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CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Academic,Lectures & Presentations,Faculty/Staff,D
 iversity and Multiculturalism,Doctoral,LatinX/Hispanic
DESCRIPTION:Click to Download Poster \n\nBridging Borders – Stories of Migr
 ation\, Memory\, and Cultural Identity with Kristin Yarris\, Tobin Hansen\,
  Salma Valadez Marquez\, and Liesl Cohn De Leon\n\nMay 15 / 3:30pm-5:00pm /
  EMU Cedar Room\n\nJoin the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies 
 (CLLAS) for a dynamic research colloquium featuring three presentations fro
 m current CLLAS faculty and graduate student grantees. Through diverse lens
 es—art-activism\, food studies\, and oral history—these scholars explore th
 e lived experiences\, cultural legacies\, and resistances of Latinx\, Latin
  American\, and Guatemalan Maya communities across borders and generations.
 \n\nFaculty members Kristin Yarris and Tobin Hansen present “Witnessing Imm
 igration Injustice: Art\, Memory\, and Activism with Hostile Terrain ’94\,”
  a collaborative project that brings an interactive memorial installation t
 o the University of Oregon\, inviting participants to engage with the human
 itarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border through art and research. Learn mo
 re.\n\nSalma Valadez Marquez (PhD Candidate\, Folklore) shares work from he
 r dissertation project “Amor Propio: Mexican Food and Culture Beyond the Fi
 ctions We’ve Been Fed\,” uncovering how Mexican foodways have been used to 
 shape—and resist—national narratives of race\, gender\, and identity throug
 hout history.\n\nLiesl Cohn De Leon (PhD Student\, Anthropology) discusses 
 her anthropological research\, “Migrant Memories of Guatemalan Maya Women i
 n Oregon\,” examining how Maya women reconstruct collective identity and me
 mory in new contexts shaped by displacement\, violence\, and resilience.\n\
 nThis event is free and open to the public. Come learn how scholars are usi
 ng research to illuminate underrepresented stories and to foster dialogue a
 cross communities\, borders\, and generations.
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LOCATION:Erb Memorial Union (EMU)\, EMU Cedar Room
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SUMMARY:Bridging Borders – Stories of Migration\, Memory\, and Cultural Ide
 ntity
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 n-memory-and-cultural-identity
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