Julia Nee finds delight in studying non-colonial languages in Latin America through the work of Berkeley's programs in Indigenous Language Revitalization.
Decentering Colonial Languages as a Pathway to Delight
The Antihero
By Denise Dresser Andrés Manuel López Obrador shakes hands with children at an event on March 15, 2020.(Photo courtesy of the Presidencia de la República Mexicana..) March 16, 2020 Kissing and hugging. Going from meeting to meeting and from one restaurant to another. That is how Andrés Manuel López Obrador continues to move around Mexico,... Continue Reading →
Trump’s NAFTA Replacement Needs to Have its Tires Kicked
By Harley Shaiken A version of this article originally appeared as an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on July 5, 2019. President Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2017. (Photo by Michael Vadon.) President Trump would like to see the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ratified without delay. It’s a bit like a used car salesperson... Continue Reading →
Enhancing Zapotec Language Revitalization through Discussion
By Julia Nee A mother dekerneling corn, submitted by a Zapotec language learner as part of a Photovoice project where students were asked to take a picture of “what speaking Zapotec means to me.” (Photo courtesy of Julia Nee). In Teotitlán del Valle in southern Mexico, there are many people who desire to use and... Continue Reading →
El Sueño Mexicano: Returning Migrant Youth’s Adaptation Experience in Mexico
By Adriana Ramirez Downtown Oaxaca, Mexico by night. (Photo by Eduardo Robles Pacheco). Mexican migration in the U.S. is typically perceived to come from the South, as migrants pursue the “American Dream” in the North. My research focuses on the children of migrants who have no agency in their own migration to the U.S. Even... Continue Reading →
History and Archaeology among the Ch´ol: Ethnographic Dialogues in Northern Chiapas, Mexico
By Esteban Mirón Marván Professors at the UIET in Oxolotán after a workshop on Classic Maya archaeology led by the author. (Photo courtesy of Esteban Mirón Marván). Archaeologists in the Maya region have exploited the heritage and history of the contemporary indigenous Maya peoples for more than a century. For the last eight decades federal... Continue Reading →
A Missed Opportunity for Democrats in the Border Wall Showdown
By Elizabeth Oglesby A version of this article originally appeared in The Hill on December 13th, 2018. "Mexico only" sign at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing. (Photo by Noah Jacquemin.) This week's Oval Office sparring between President Trump and Democratic congressional leaders, over border wall funding and the possibility of a government shutdown, made for great political theater. In... Continue Reading →
NAFTA’s Dark Holidays
By Harley Shaiken and Representative Sander Levin (D-MICH.) A version of this article originally appeared in The Detroit Free Press on December 7th, 2018. Presidents Peña Nieto, Trump, and Trudeau with the recently signed USMCA at the G20 Summit in Argentina earlier this month. (Photo courtesy of Presidencia de la República Mexicana.) General Motor’s surprise announcement... Continue Reading →
Climate Threats and Opportunities in Aguascalientes, Mexico
Student Research Series: UC Berkeley graduate students reflect on their fieldwork By Julia Branco A City Council meeting in Aguascalientes, Mexico. (Photo by Julia Branco). Funded in part by a Tinker Field Research grant from the Center for Latin American Studies, I spent two months in Aguascalientes, Mexico learning about climate threats in the region.... Continue Reading →
A North American road to the middle class
By Harley Shaiken and Representative Sander Levin (D-MICH.) This article originally appeared as an op-ed in The Hill on September 28th, 2018. A man in Nikes walks in Buenos Aires in front of "NAFTA" graffiti. (Photo by Woody Wood.) Now that Canada has joined a revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), renamed the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement... Continue Reading →