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De Vente A Alemania, Pepe A ¿Te Has Venido A Alemania, Pepe?: Aspectos Económicos Y Culturales De La Emigración En Dos Generaciones Distintas, Daniel López Fernández

Homage to Alexander von Humboldt: Travels to and from Spain Throughout the Centuries / Homenaje a Alexander von Humboldt: Viajes hacia y desde España de todos los siglos

En Vente a Alemania, Pepe, el epónimo protagonista decide seguir el camino de muchos de sus compatriotas y abandonar temporalmente España con la intención de ganar más dinero en el extranjero, una esperanza que se ve pronto frustrada. Décadas más tarde, la crisis económica que comenzó en 2008 parece haber dado lugar a una repetición de este capítulo tragicómico de la historia española. No obstante, existen diferencias notables entre ambas generaciones. La migración actual atañe a una generación muy distinta de la que se marchó en los años sesenta y setenta. Se trata, en muchos casos, de inmigrantes con una …

Los Primeros Viajes Decisivos De Fernando Arrabal Entre España Y Francia, Viveca Tallgren

Homage to Alexander von Humboldt: Travels to and from Spain Throughout the Centuries / Homenaje a Alexander von Humboldt: Viajes hacia y desde España de todos los siglos

The first journeys of the writer and dramatist Fernando Arrabal between his home country Spain and France were decisive for both his life and his extensive literary production. Arrabal grew up in Franco’s Spain. His father was a Republican lieutenant and was sentenced to imprisonment for life because of his denying to participate in Franco’s rebellion against the democratic Republic. Arrabal’s mother was, however, a supporter of Franco. This political clash between Arrabal’s parents affected him strongly. During his adolescence it became difficult for him to endure the cultural climate in Franco’s Spain. At the age of 22 he hitchhiked …

La Representación Del Exilio En “Como Greenwich” De Mario Benedetti, María Elizabeth Nuño Plascencia

Homage to Alexander von Humboldt: Travels to and from Spain Throughout the Centuries / Homenaje a Alexander von Humboldt: Viajes hacia y desde España de todos los siglos

El proyecto estético del escritor Mario Benedetti se construyó en torno al exilio. El presente artículo analiza la representación del exilio en el cuento “Como Greenwich”, estableciendo un diálogo con postulados de Joseph Brodsky, Edward Said y María Zambrano. El relato de Benedetti explora la sensación de no pertenencia a una geografía específica, la dificultad de integrarse en una sociedad diferente y la alienación respecto a la identidad. La protagonista sufre la confusión ideológica derivada de conflictos políticos familiares, impactando en su visión del mundo y por los desafíos que conlleva el exilio. en sí mismo. Benedetti construye el relato …

Hamete Y Su Viaje Transformador, Matthew J. Dean

Homage to Alexander von Humboldt: Travels to and from Spain Throughout the Centuries / Homenaje a Alexander von Humboldt: Viajes hacia y desde España de todos los siglos

El Hamete de Toledo es un drama escrito por Lope de Vega. Cuenta la historia de un noble musulmán del norte de África que es capturado y esclavizado en España. Este artículo sitúa la acción en el contexto histórico, destacando las técnicas dramáticas a través de las cuales se revelara el viaje de transformación del protagonista.

Alexander Von Humboldt: Rescate Patrimonial Y Escritos Para Una Memoria De Justicia Social Latinoamericana, Gladys Ilarregui

Homage to Alexander von Humboldt: Travels to and from Spain Throughout the Centuries / Homenaje a Alexander von Humboldt: Viajes hacia y desde España de todos los siglos

Un códice, una estatuilla en piedra, un dibujo estelar en un papel plegado, el ocre y el rojo ladrillo decorando figuras extrañas. Un grupo familiar en una ceremonia, mujeres con glosas que salen de la boca, rostros con orejeras, el humo de los tiempos. Estas cosas agujereadas, maltratadas por la humedad y muchas veces rotas han soportado ya varios siglos, pero el coleccionismo europeo de la Ilustración las revisa, selecciona e interpreta. Desde la modernidad que Byung- Chul-Han describe como el momento de las “no-cosas”, cuando las cosas que estabilizaban la vida humana y le daban continuidad pierden su efecto …

Paisaje De Cataluña Y Valencia. Polimatía Y Epistemología En El Sello Epistolar De Alexander Von Humboldt En Concordancia Con Las Observaciones De Antonio José Cavanilles, Martha Garcia

Homage to Alexander von Humboldt: Travels to and from Spain Throughout the Centuries / Homenaje a Alexander von Humboldt: Viajes hacia y desde España de todos los siglos

