Postwar New York, Jorge A. Matos
Publications and Research
This essay documents the history of the Gouverneur Parents Association (GPA), a group of mostly Black and Latinx parents whose disabled children were institutionalized at the Gouverneur Division of the infamous Willowbrook State School in New York City. The GPA, in coalition with Black, Latinx, and White parents and activists, led a campaign during the 1970s and 1980s to close Willowbrook, then part of a national network of sites denounced by disability activists during the heyday of the deinstitutionalization movement. In this essay I argue that the postwar migration of Black and Latinx communities into New York City amid an …
