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Indigenous Mesoamerica: Connection to Land and Language

  • Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity · Tulsa
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Indigenous Mesoamerica: Connection to Land and Language
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Mexican-Nicaraguan scholar presents on history, gender and language in Indigenous Mesoamerica. Followed by a Poetry Workshop and Open Mic.
About this Event

Words of the People is hosting Mexican-Nicaraguan scholar, Juana de los Ángeles Mejía Marenco, for a lecture centering gender and language rights for Indigenous women in Mesoamerica. This lecture will be paired with clips from her documentary, Nacuachi, which highlights the loss of Indigenous languages in the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Juana's presentation will also feature a Writing Workshop and Open Mic facilitated by the multilingual literary organization Voces y Versos.

Words of the People recibe a la académica mexicano-nicaragüense Juana de los Ángeles Mejía Marenco para una conferencia centrada en el género y los derechos lingüísticos de las mujeres indígenas en Mesoamérica. La charla se complementará con fragmentos de su documental, Nacuachi, que aborda la pérdida de las lenguas indígenas en el estado de Morelos, en el centro de México. La presentación de Juana incluirá también un taller de escritura y un espacio de micrófono abierto, coordinados por la organización literaria multilingüe Voces y Versos.


Free to the public.

Evento gratuito y abierto al público.

Presented in Spanish with English interpretation.

Se presentará en español con interpretación al inglés.

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Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity, 910 South Boston Avenue, Tulsa, United States

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