Issue # 02

Fall/Winter 2023

Moving Borders Dissolving Borders

Edge Duality: Navigating the Boundaries Between “I” and “Other”

Beatriz Botero

The most powerful border of all is built in the intricate dance between mother figure and newborn. This is where the concepts of “I” and “other” are born, where the roots and their psychic rhizomes connect and develop. Process that never ends.

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Image of a a blue lake with a dock jutting out in the center. Sky is blue with a few white clouds.

Through the Lens of Borders

Traditional pink woven garment with colorful floral embroidery, geometric patterned trim, fringe, and decorative tassels displayed against a black background.

Addison Nace

Cuerpo-Territorio, Clothing and Cultural Appropriation in Zinacantán, Mexico

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A painting representing the relational and interdependent bonds between community and Nature that animate the Andean ayllu. Extractive mining projects can be seen in the background.

Stephen McNabb

The Andean Ayllu and the Weaving of Borders

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Person wearing sunglasses, a dark blue textured top, light-colored pants, and gloves, holding a microphone.

Gisabel Leonardo

Dances in Cimarronaje: Sonic Errantry and the Fugitive Aesthetics of Dominican Dembow

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Articles

Edge Duality: Navigating the Boundaries Between “I” and “Other”

Beatriz Botero

Image of a a blue lake with a dock jutting out in the center. Sky is blue with a few white clouds.

Aruxes and the Limits of Epistemological Certainty

Kata Beilin

Mural of a large thorn-covered tree in a nighttime forest, with animal-like and human-like figures perched, hanging, and moving among its branches.

untitled poem / poema sin título

Diego Alegría

Abstract artwork featuring three vertical rectangular bars in white, gray, and black on a dark gray background.

“En el mundo no puede haber dos cosas iguales”: Borges, the Virtuality Continuum, and Mixed Reality in “Del rigor en la ciencia” (1946) and “Parábola del palacio” (1960)

Mario Sanchez Gumiel

Intricate abstract artwork featuring a symmetrical arrangement of geometric, architectural forms and repeating patterns, resembling a complex fractal structure in muted tones of white, gray, beige, and pink.

Alquimia Liminal

Nancy Bird-Soto

Utility pole with a dense tangle of overhead electrical and communication wires crossing against an overcast sky, with part of a building visible in the lower left corner.

Nuevas mexicanidades rurales: Dos estaciones (2022) y la reconfiguración del tequila

Jack Brown

Large pile of harvested agave piñas stacked under a covered courtyard with stone columns and orange walls.

Triplefrontera Amazónica (Colombia, Brasil y Perú), entre la abundancia de recursos naturales y la escasez de alimentos

Olga Lucia Chaparro Africano

Map of the Brazil, Colombia, and Peru border region showing rivers, communities, and project locations, with symbols identifying participating organizations and an inset map indicating the study area's location.

Fronteras Imaginadas de la Ecología

Germán Corzo

Mist-covered mountain ridges layered across a landscape, with low clouds and fog drifting between dark rocky slopes under a blue-gray sky.

A flower from Uruguay: Crossings and the poetry of Nidia María di Giorgio Médici

Lori DiPrete Brown

Book cover of Flores Raras: [escondido país] poesía de mujeres uruguayas, featuring a light gray upper section with the title and a bright red lower section with an illustration of tree roots, resting on a wood surface.

From #MeToo to Hatred: Online Antifeminist Discourses in Spanish-speaking Countries as a Response to Feminist Movements

Catalina Farías, Elohim Monard, Elena McCosh, Fernanda Carvajal, Camila Henzi, Jiyoun Suk, Teresa Correa, and Dhavan V. Shah

Crowd of protesters holding signs during a street demonstration, with a large yellow sign in the center reading “Yo protesto porque cuando me pasó a mí sentí culpa.”

Embellecimiento cinematográfico en cine de crisis

Rocío González-Espresati Clement

Neon-lit IMAX theater entrance at night, featuring a tall illuminated tower with red, blue, and green lighting and a prominent “IMAX” sign on the building facade.

Intercambios: Art, Stories & Communidad

Carolyn Kellenborn

Intercambios: Art, Stories, & Comunidad, displayed over a collage of colorful textile and artwork patterns.

Dances in Cimarronaje: Sonic Errantry and the Fugitive Aesthetics of Dominican Dembow

Gisabel Leonardo

Person wearing sunglasses, a dark blue textured top, light-colored pants, and gloves, holding a microphone.

On the Verge of Venom: Literature as Forgiveness in Latin America

Chris Schulenburg

Book cover of La Novena by Marcela Serrano, featuring a minimalist illustration of a person in purple clothing seated at a small café table reading a text, with the title and author’s name displayed prominently on a cream and lavender background.

