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Navigating Cultures And Development: An Account Of A Female Peace Corps Volunteer In Morocco, Renee Palecek Dec 2019

Navigating Cultures And Development: An Account Of A Female Peace Corps Volunteer In Morocco, Renee Palecek

Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development—Student Research

Little is known of how the “doers” of development may navigate regarding her community’s culture and her job in international development. This lack of knowledge leads to the erasure of experiences, felt both by the volunteer herself, as well as the community members she works with. Through autoethnographic methodology, and analysis, I retell my experiences and entanglements as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco with Moroccan institutions and culture, with my own identities and prior American socialization. I examine three questions: (1) How does the female PCV in Morocco make sense out of and create value from life events, relationships, …


The Making And Silencing Of “Axé-Ocracy” In Brazil: Black Women Writers’ Spiritual, Political And Literary Movement In São Paulo, Sarah S. Ohmer Oct 2019

The Making And Silencing Of “Axé-Ocracy” In Brazil: Black Women Writers’ Spiritual, Political And Literary Movement In São Paulo, Sarah S. Ohmer

Publications and Research

In this article, I will focus on two influential writers from the south of Brazil, Cristiane Sobral who currently lives in Brasília, from Rio de Janeiro, and Conceição Evaristo who currently lives in Rio de Janeiro state, from Minas Gerais. I got to know them in São Paulo in 2015 at a public event: the “Afroétnica Flink! Sampa Festival of Black Thought, Literature and Culture.” I will include references to some of their younger contemporaries such as Raquel Almeida, Jenyffer Nascimento, and Elizandra Souza, all of whom reside in São Paulo, in order to illustrate the Black Brazilian women writers’ …


Break, Marí Lopez Jul 2019

Break, Marí Lopez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


La Brujis, Bridget Ocampo Jul 2019

La Brujis, Bridget Ocampo

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


The Great Heist On Palm Drive, Kristian Espinoza Jul 2019

The Great Heist On Palm Drive, Kristian Espinoza

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Orange Apron, Angela Gonyer Jul 2019

Orange Apron, Angela Gonyer

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Papi, Graciela Chipres Jul 2019

Papi, Graciela Chipres

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Questions, Nancy Roman Jul 2019

Questions, Nancy Roman

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Ay Mija, 'Sta Loca, Maddy Jackson Jul 2019

Ay Mija, 'Sta Loca, Maddy Jackson

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


My Home, A Memoir, Maritza Galvan Jul 2019

My Home, A Memoir, Maritza Galvan

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Family Art, Antonio De Jesus Sanchez Bautista Jul 2019

Family Art, Antonio De Jesus Sanchez Bautista

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


A Place To Call Home Jul 2019

A Place To Call Home

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Fresno Nights, Esther Flores Jul 2019

Fresno Nights, Esther Flores

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Mixed Emotions, Emily Ibarra Jul 2019

Mixed Emotions, Emily Ibarra

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Querida Palmdale, Alexandro Ochoa Jul 2019

Querida Palmdale, Alexandro Ochoa

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Time Exists Because I Exist, Jocelyn Bolanos Jul 2019

Time Exists Because I Exist, Jocelyn Bolanos

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


N'De, Marí Lopez Jul 2019

N'De, Marí Lopez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Hope, Lesly Vasquez Jul 2019

Hope, Lesly Vasquez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Say His Name, Elissa A. Rodriguez Jul 2019

Say His Name, Elissa A. Rodriguez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Resistance Art, Antonio De Jesus Sanchez Bautista Jul 2019

Resistance Art, Antonio De Jesus Sanchez Bautista

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Nectar, Esdras Briseno Jul 2019

Nectar, Esdras Briseno

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


How Bright She Shines, Jenny Trujillo Jul 2019

How Bright She Shines, Jenny Trujillo

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Family Tradition, Nathaniel Mcguigan Jul 2019

Family Tradition, Nathaniel Mcguigan

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


(Untitled), Deema Hindawi Jul 2019

(Untitled), Deema Hindawi

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


My Name Is El Salvador, Keryn Lopez Jul 2019

My Name Is El Salvador, Keryn Lopez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


My Home, Victoria Ramirez Jul 2019

My Home, Victoria Ramirez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Migration Art, Antonio De Jesus Sanchez Bautista Jul 2019

Migration Art, Antonio De Jesus Sanchez Bautista

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Solita: A Self-Portait, Alyssa Fernandez Jul 2019

Solita: A Self-Portait, Alyssa Fernandez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Gender Talks, Marí Lopez, Ollie Winfield-Perez Jul 2019

Gender Talks, Marí Lopez, Ollie Winfield-Perez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


My Name, My Meaning, Danielle Rodriguez Jul 2019

My Name, My Meaning, Danielle Rodriguez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.