Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    COLING: MINORITY LANGUAGES, MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES. MNRN IS A PARTNER IN A LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION PROJECT BASED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW IN POLAND. THIRTEEN INSTITUTIONS FROM SEVEN COUNTRIES ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. THE SIX-YEAR PROJECT PROMOTES STAFF EXCHANGES (FOR ESTABLISHED SCHOLARS, RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS, INDIGENOUS SCHOLARS, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS) AMONG ALL PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND INNOVATIVE SEMINARS ON LIVING LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL CONTENT. OUR PRINCIPAL THEMATIC COMPONENTS DEAL WITH LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION IN THE AMERICAS AND TRANS-ATLANTIC HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS AND EXCHANGES MNRN PRODUCED THE DOCUMENTARY SACRED SKINS (PIELES SAGRADA) THE DOCUMENTARY SHOWS THE EFFORTS OF A MIXTEC RESEARCHER TO REINTRODUCE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MIXTEC CODICES TO THE UU SAVI (PEOPLE OF THE RAIN) INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN OAXACA MEXICO, SO THAT THEY, AS CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL HEIRS, CAN RECOGNIZE THE CONTENT OF THESE SACRED MANUSCRIPTS THAT WERE EXTRICATED FROM THE UU SAVI AS A CONSEQUENCE OF COLONIALISM, CALLING FOR THEIR INTERPRETATION, READING IN SA'AN SAVI (THE MIXTEC LANGUAGE), AND ABOVE ALL ACKNOWLEDGING THE LINK BETWEEN THESE ANCIENT BOOKS AND CONTEMPORARY LIVING HERITAGE, TO PROMOTE THE RE-APPROPRIATION OF THE CODICES BY UU SAVI COMMUNITIES, FROM WHERE THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT. (50 PARTICIPANTS). MNRN SPONSORED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COLECTIVO NCHIVI UU SAVI "GENTE DEL PUEBLO DE LA LLUVIA" (PEOPLE OF THE RAIN A VIDEO PORTRAYING THE DIVERSITY OF CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES OF THE COMMUNITIES OF UU SAVI (PEOPLE OF THE RAIN-MIXTECO). IT ALSO EMPHASIZES MEMORY AND CULTURAL UNITY AS PART OF AN ORIGINAL PEOPLE AND HEIRS OF A MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATION BY SHOWCASING THE ARTISTIC AND INTELLECTUAL QUALITY OF EACH AND EVERY PERSON ORIGINATING FROM UU SAVI. (80 PARTICIPANTS). IN FEBRUARY 2020 THE UNESCO ORGANIZED AE 3-DAY EVENT AS CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, AND AS A PARTNER ORGANIZATION WITH THE COLING PROJECT MNRN PARTICIPATED AND PRESENTED IN TWO SESSIONS. (2,500 ATTENDANCE). MNRN ORGANIZED THE FOLLOWING LECTURES BY DR. OMAR AGUILAR SNCHEZ: -"THE CODICES AND THE LIVING HERITAGE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF MEXICO" AT THE METROPOLITAN AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY (UAM- AZCAPOTZALCO) IN MEXICO CITY. -"OCOTEPEQUE: THREE CANVASES, ONE HISTORY. THE COLONIAL MAPS OF YUCUHITI, SINIYUVI, AND OCOTEPEC IN THE MIXTECA ALTA OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES." AT THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY IN MEXICO CITY. -"LA CONTINUIDAD CULTURAL DE LOS PUEBLOS MESOAMERICANOS, DEL PRECLSICO AL 2020" ("THE CULTURAL CONTINUITY OF MESOAMERICAN PEOPLES FROM THE PRECLASSIC TO 2020") THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE OF THE CITY OF TEXCOCO (95 PARTICIPANTS). MNRN HELD THE ROUND TABLE AS PART OF THE VIRTUAL LATIN-AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION MEETING (LASA) THE ROUND TABLE "PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND COMMUNITIES," A DISCUSSION ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS THAT BRING HIGH-QUALITY ACADEMIC RESEARCH TO A WIDER PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY ABOUT HOW TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES SCHOLARS ARE WORKING WITH IN THEIR RESEARCH PROJECTS GRETA DE LEN, MNRN'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, "MNRN AND PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP" - STANISLAW KORDASIEWICZ, COLING PROJECT COORDINATOR, "ENGAGED HUMANITIES IN EUROPE: CAPACITY BUILDING FOR PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN LINGUISTIC- CULTURAL HERITAGE" CELESTE GONZLEZ DE BUSTAMANTE, HOST AND DIRECTOR OF MNRN'S NEW PODCAST "THE AMERICAS PODCAST AND PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP" OMAR AGUILAR SNCHEZ, AN MNRN FELLOW AND COLING PROJECT PARTICIPANT, "'CODICES MIXTECOS' SMART PHONE APPLICATION" CATHERINE TRACY GOODE, MNRN TOOLS FOR RESEARCHERS PROGRAM AND SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR "BRIDGING