El giro de la desaparición: Borders and Boundaries from Argentina and Armenia to Colombia and Mexico

Joseph Wager

Urban streetscape with a tall tree in the foreground and glass towers in the background, surrounded by palm trees, traffic, and landscaped greenery.

Erotics of the Border, Compulsions of the Self: Grappling with Luisa Josefina Hernández

Arturo Ruiz-Mautino

Ornate historic building façade with arched windows and decorative wrought-iron balconies, featuring a seated statue displayed in a central doorway beneath a glowing sign that reads “FINOS.”

Polarization as border creation

Hernando Rojas

Illustration of red, white, and blue political buttons labeled “LEFT” clustered on the left side and buttons labeled “RIGHT” clustered on the right side, separated by a black gap in the center.

Cruzando el Río Grande: Entre Sueños y Odiseas

Nilvio Alexander Punguil Bravo

Abstract painting of a sailing ship with multiple sails positioned above a multicolored hand, surrounded by stylized water and dark landscape forms

Entre lo profano y lo sagrado: las lágrimas de María Magdalena y la construcción de santidad femenina en la España barroca

María Pulla-France

Painting of a person in a white robe and dark cloak looking upward, positioned beside a rocky surface with vines, beneath a cloudy sky.

La narrativa de la extraterritorialidad: un camino a través de la novelística de Gabriela Alemán

Karina Ortiz Pacheco

View from an airplane window showing an aircraft wing above a mountainous landscape at sunrise or sunset, with clouds along the horizon and light illuminating the sky.

DEATH and Life

Leslee Nelson

Hand-embroidered textile artwork featuring a colorful circular mandala-like design stitched onto white fabric, with the embroidered text “RAE died today” and the date “3/1/09” along the bottom edge.

Intersecting “Classical” and Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian studies

Grant Nelsestuen

World map with a brass compass placed on top, showing cartographic details and circular map projections in sepia tones.

Cuerpo-Territorio, Clothing, and Cultural Appropriation in Zinacantán, Mexico

Addison Nace

Traditional pink woven garment with colorful floral embroidery, geometric patterned trim, fringe, and decorative tassels displayed against a black background.

The Andean Ayllu and the Weaving of Borders

Stephen McNabb

A painting representing the relational and interdependent bonds between community and Nature that animate the Andean ayllu. Extractive mining projects can be seen in the background.

De la globalización del Discurso Capitalista formulado por Jacques Lacan a la salida mortífera de la estructura social discursiva: el ejemplo de los Suruwaha

Jorge Marugán

Diagram showing relationships among “consumidor” (consumer), “mercado global” (global market), “tecnologías” (technologies), and “mercancía” (commodity) connected by directional arrows.

Atravesando fronteras: el papel de lo fantástico en la construcción de la memoria

Juan Miguel Martínez Martínez

Scene showing Dr. Frankenstein's monster and a kid outdoors at night, facing each other between trunks, with tall grass and small lights visible in the dark background.

Monstrous Borders and the Border as Monster

Elmira Louie

Abstract painting of a pyramid-like structure in a barren landscape, surrounded by tall vertical forms under a deep blue night sky.

Los bordes del género: una mirada a través de la imagen de Mama Huaco

Andrea Guzman-Giura

Historical illustration of Mama Huaco Coya seated beneath a ceremonial canopy and attended by several figures. Text at the top reads, “The first history of the Coya queens: Mama Huaco Coya.” (From Nueva corónica y buen gobierno, 1613).

El borde tecnológico: información y sustentabilidad en América Latina

Cristian Berrío-Zapata

Indigenous representatives attending the Pre-COP 2025 Conference in Belém perform dances in a public plaza, wearing colorful feathered adornments and traditional body decorations combined with denim shorts and rubber sandals.
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Editorial Board

Professional indoor headshot of a person wearing glasses and a geometric-patterned top, standing in a contemporary atrium.

Beatriz B

otero | Guest Editor

Close-up portrait of a woman with a brown pixie-cut and dark brown eyes, seated indoors, facing the camera.

Andrea Guzman-Giura

Professional outdoor headshot of a person standing in a wooded setting with a softly blurred background.

Diego Alegía

Professional indoor portrait of a person seated in a lobby with large windows and decorative architectural elements in the background.

Addison Nace

Outdoor portrait of a person wearing a knit cap and plaid shirt, standing beside a lake at sunset.




Jamie de Moya-Cotter

Close-up portrait of a person with long dark hair, photographed outdoors against a softly blurred background.

Anneli Marisa Aliaga

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