Epistolary activity dates to Ancient Greece in affinity with the Roman tradition in which the missive was the most efficient means of communication at a distance. An erudite knowledge of the subject was required since the content would be recorded in posterity. Polymathy and epistemology were therefore required in daily practice of writing encyclicals from the society of Medieval era up to the pinnacle of the epistolary genre during Humanism. The letter, therefore, implied the fact that the writer was out from the territory of the point of departure and the recipient of the correspondence was distant. This exegesis focuses …

El Encuentro De Alexander Von Humboldt Y Enrique Gil En Berlín, Valentín Carrera

Homage to Alexander von Humboldt: Travels to and from Spain Throughout the Centuries / Homenaje a Alexander von Humboldt: Viajes hacia y desde España de todos los siglos

La celebración del X Congreso Internacional e Interdisciplinario Alexander Von Humboldt en la ciudad de León propició la mejor ocasión para hilvanar ante distinguidos colegas especialistas en la materia uno de los hilos más desconocidos de Humboldt: su relación con el poeta y diplomático Enrique Gil, Padre de las Letras Leonesas. Esta contribución hilvana, pues, sobre el telar del Romanticismo, los cabos sueltos del encuentro en Berlín de dos inteligencias deslumbrantes, dos personalidades de alto voltaje literario y humano, que compartían su homosexualidad y sus vínculos con logias masónicas. La relación, descrita como amistad íntima, se extendió desde septiembre de …

Encuentro Feliz: Benjamin Vicuna Mackenna Y Alexander Von Humboldt, Lilianet Brintrup Hertling

Homage to Alexander von Humboldt: Travels to and from Spain Throughout the Centuries / Homenaje a Alexander von Humboldt: Viajes hacia y desde España de todos los siglos

Benjamín Vicuña MacKenna y Alexander von Humboldt. El intenso deseo del joven chileno de 24 años, Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna (1831-1886), escritor, periodista, historiador, político y viajero, de encontrarse con el famoso científico prusiano Alexander von Humboldt en Berlín en 1855, lo lleva a describir con singular detalle este encuentro breve y cruzado. La superioridad del científico europeo es expresada en un tono de sólida admiración. Admiración que no era mutua, porque von Humboldt no podía admirar a quien aún no había ni estudiado ni escrito, y el científico prusiano ya había viajado y realizado su tarea en el Continente Americano. …

The Symbolism Of The Andean Condor: Its Meaning In The Indigenous Cosmology, Culture, And National Identity Of Ecuador And The Andean Region, Sylvia S. Carter-Smith

Research Symposium

Este proyecto se enfoca en el tema del simbolismo, significado y conservación del cóndor andino en la región andina, con un énfasis en Ecuador. Las encuestas, observaciones, entrevistas, y fuentes secundarias fueron utilizados para registrar información sobre la relevancia y contexto del cóndor como un símbolo andino. La investigación reveló que el símbolo del cóndor andino juega un rol significativo en la identidad nacional, la cosmovisión andina, y la representación de liberación del colonialismo. Discutió las actitudes populares hacia la disminución de la población de cóndores andinos. La monografía disputó la minería, la caza ilegal, y la comodificación de la …

Beyond Words: Translating Spanish Subtitles, Charlie Carlston, Tyler Godfrey

Student Research Symposium

Challenges in Subtitle Translation

• How does one translate humor, slang, and cultural references without losing meaning?
• More than just words!

Implementing A Paleographical Analysis To Provenance A Spanish Sanctorale, Amelia Lutz, Robert Fritz Ph.D

Posters-at-the-Capitol

A 17th-century Latin sanctorale held in the collection of the Saint Meinrad Archabbey features marginalia written in Spanish, but its place of origin and past ownership is otherwise unknown. Drawing on clues derived from a paleographical analysis of marginalia and a hymn pasted into the back cover, I have gathered evidence suggesting that the sanctorale originated in or was formerly owned by one of the religious orders in the Spanish city of Alcalá de Henares. A key piece of evidence is handwriting that adapts one of the chants to praise Saints Justus and Pastor, the patron saints of Alcalá. This …

Food And Memory In Literature: A Folkloric Approach, Pola Schiavone

Dublin Gastronomy Symposium

This paper analyzes food as a memory device in the novel Doña Flor y sus dos maridos by the Brazilian author Jorge Amado. Set in San Salvador du Bahía in northern Brazil, the novel follows Doña Flor after her husband Vadinho dies. Food and drink – considered here as folkloric forms – play a central role not only in her exploration of memories of her husband but also in the broader bahiana society with its mix of different ethnicities (African, indigenous, European). Drawing on Felix Coluccio’s and Dan Ben-Amos notions of folklore and literature and Arjun Appadurai’s exploration of the …

2024 Conference Program, Georgia Southern University

South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL)

2024 Conference Program

What Would It Take To Prepare Critical Spanish Heritage Language (Shl) Instructors?, Gabrielle Yocupicio

