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Conjuro De Las Nueve Palabras, Donny Limber De Atocha Brito May
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, Cristina Oehmichen, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
Biographies/Biografías, Cristina Oehmichen, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Author Biographies
Príncipe Jaguar, Ismael Briceño Mukul
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, Donny Limber De Atocha Brito May
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, Donny Limber De Atocha Brito May
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, Daniel Caño
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", Sergio Vives
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, Ivet Reyes Maturano
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, Cristina Oehmichen, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
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, Daniel Caño
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 …
Complete Issue: Volume 4 Issue 1
Complete Issue: Volume 4 Issue 1
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Maya America presents this special issue as a stand-alone primary document to further an understanding of the life experiences of Guatemalan adoptees and to encourage the inclusion of irregular adoption as part of the Maya diaspora and as an integral part of the migration of peoples from Central America. Indeed, it is striking to see Maya heritage adoptees, raised in various parts of the world, add to the concept of "Maya America.”
Othering In Immigration Laws, Andrea Wright, Quenten Jackson, Cesar Raymundo
Othering In Immigration Laws, Andrea Wright, Quenten Jackson, Cesar Raymundo
Immigration Scholarship: History, Trends and Development in Global Immigration
The ethical wrongs in immigration laws severely impact what it means to be an immigrant American citizen. The Hispanic and Latino groups experience “citizenship” in the United States in a way that portrays them as uneducated and poor criminals, and this paper seeks to understand the reasoning behind this unfair reputation. In order to answer questions of ethics and law, this paper begins with studying the root of othering, regarding immigration in the United States. This research paper investigates the evolution of race-based exclusion laws in immigration and focuses on the relationship between these exclusion laws and race hierarchy in …
Rhetorical Resistance To Assimilation Among Cherokee Female Seminary Students, Kaelyn Ireland
Rhetorical Resistance To Assimilation Among Cherokee Female Seminary Students, Kaelyn Ireland
Symposium of Student Scholars
Throughout the nineteenth century, Cherokees invited American missionaries into their territory to establish schools where children and youth could learn the ways of Euroamericans, particularly Christianity and spoken and written English. Although mission schools contributed to acculturation, they also provided means for Cherokees to resist assimilation. Cherokees cited school attendance as evidence they were becoming “civilized” in hopes they could demonstrate to Euroamericans that they were sufficiently like them, thus preventing Removal from their homelands, and students employed what they learned as leverage in dealing with the United States in political matters that affected their tribe. Only a small minority …
‘The Female Marine’ And ‘Clotel’: An Analysis Of Female Crossdressing To Escape Coercive Labor Situations In 19th Century American Literature, Kaelyn Ireland
‘The Female Marine’ And ‘Clotel’: An Analysis Of Female Crossdressing To Escape Coercive Labor Situations In 19th Century American Literature, Kaelyn Ireland
Symposium of Student Scholars
Although illegal in many U.S. cities, crossdressing was a point of fascination for Americans of the nineteenth century. Stories of real women passing as men to serve in the military—for example, Revolutionary War veteran Deborah Sampson—enchanted readers and inspired writers, such as that of The Female Marine. Ostensibly written by its heroine, but most likely written by Nathaniel Hill Wright, The Female Marine was a popular story about a young woman who was forced to become a sex worker and cross-dressed to escape her situation, then enlisted in the Navy where she served abroad the U.S.S. Constitution. At …
The Complexity Of "The Hate U Give", Esosiye Alexander
The Complexity Of "The Hate U Give", Esosiye Alexander
Emerging Writers
"The Complexity of 'The Hate U Give'" discusses significant cultural and societal aspects of the 2018 N.A.A.C.P. award-winning film, "The Hate U Give." As part of evaluating the film, this essay analyzes the film's portrayal of police brutality in the black community, its long-term consequences, complex discussions that black adults have with youths and themselves, and how difficult it is to get justice for the victim.
America’S Forgotten Laborers: The World Of Enslaved Craftsmen, Zack Dow
America’S Forgotten Laborers: The World Of Enslaved Craftsmen, Zack Dow
Emerging Writers
This article examines the underrepresented world of enslaved artisans in the American south. In the minds of many, enslaved Americans were confined to unskilled plantation labor. While such labor constituted a large part of the work of the enslaved, master craftspeople go unrecognized, perpetuating an imagine of unskilled, nominal workers that undermines the accomplishments of the millions of black artisans working at the time.
