Stories that Shape Worlds: Media Ecosystems in Latin America

This colloquium features CLLAS-funded research by faculty member Guillem Belmar Viernes (Linguistics), Omar Barahona (PhD Student, Spanish), and Giovanni Francischelli (PhD Student, Communication and Media Studies), and brings together interdisciplinary work focused on language, media, documentary practice, and cultural power across Latinx and Latin American contexts.

Highlights include:

• Indigenous language documentation and storytelling across print, audio, and digital platforms

• Documentary filmmaking and land conflict in 1960s–70s Mexico

• Contemporary online documentaries, misinformation, and political ideology on YouTube in Brazil

Each presentation will be followed by discussion and audience Q&A, and the event is free and open to the public. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are all welcome. Complimentary beverages and snacks will be available!

It should be a really engaging conversation, especially for anyone interested in topics around documentary storytelling, indigenous linguistics, and misinformation and political ideology in online spaces.