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

In the last decade, prominent scholars (Beaudrie & Loza, 2021; Leeman & Serafini, 2016; Martinez, 2016; Parra, 2016) have called for the adoption of critical language awareness (CLA) as a primary framework for carrying out Spanish heritage language (SHL) instructional goals. Thus, research on preparing SHL instructors for critical teaching continues to necessitate the opinions and advice of current practitioners engaging in CLA efforts. This presentation hopes to contribute to this research by honing into the recommendations of five educators working in a well-established SHL program at a U.S. Southwest university. Drawing from my dissertation, I employed qualitative semi-structured interviews …

Helping Spanish Heritage Speakers Decolonialize Their Attitudes Towards The Language: The Classroom As A Community That Aims To Heal Generational Linguistic Wounds., Claudia Pozzobon Potratz

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

Generational language wounds are the result of language loss caused by trauma, discrimination, or deficit narrative. Heritage language instructors can learn to identify manifestations of these wounds and help their students heal so they can have a healthy relationship with their language and culture.

Proficiency Assessment In Bilingualism Research: How Valid Are Our Measures?, Sara Saez-Fajardo, Melissa A. Bowles

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

Many Spanish HL acquisition studies have used proficiency assessments developed for L2 learners to meet investigation standards. However, few researchers present any validity evidence of these instruments’ appropriateness for HL learners. In this presentation, I inspect the validity evidence of one of the most popular proficiency tests: the DELE test.

Speaker Investment And Oral Proficiency In Heritage Speakers Of Spanish: A Quantitative Approach, Megan Marshall

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

Title: Speaker investment and oral proficiency in heritage speakers of Spanish: a quantitative approach

Keywords: Investment, Heritage, Identity, Oral Proficiency

The concept of investment has been used to expand the understanding of language learning beyond the acquisition of language competence, grammar, pronunciation, etc. to also consider how the speaker/learner is socially positioned to navigate social contexts and the impacts this has on their opportunities for language learning and use (Norton-Pierce, 1995; Norton & Toohey, 2011). Darvin & Norton, 2015 further develop this work by proposing a trio of components that contribute to speaker investment- (1)speaker identity, (2)linguistic ideologies and (3)social …

The Gen Z Heritage Learner: Redefining The Shl Program For A Post-Pandemic Generation, Alejandro Acero Ayuda

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

The purpose of this presentation is to reflect on some of the perspectives, beliefs and policies that lie behind the definition, understanding and framework of ‘success’ (Beaudrie, 2020) according to the Spanish Heritage Language (SHL) programs, and the design on which these programs rely to develop their curricular foundation for the upcoming generation of heritage learners.

How ‘success’ materializes depends on what is the specific profile of Heritage Language Speaker (HLS) used as reference according to each SHL program’s perspective (Carreira, 2012). The larger vision upheld on what is the SHL Education specific purpose, deeply influences the theories and perspectives …

Actitudes En Pro Y En Contra Sobre El Uso Del Lenguaje Inclusivo Y Su Enseñanza En El Salón De Clases De Shl., Brisa Del Bosque, Mica Boh

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

Con esta investigación, buscamos predecir si la enseñanza del lenguaje inclusivo en español en los salones de clase de español como SHL y como L2, provocará que su uso continúe en la lengua española o pase como una moda efímera.

Encuestamos a 75 instructores de Español K-12 en los Estados Unidos, que compartieron sus opiniones sobre la enseñanza y el uso del lenguaje inclusivo. La mayor parte de los instructores que respondieron nuestra encuesta, han enseñado a estudiantes de SHL y L2.

Como instructores de español, se puede ignorar la propuesta del lenguaje inclusivo y seguir enseñando de la forma …

“En El Corazón De Texas: La Necesidad De Profesionales Bilingües Y Un Análisis De Los Servicios Para Hispanohablantes En La Comunidad Local”, Karla Gonzalez, Danica Komlofske, Logan Stankard, Taegan Hendricks

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Towards Shl Benchmarks From The Bottom-Up: High-School Teachers As Curriculum Designers, Isabel Torrubia Gortari, Maureen Wrightson, Elisa Gironzetti

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

Spanish heritage language (SHL) programs at the secondary level lack a set of standards that address the linguistic, social, affective, and professional needs of students (Potowski & Carreira 2004) and guide the curricular decisions of administrators and teachers. While several curricular proposals currently exist for post-secondary education (e.g., Beaudrie, Amezcua, & Loza, 2021), these are not always easily adaptable or applicable in a secondary school program and can be perceived by secondary teachers as a top-down imposition disconnected from their reality. To address this need, our project engaged researchers, high-school teachers, and administrators in a long-term initiative aimed at: a) …

Mi Arte Es Mi Lengua: Promoting Nuestro Español Through Art And Resistence, Christian Faltis

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

The presentation weaves a discussion of nuestro español and how it has been portrayed with art that I have created on various topics concerning the treatment of bilingual Spanish speakers and how to resist this treatment by creating space for these students to expand their Spanish repertoires.