Being Black In Sports, Vongai Kwenda
Being Black In Sports, Vongai Kwenda
Emerging Writers
This essay examines how black sportspeople aren’t sheltered from racism, though they are famous and loved. In the past, black players faced segregation and more overt, aggressive forms of racism. But today, the sports world has come a long way with integration, stricter policies, and protests going global. Racism is perpetuated by racist fans online and in the stands, and sports commentators who use racial tropes rooted in biological racism. More awareness and debunking are needed. White players can take a stand in the heat of an incident to send a stronger message too. It worked in the past, so …
The Loop Of Trauma, Jayden Miller-Jones
The Loop Of Trauma, Jayden Miller-Jones
Emerging Writers
"The Loop of Trauma" is a piece that was written in response to the various BLM protests and police attacks that took place during 2020. The author responds to memories of being shrouded in a deep depression with no sense of how to escape. After entering their English 1101 class they were finally able to properly describe the feelings. This piece covers their beliefs on mental health in the black community and how it is often shelved for a later date, a date that more often than not, never comes.
Repensando A San Simón, El Sincretismo Y La Autoridad Antropológica, C. James Mackenzie
Repensando A San Simón, El Sincretismo Y La Autoridad Antropológica, C. James Mackenzie
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
The tradition of San Simón in Guatemala has long garnered considerable interest among foreign and national academics, tourists, and Guatemalans in general from a range of backgrounds. Many, though not all, are drawn to the ambiguity and multiple identities often attributed to this deity, including associations with Pedro de Alvarado and Judas Iscariot as well as autochthonous figures such as the Maya deity Mam or other figures from Indigenous history and culture. In this article, based primarily on ethnographic research conducted since 1994, I trace opinions and assessments concerning San Simón, from a range of interlocutors, and consider how these …
“Why Would Anyone Leave?”: Development, Overindebtedness, And Migration In Guatemala, Lauren Heidbrink, Giovanni Batz, Celeste Sánchez
“Why Would Anyone Leave?”: Development, Overindebtedness, And Migration In Guatemala, Lauren Heidbrink, Giovanni Batz, Celeste Sánchez
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Over the past two decades, policymakers have expressed considerable optimism about the capacity of international development to curb transnational migration, yet there is a dearth of research examining how and under what conditions development interventions impact migration decisions. Enlisting a case study approach in the Maya-K’iche’ community of Almolonga, this article examines divergent meanings and practices of “development” and its impact on the migratory aspirations and outcomes of Indigenous families in Guatemala. Government authorities and international development experts exalt Almolonga as a prosperous example of a globalized, agrarian-based economy. Key to its ‘success’ is the growing microcredit industry which advertises …
Biographies/Biografías, Alan Lebaron
Biographies/Biografías, Alan Lebaron
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Biographies for all authors
Trends In Language Choice And Effects Of Choice On Acquisition: Kaqchikel Maya And Spanish In Central Guatemala, Jonathan Homquist, Hana Muzika Kahn
Trends In Language Choice And Effects Of Choice On Acquisition: Kaqchikel Maya And Spanish In Central Guatemala, Jonathan Homquist, Hana Muzika Kahn
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
This study reveals trends in the choice of Kaqchikel Maya, Spanish, or both languages for household activities and by the generations, that is, the children, parents, and grandparents, in a village and a town in the central highlands of Guatemala. Similarities and differences between the village and town are described in both cases. The study also highlights the direct relationship between the language choice of parents and the acquisition of Kaqchikel by children. A total of 171 indigenous residents in the town and the village participated in the study. Findings are based on responses to a sociolinguistic questionnaire that also …
Migración Indígena Ayuujk: Recuento De Una Trayectoria Familiar, Telmo Jiménez Diaz
Migración Indígena Ayuujk: Recuento De Una Trayectoria Familiar, Telmo Jiménez Diaz
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
La migración es un fenómeno complejo que impacta en las formas de vida de las comunidades, las familias y las personas que emigran. Las comunidades indígenas se han integrado a la migración interna e internacional desde mediados del siglo XX. En este texto, hago un recuento de la trayectoria migratoria de mi familia, en un ejercicio reflexivo, muestro una mirada diacrónica de los cambios en la región mixe y desde ahí retomo mi experiencia de investigación en la antropología.
