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El náhuatl en Jalisco, Colima y Michoacán
Este estudio pretende indicar los lugares donde hay hablantes de náhuatl en los estados de Jalisco, Colima y Michoacán. El trabajo consiste de tres partes: en la primera las situaciones lingüísticas tanto de 1941, como de 1978 son descritas en base a la ...
Leopoldo Valiñas Coalla
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Borderlads Biliteracies Abstract ABSTRACT In this theoretical paper, we aim to (re)imagine and (re)conceptualize biliteracy as an anti‐colonial endeavor to destabilize colonial projects that continue to permeate how language and literacy are conceptualized in schools.
Idalia Nuñez +2 more
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INSECT LIFE AND LETTERS: THE STUDIES OF HANNS HEINZ EWERS AND OTTO AND ROSE HECHT
ABSTRACT This article argues that vast histories of war and displacement in the twentieth century are connected to the small and almost unnoticeable lives of insects, and that philology has much to gain from paying attention to insect worlds. We examine two case studies: the work of the German entomologist Otto Hecht and his wife, Rose Caro Hecht, and ...
Alice Christensen, Ina Linge
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Rewriting Greek Tragedies as Immigrant Stories [PDF]
In this piece originally published in the New York Times, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner writes about Mojada, Luis Alfaro\u27s adaptation of the Greek tragedy, Medea. Mojada is part of a trilogy from Alfaro that attempts to bring his Latino community into modern
Pollack-Pelzner, Daniel
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Biopiracy and beauty brands? patent trends of cosmetics and skin care companies
Abstract Concerns about the fairness and equity of ‘biodiscovery’ research endure despite the creation of legal frameworks designed to regulate access and benefit sharing involving genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. While some industries that engage in biodiscovery have been the subject of sustained scrutiny, others have received ...
David J. Jefferson, Daniel F. Robinson
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Reflections on the painting of Alejandro Puente, the notion of Pathosformel, and the return to life of mortally wounded civilizations [PDF]
The Argentine author José Burucúa is a key figure in the introduction and dissemination of Aby Warburg's theories to scholarship in Latin America. In this article he tests Warburg's concept of Pathosformel to discuss the development of visual culture in ...
Burucúa, J.E. +1 more
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A Simple Explanation for Harmonic Word Order
Abstract Harmonic word order is a well‐established tendency in natural languages, which has previously been explained as a single ordering rule for all head‐dependent relations. We propose that it can be more parsimoniously explained as an outcome of word‐class frequencies, where the purported “head” is the most frequently instantiated word class in a ...
John Mansfield, Lothar Sebastian Krapp
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ABSTRACT Objectives Decades of archaeological and bioarchaeological research have demonstrated that ancient Maya cities underwent dynamic changes over time, including shifts in sociopolitical organization as well as their cultural and economic ties to other areas of Mesoamerica.
Angelina J. Locker +11 more
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Abstract The interactions between climate information producers and local decision‐makers have remained largely underexplored. The processes of building a local climate research agenda and informing adaptation policies are still unknown in many Global South countries.
Teresa Guadalupe de León Escobedo +1 more
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Bridging divides: A proposal for integrating the teaching, research and revitalization of Nahuatl [PDF]
This paper discusses major historical, cultural, linguistic, social and institutional factors contributing to the shift and endangerment of the Nahuatl language in Mexico.
Olko, Justyna, Sullivan, John
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