Alicia Barceinas Cruz Early one morning in June, I joined a group of volunteers to work on a potrero (a piece of land with cattle pasture) neighboring the Guatemala-Mexico border. We spent the previous afternoon carefully packing seedlings of tropical trees in a rustic nursery in the Selva Lacandona, in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas. …
Nilvio Alexander Punguil Bravo Nota del Autor En cada rincón del mundo, existen relatos que definen culturas, identidades y experiencias personales. Las historias que narramos a menudo se convierten en espejos de sociedades más grandes y testimonios de la complejidad humana. Lo que sigue es una narración auto-etnográfica, una reflexión personal situada en la intersección …
Elmira Louie What is a border? Some perceive it geographically, marked by natural landmarks or military posts separating one nation from another (Popescu, 2011; Yuval-Davis et al., 2019; Turner, 2020). Others define borders theoretically as a third space where differences intersect (Anzaldúa, 1987; Sandoval 1997; Mignolo, 2000). As this journal demonstrates, the more diverse forms …
Nicole Bonino In the face of an escalating climate crisis, the Latin American artistic community has emerged as a powerful catalyst for social awareness, advocacy, and resilience. In the context of Latin American eco-artivism, resilience refers to the ability of artists and communities to adapt and respond creatively to the climate crisis through art. Resilience …
Carlos Arenas Almost every day the climate crisis reminds us that the adverse effects of climate change are not something that will happen in the future—they are already happening everywhere. On May 28th, 2024, the Guna indigenous community of Gardi Sugdub (Island of the Crab), in the semi-autonomous region of Gunayala, Panama, was finally able …
Ligia Gonzalez Qué imágenes vienen a nuestra mente cuando pensamos en la “crisis migratoria”? ¿Qué patrones perceptivos generan y reproducen esas imágenes? ¿Cómo se visualiza y construye al sujeto migrante? En un mundo cada vez más digitalizado, han proliferado breves pero impactantes registros visuales en redes sociales como Tik Tok e Instagram, que revelan los …