Complete Issue: Volume 3 Issue 3, Alan Lebaron, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
Complete Issue: Volume 3 Issue 3, Alan Lebaron, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
The full Issue 3, Volume 3 of Maya America, published November 2021
A History Of Land Tenure In The Ixil Region, Elaine Elliott
A History Of Land Tenure In The Ixil Region, Elaine Elliott
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
After the Spanish conquest, the IxilMayainitially remained less affected than more centrally located groups. However, dramatic changes occurred due to Guatemalan national government laws in the late 1800s which allowed claims on “vacant land”. Maya on those lands quickly adapted, claiming the areas where they had lived for over a millennium. The government favored large landowners who contributed to the national economy with export crops, particularly coffee. In the 1950s era of land reform, small farmers briefly obtained land, something quicklyreversed with the overthrow of the national government, accused of communism for these reforms. Conflict escalated when a leftist guerrilla …
¿Cómo Migramos? Una Perspectiva Autoetnografíca Sobre La Migración, Yunitza Vásquez Vásquez
¿Cómo Migramos? Una Perspectiva Autoetnografíca Sobre La Migración, Yunitza Vásquez Vásquez
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
El tema de la migración resulta ser muy amplio y se puede abordar desde la identidad, el género, el racismo, y el cuerpo, por esta razón me resulta importante hablar sobre este proceso desde mi experiencia como antropóloga, mujer, e indígena migrante. Este trabajo se presenta en cuatro partes. En la primera reflexiono sobre mi origen zapoteco-mixe y la discriminación étnica dentro y fuera de la comunidad Villa Hidalgo Yalálag. En la segunda parte abordo las causas de la migración yalalteca, en la tercera hablo sobre los medios de comunicación y su contribución para fortalecer los lazos entre los migrantes …
Cover And Introductory Note, Alan Lebaron, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
Cover And Introductory Note, Alan Lebaron, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Front matter of Maya America Vol.3 Iss.3, including Introductory Note from the Editors
La Tenencia De Tierra En La Región Ixil, Elena Elliott
La Tenencia De Tierra En La Región Ixil, Elena Elliott
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Después de la Conquista Española, los Ixiles no fueron tan impactados como otros grupos más centrales. Sin embargo, cambios dramáticos ocurrieron debido a leyes del gobierno nacional de Guatemala al final de los años 1800 que permitieron reclamo de tierras baldías. Los Mayas en estas tierras adaptaron, reclamando las áreas donde habían vivido más de un milenio. El gobierno favoreció terratenientes que contribuyeron a la economía nacional con cultivos para exportación, especialmente el café. En los años 1950 en un tiempo de reforma agraria pequeños agricultores obtuvieron tierra, algo rápidamente cancelado con el derrocamiento del gobierno, acusado de comunismo debido …
Contrastes En La Migración Internacional De Trabajadores Agrícolas Purhépechas, José Roberto González Morales
Contrastes En La Migración Internacional De Trabajadores Agrícolas Purhépechas, José Roberto González Morales
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Esta investigación documenta la emergente migración de los trabajadores agrícolas purhépechasde la comunidad indígena de Comachuén, municipio de Nahuatzen, Michoacán, México, que año tras año acuden al estado de Nueva York a través de la visa H2A. En el texto se contrasta la migración de los trabajadores purhépechas en México y en Estados Unidos,es decir, las causas, efectos e impactos económicos, sociales y culturales que está teniendo la migración por contrato en Comachuén. La observación participante como migrante contratado H2A, me permitió vivir y sentir la dureza del trabajo agrícola en el field, además de conocer, describir y analizar las …
Buscando Eela Chil Vatz En El Tiichajil Tenam: El Concepto Del Buen Vivir En El Pensamiento Maya Ixil, Monika Banach, Elena Brito Herrera
Buscando Eela Chil Vatz En El Tiichajil Tenam: El Concepto Del Buen Vivir En El Pensamiento Maya Ixil, Monika Banach, Elena Brito Herrera
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
A través de un acercamiento a los conceptos ancestrales del tiichajil (buen vivir) y eel achil vatz (igualdad, balance) se analiza la utilización de la epistemología Ixil en el trabajo de las mujeres indígenas dentro de organizaciones de base, con el propósito de cambiar su realidad presente. En el contexto del aumento de la violencia de género, extractivismo y los efectos del cambio climático, estas prácticas cuestionan las nociones occidentales acerca del bienestar, y se buscan y recuperan propuestas más sostenibles. Se resalta que, entre diferentes ideas sobre el bienestar, en la cosmovisión Ixil se incluye tanto seres humanos como …