Voices Of The Community: A Spanish Interpretation Classroom Project, Vicente Iranzo

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

The evolving healthcare landscape emphasizes the need for effective cross-linguistic communication. Addressing challenges in training medical interpreters for the growing U.S. Hispanic population, students created a book of medical dialogues across specialties supported by a website with audio resources in a classroom project. This project enhanced linguistic and cultural skills and fostered community engagement in Dallas-Fort Worth. This presentation highlights the significance of tailored resources for heritage speakers and community-based initiatives.

The Open Pedagogy Cycle: Open Educational Resources By And For Students, Marco Adrián Pevia

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

Title: The Open Pedagogy Cycle: Open Educational Resources By and For Students

50 word abstract:

Open pedagogy is a continuous cycle that begins with students as creators of resources that can then serve various purposes in the Spanish classroom. In this presentation, I will show how OER created by SHL students can be adapted to be used by learners of Spanish at different levels.

Presentation description:

Open pedagogy (OP) is the practice of supporting students to be creators of open educational resources (OER) to exist beyond the classroom and serve a greater role in the community (Johnston & Stewart, 2020). …

Unveiling Authenticity: Narrowing Linguistic Patterns Among Spanish Heritage Speakers In The Usa, Edgar Vargas, Sonia Balasch

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

Unveiling Authenticity: Narrowing Linguistic Patterns among Spanish Heritage Speakers in the USA

This abstract discusses the importance of identifying and narrowing common linguistic patterns among Spanish heritage speakers to assess the authenticity of their written assignments in educational settings. Spanish heritage speakers, who possess varying levels of proficiency in both English and Spanish, face unique challenges when expressing their authentic voice and cultural background in their essays. By employing linguistic analysis, it becomes feasible to evaluate the authenticity of their written work, promoting linguistic and cultural integrity.

Understanding and distinguishing linguistic patterns commonly found among US Spanish heritage speakers (Escobar …

Consejos Y Enseñanzas From The Graduate Student Perspective: Implementing Culturally Responsive Practices And Creating Teaching Moments In Spanish As A Heritage Language (Shl) Classrooms, Maria Vielma, Jorge A. Hernández

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

We center our own consejos y enseñanzas to bring a critical focus to the experiences and perspectives of graduate student SHL instructors and how they should be central to addressing, examining, and implementing best teaching practices, especially culturally responsive teaching (CRT).

Voces E Historias Compartidas: An Oer For Heritage Speakers In The Midwest, Julia Oliver Rajan, Maria Teresa Villanueva

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

This presentation explores the transformative impact of online educational resources on heritage Spanish learners. Highlighting flexibility and cultural integration, it introduces a tailored platform for Midwest heritage students. Student contributions' enduring impact on learning and development will be discussed, inspiring audience engagement in fostering innovative approaches to heritage Spanish education.Top of FormBottom of Form

Viviendo Entre Dos Lenguas: Voces Transgresoras De Estudiantes Hispanos Bilingües En Oregon, Vania Fenner

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

Viviendo en dos lenguas que se origina como un proyecto de recopilación de historias personales escritas por jóvenes estudiantes cuya lengua de herencia es el español. MI objetivo es compartir esta experiencia pedagógica denominada con la esperanza de que pueda ser la inspiración para proyectos educativos de similar índole. Este proyecto nace en las aulas tanto presenciales como virtuales como un ejercicio de recuperación de la memoria y revalorización de la lengua de herencia y culmina con la publicación de una antología bilingüe compuesta por escritos producidos por los estudiantes en la clase de Español para Hablantes nativos y de …

Método Audiovisual Para El Aprendizaje Del Español Como Lengua De Herencia, Ana María López Jimeno

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

El gran reto de la enseñanza de idiomas a hablantes de herencia es la inconsistencia y diversidad de los conocimientos de los alumnos. Provenientes de entornos muy diferentes, su nivel de dominio de la lengua es dispar, lo que se puede corregir con este método audiovisual ágil y flexible.

Teaching Shl In Secondary Schools: An Antiracist, Decolonial And Culturally Responsive Curriculum Proposal, Aracelis Nieves

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

Abstract

The purpose of this workshop is to contribute to the body of research and scholarship around best instructional practices for Spanish heritage language learners in secondary schools by presenting how SFL teachers can help students recognize and validate their transcultural identity by means of a transdisciplinary, antiracist, critical and culturally responsive curriculum.

Proposal (worskhop)

When I came to teach to the US in 2006 my students were immigrant Latino students from all Latin American countries. Although they all shared the same language and culture in a general sense, they had different ways of expressing, celebrating, and experiencing that language …