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Yucatec Mayan Identity: How to Construct an Identity Beyond Language

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Zoom. For the Zoom link, contact Gordana Yovanovich gyovanov@uoguelph.ca or Rosario Gomez rogomez@uoguelph.ca for more information.

Poster for J. A. Arriaga Suarez talk on November 10 at 3:00pm

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Join the School of Languages and Literatures upcoming public lecture featuring Julieta Alejandra Arriaga Suárez of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in Mexico. Her research focuses on Yucatec Mayan children, and explores how their lived space, social relationships and structures, influence their knowledge and practices, and how these are affected by cultural continuity and change.

Arriaga Suárez also worked on topics related to the acquisition of native language and socialization processes in indigenous Teenek communities in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. She has also complied stories in the Mazahua communities of Michoacán, Mexico.

To gain access to this virtual public lecture contact Gordana Yovanovich gyovanov@uoguelph.ca or Rosario Gomez rogomez@uoguelph.ca in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.