RESOURCES: ACCESSING ARCHIVES FOR INDIGENOUS-LANGUAGE RESEARCH" - GENNER LLANES-ORTIZ, COLING PROJECT PARTICIPANT, "INDIGENOUS DIGITAL ACTIVISM AND/AS PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP" (250 PARTICIPANTS) MNRN CO-PRODUCED THE SHORT-FILM "KII NCHE NDUTSA - EL TIEMPO Y EL CARACOL - TIME AND THE SEASHELL" AN EXPERIMENTAL FILM ABOUT IDENTITY AND CONCEPTIONS OF TIME AND IS IN THE MIXTEC LANGUAGE OF MEXICO, DIRECTED BY ITANDEHUI JANSEN AND PRODUCED AND WRITTEN BY ARMANDO BAUTISTA GARCA. THE SHORT FILM HAS BEEN WIDELY SCREEN IN SEVERAL FILM FESTIVALS. (1,250 ATTENDANCE) THE COLING SUMMER SCHOOL DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MNRN HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE PLANED SUMMER SCHOOL FOR 2022. COVID-19 RESPONSE - INDIGENOUS LANGUGES CAMPAINGS AS A RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MNRN PRODUCED VIDEOS, FLYERS AND POSTERS IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN NAHUATL FOR (FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF TENANGO, XONOTLA, ZOQUITLA, YEHUALA, OTLATLN AND CUACUILCO IN NAHUATL OF NORTHWESTERN SIERRA OF PUEBLA IN MXICO), IN MIXTEC FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN OAXACA, MEXICO, AND IN WAUJA FOR BRAZIL. THE MATERIALS WERE INTENDED TO PROMOTE HEALTH GUIDELINES AND VACCINATION CAMPAIGN (2,500 ATTENDANCE). TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: 6,725 PROGRAM ON U.S.-MEXICAN TRANSNATIONALISM AWARDED TRAVEL GRANTS TO SCHOLARS WHO CONDUCTED RESEARCH AT MEXICAN INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF MEXICO-NORTH. (7 TRAVEL GRANTS). CONTINUED UPDATING THE TRANSNATIONALISM RESEARCH CLEARINGHOUSE (TRC), ITS MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN SCHOLAR COMMUNITIES INFORMATION ABOUT THE STUDY OF TRANSNATIONALISM, TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES, AND ACADEMIC-RELATED EVENTS ON THE MATTER. THE SITE IS DESIGNED TO SERVE AS AN ELEMENTAL REFERENCE TOOL THAT WOULD FACILITATE THE BASIC RESEARCH WORK ON THE SUBJECT BY RESEARCHERS/PROFESSORS, UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, IMMIGRATION-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS, AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. (50 PARTICIPANTS). ORGANIZED A BIWEEKLY SEMINAR ON POLITICAL MOBILIZATION AND MIGRATION AT THE UDLA (UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS) IN CHOLULA, PUEBLA. (35 PARTICIPANTS.) CO-ORGANIZED THE 2020 MIGRATION FORUM IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS IN COLLABORATION WITH UNAM SAN ANTONIO (350 PARTICIPANTS) TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: 442
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $109.8K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    THE BETTY J MEGGERS PROGRAM (BJM) CONTINUE TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOCUSED ON THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH AMERICA PAST AND PRESENT. THE BJM GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED TRAVEL GRANTS TO SCHOLARS OF ANY NATIONALITY TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE INDIGENOUS SOCIETIES OF SOUTH AMERICA, "BOTH PAST AND PRESENT". DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SOME OF THE TRAVEL WILL TAKE PLACE IN 2021. (7 TRAVEL GRANTS). THE BJM CONNECTING THE AMERICAS PROGRAM BORDERLANDS OF THE IBERIAN WORLD IS NOW A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF THE BJM CONNECTING THE AMERICAS THE PROGRAM DIRECTORS RADDING AND LEVIN ROJO ORGANIZED PANELS THAT WERE HELD AT THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY MEETING IN NEW YORK, NY. (180 PARTICIPANTS) LASA: BOOK PRESENTATION OF THE VOLUME THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF BORDERLANDS OF THE IBERIAN WORLDS. MNRN BOARD MEMBERS CYNTHIA RADDING AND DANNA LEVIN ROJO PRESIDED OVER THE BOOK PRESENTATION OF THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF BORDERLANDS OF THE IBERIAN WORLDS. THE VOLUME, EDITED BY RADDING AND LEVIN ROJO, REPRESENTS THE STATE OF THE FIELD OF THE HISTORY OF BORDERLANDS REGIONS IN THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE EMPIRES OF THE EARLY MODERN. (50 PARTICIPANTS) WEBINARS: IBERIAN BORDERLANDS IN CYBERSPACE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF BORDERLANDS OF THE IBERIAN WORLD, FEATURING LIVE EVENTS (VIA ZOOM) EACH MONTH WITH AUTHORS FROM THE VOLUME DISCUSSING THEIR CHAPTERS. THESE TALKS SERVE TO INTRODUCE THE PUBLIC TO THE VOLUME, A STATE OF THE FIELD ON BORDERLANDS AND FRONTIERS ACROSS THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE COLONIAL WORLDS, FROM NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA