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UVA in Mexico: Muralism, Indigeneity & Contemporary Art in Cholula

This is a guide of research and informational materials in support of UVA's study abroad program in Mexico, May-June 2025.

Online Databases

Nahuatl Dictionary, an initiative from Wired Humanities Projects at the University of Orego

Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA)

  • a trilingual English/Spanish/Portuguese digital repository of recordings, texts, and other multimedia materials in and about the Indigenous languages of Latin America. 

Archivo Mesoamericano 

  • a digital archive of historical and ethnographic recordings spanning from 1974 to 2007. This collection emphasizes the linguistic, historical and ethnic legacy of indigenous communities, presenting languages such as Chinanteco, Mixe, Mixtec languages, Oaxacan Zapotec, Nahuatl, Tabasco Chontal, Tzeltal and Chiapas Tzotzil, Salvadoran Pipil, Miskito, and Nicaraguan Sumo. 

Mapas Project

  • A digital collection of colonial-era Mesoamerican pictorial manuscripts. Developed under that Wired Humanities and Feminist Humanities Projects of the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon.

Indigenous Peoples Social Justice and Culture

  • Part of History Commons, this module preserves the social, cultural, and political dimensions of Indigenous communities around the world, through original voices. Includes blogs, magazines, videos, podcasts, tweets, newspapers, and other content from more than 1,000 organizations.
 

E-books

Álvarez, Luis H. Corazon Indígena: Lucha y Esperanza de los Pueblos Originarios de Mexico. Primera edición electrónica. México, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2012. [Español]

  • A series of essays on the political and social struggles of the indigenous peoples of Mexico, from the time of the uprising of the Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) to the imprisonment of Mexican politician Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía in June 2011.

Coon, Adam W. The Serpent’s Plumes: Contemporary Nahua Flowered Words in Movement. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2024. [English]

  • Draws on Nahuatl concepts to explore their Nations' literary production and contributions to cultural activism from the 1980s to the present

Journals/Magazines

Estudios de Cultura náhuatl

  • A journal of the Institute of Historical Research at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Disseminates research on the language and culture of the Nahuatl-speaking peoples, both historical and contemporary.