TO ASIA WITH 34 ESSAYS AND 40 AUTHORS. THIS INITIATIVE BROADENS THE REACH OF THE PROJECT, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CONTENT, TO CONNECT THE PUBLISHED VOLUME WITH RELATED DIGITAL RESOURCES. (150 PARTICIPANTS) BJM DIGITAL HUMANITIES LAUNCH OF THE LINDA ARNOLD FINDING AIDS MNRN IS PROUD TO HOST LINDA ARNOLD'S FINDING AIDS TO ARCHIVES IN MEXICO CITY (AND BEYOND) AS PART OF THE TOOLS FOR RESEARCHERS PROGRAM. DR. ARNOLD, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT VIRGINIA TECH, IS A LEADING AUTHORITY ON ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS IN MEXICO AND HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY OVER MANY DECADES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THESE COLLECTIONS THROUGH HER FINDING AIDS. SHE HAS SPEARHEADED EFFORTS TO CATALOGUE COLLECTIONS AT THE ARCHIVO GENERAL DE LA NACIN, THE ARCHIVO HISTRICO DE LA SUPREMA CORTE, AND THE ARCHIVO HISTRICO DEL ARZOBISPADO DE MXICO, AMONGST MANY OTHERS, AND HAS GENEROUSLY ALLOWED MNRN TO HOST THESE AS OPEN ACCESS FILES. HTTPS://ARENET.ORG/LINDA.PHP (15 PARTICIPANTS) UPDATED THE TOOLS FOR RESEARCHERS PROGRAM. PROGRAM PROVIDES A VARIETY OF PRACTICAL RESOURCES TO RESEARCHERS TO SUPPORT THEIR FIELDWORK AND DIGITAL ACCESS IN LATIN AMERICA. THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM IS THE "RESEARCHER'S GUIDE TO MEXICO CITY" (HTTPS://ARENET.ORG/GUIDE.PHP), A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR RESEARCHERS DOING ARCHIVAL RESEARCH IN THE MEGALOPOLIS. (15 PARTICIPANTS) CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO SCHOLARLY WORKS ABOUT THE AMERICAS. A GREAT DEAL OF SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH ABOUT THE AMERICAS IS PUBLISHED EACH YEAR IN EITHER SPANISH, ENGLISH, OR PORTUGUESE BUT LITTLE OF THIS WORK IS TRANSLATED AND MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE IN OTHER LANGUAGES. THE FIRST STEP OF THIS DIGITAL LIBRARY MADE AVAILABLE THE PUBLICATIONS OF SCHOLARS AFFILIATED WITH OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR WEBSITE: HTTP://ARENET.ORG/BOARD-OF-DIRECTORS-STAFF.PHP (12 PARTICIPANTS.) AS A COMPONENT OF THE BETTY J. MEGGERS DIGITAL LIBRARY AND RESEARCH INITIATIVE, WE CREATED THE WAUJA LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION AND DOCUMENTATION PROJECT. CONTINUES TO TRANSCRIBE THE VIDEOS AND INTERVIEWS FOR MATERIALS COLLECTIONS HELD AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. THE PROJECT INCLUDES A WAUJA DOCUMENTATION TRAINING PROJECT, A WAUJA VIRTUAL MUSEUM, TWO ONLINE DICTIONARY PROJECTS, ONE A WAUJA-ENGLISH DICTIONARY AND ANOTHER A WAUJA- PORTUGUESE DICTIONARY. (40 PARTICIPANTS) MNRN BEGAN A NEW SERIES OF ZOOM TALKS CALLED "RESEARCHING THE AMERICAS" TO PRESENT THE WORK OF ARENETS FELLOWS FROM NEH, TRANSNATIONALISM, CAORC AND COLING PROGRAMS TO A WIDER AUDIENCE. (150 PARTICIPANTS) TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: 619
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $143.6K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    XICANEX MNRN IS CONJUNCTION WITH THE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (MOA) IS ORGANIZING THE EXHIBIT XICANX: DREAMERS + CHANGEMAKERS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN MAY, 2022 AT MOA AND IN JANUARY 2023 AT THE MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITION ABOUT CHICANO ART TO OPEN IN CANADA. THE WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION DATE FROM 1971 TO 2019 BY OVER THIRTY-FIVE ARTISTS REPRESENTING A RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES WHO CONTINUE TO CREATE, REMIX, ADAPT AND EXPAND THE IDEA OF XICANX ART. UNDERSTANDING XICANX ART IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO COMPREHEND THE FULL HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF EL MOVIMIENTO AND ITS POWER RESHAPE THE VISUAL, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL LANDSCAPE IN THE US AND BEYOND ITS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES. FOR THIS REASON, A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF THE EXHIBIT WILL BE A DIGITAL CATALOGUE THAT WILL EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE EXHIBIT BEYOND ITS PHYSICAL INSTALLATION WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING A MORE NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES OF RACE, IDENTITY, CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE U.S. AND OTHER NATIONAL CONTEXTS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACROSS THE AMERICAS AND IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: 50
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $2.3K