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“1-coling: minority languages, major opportunities. Mnrn is a partner in a language revitalization project based at the university of warsaw in poland. Thirteen institutions from seven countries are part of this project, which is funded by the european commission for research and innovation. The six-year project promotes staff exchanges (for established scholars, research administrators, indigenous scholars, and graduate students) among all participating institutions, curriculum development, and innovative seminars on living languages and cultural content. Our principal thematic components deal with language revitalization in the americas and trans-atlantic historical movements and exchanges. Mnrn produced the documentary sacred skins (pieles sagrada) the documentary shows the efforts of a mixtec researcher to reintroduce knowledge of the mixtec codices to the uu savi (people of the rain) indigenous community in oaxaca mexico, so that they, as cultural and intellectual heirs, can recognize the content of these sacred manuscripts that were extricated from the uu savi as a consequence of colonialism, calling for their interpretation, reading in sa'an savi (the mixtec language), and above all acknowledging the link between these ancient books and contemporary living heritage, to promote the re-appropriation of the codices by uu savi communities, from where they should never have left. (50 participants). The two films supported by mnrn continue to have success on the film festival circuit kii nche ndutsa - el tiempo y el caracol - time and the seashell was nominated for the best experimental short film at the festival internacional de cine caro 2020. And, tiempo de lluvia / in times of rain is a selection of the 6th festival internacional de cine y las artes indgenas en wallmapu. (2,050 attendance) covid-19 response - indigenous languges campaings as a response to the covid-19 pandemic mnrn produced videos, flyers and posters in indigenous languages in nahuatl (for the communities of tenango, xonotla, zoquitla, yehuala, otlatln and cuacuilco in nahuatl of northwestern sierra of puebla in mxico), in mixtec for the communities in oaxaca, mexico, and in wauja for brazil. The materials were intended to promote health guidelines and vaccination campaign (2,500 attendance). Mnrn organized the following lectures: herlinda mrquez mora, mnrn fellow, and gregory haimovich, coling participant, speaking about their research project "nahuatl and indigenous health: participatory-action research in the sierra norte of puebla." their research focuses on the lack of public health information, practitioners, and resources available to indigenous communities in mexico. During the pandemic, their project has expanded to creating video, audio, and written sources of information in nahuatl for the communities they serve. The congreso internacional sobre co?dices y manuscritos coloniales (international conference on codices and colonial manuscripts) was held from april 5-8, 2021 with the presentations from scholars around the world, sponsored by the secretari?a de cultura de hidalgo and the centro de investigaciones histo?ricas y culturales. Current mnrn fellow omar aguilar sa?nchez spoke about "the mixtec codices and postcolonial digital humanities" on wednesday april 7 and former mnrn fellow osiris s. Gonza?lez romero presented on "toponyms, anthroponyms, and pictographic writing in the aubin codex, xiuhpohualli of tenochtitlan." the videos of the conference presentations are available to watch on the centro de investigaciones histo?ricas y culturales facebook page. Alsp part of our ongoing series "researching the americas," on wednesday may 26, 2021 dr. Omar aguilar sa?nchez presented on his research about the mixtec codices. In a presentation entitled "re- apropiacio?n de los co? Dices mixtecos en el n?uu savi: de apps, logos, peli?culas, memes y ma?s" ("re- appropriation of the mixtec codices in n?uu savi: from apps, logos, movies, memes, and more")”

“2-the betty j meggers program (bjm) continue to develop programs and projects to promote research focused on the indigenous communities of south america past and present. The bjm grant program awarded subvention grants to scholars of any nationality to support their research on the indigenous societies of south america, "both past and present". (4 grants). Webinars: iberian borderlands in cyberspace oxford handbook of borderlands of the iberian world, featuring live events (via zoom) each month with authors from the volume discussing their chapters. These talks serve to introduce the public to the volume, a state of the field on borderlands and frontiers across the spanish and portuguese colonial worlds, from north and south america to asia with 34 essays and 40 authors. This initiative broadens the reach of the project, providing additional information and content, to connect the published volume with related digital resources. Mnrn's "iberian borderlands in cyberspace" returned in 2021 with a focus on pacific borderlands with two events in january. On january 15, brandon bayne, associate professor in the department of religious studies at unc- chapel hill, and catherine tracy goode, mnrn director of the tools for researchers program and social media coordinator, had a conversation about their chapters in the oxford handbook of borderlands of the iberian world. Through his chapter "converting the pacific: jesuit networks between new spain and asia" dr. Bayne discussed the horizontal networks of the jesuits across the pacific while dr. Goode discussed the importance of the pacific economic connections from her chapter "the pacific borderlands of the spanish empire." they considered how to consider an ocean as a borderlands and how religious and economic motives intersected. On january 28, mnrn's "iberian borderlands in cyberspace" interviewed historian martha ortega soto, of the universidad autnoma metropolitana (uam) iztapalapa, about her chapter "impact on the spanish empire of the russian incursion into the north pacific, 1741-1821" in the volume the oxford handbook of borderlands of the iberian world. It was a lively discussion about the imperial conflicts between the spanish, russians, and the british along the west coast of north america. On february 12, mnrn's "iberian borderlands in cyberspace" continued with a conversation between historians pilar garca jordn and anna guiteras mombiola about their chapter "the construction of a frontier space: inter- ethnic relations in northern bolivia" from our volume the oxford handbook of borderlands of the iberian world. They joined us from barcelona, spain where dr. Garca jordn is a professor of history at the university of barcelona and dr. Guiteras is a post-doc at the university of pompeu fabra. They discussed the history of two main regions of the northern borderlands of bolivia in relation to indigenous citizenship and missionization in the 19th century. On march 12, we interviewed fabricio prado, associate professor of history at the college of william & mary as part of the series "iberian borderlands in cyberspace" about his chapter from the volume the oxford handbook of iberian borderlands of the iberian world. Prado's chapter "trans-imperial interaction and the rio de la plata as an atlantic borderland" deals with the establishment of the portuguese port city of colo?nia do sacramento on the north bank of the ri?o de la plata (argentina) and he discussed the conflicts, trade and contraband, and corruption of this oceanic borderlands in the atlantic. For april, our "iberian borderlands in cyberspace" zoom talk series focused on brazil with two presentations. First, on april 23 we interviewed dr. Mary karasch, a leading expert on the goia?s borderlands region of brazil and professor emeritus from the university of oakland in rochester, michigan. We discussed her chapter "riverine borderlands and multicultural contacts in central brazil, 1775-1835" (link below) that repres”

“5-xicanx mnrn is conjunction with the museum of anthropology, university of british columbia (moa) is organizing the exhibit xicanx: dreamers + changemakers scheduled to open in may, 2022 at moa and in january 2023 at the mexican cultural institute in san antonio, texas. This is the first major group exhibition about chicano art to open in canada. The works in the exhibition date from 1971 to 2019 by over thirty-five artists representing a range of perspectives who continue to create, remix, adapt and expand the idea of xicanx art. Understanding xicanx art is necessary in order to comprehend the full historical importance of el movimiento and its power reshape the visual, political, and social landscape in the us and beyond its national boundaries. For this reason, a fundamental component of the exhibit will be a digital catalogue that will extend the life of the exhibit beyond its physical installation with the goal of building a more nuanced understanding of the issues of race, identity, civil rights in the u.s. And other national contexts, and human rights across the americas and in global perspective. Total participants: 75 6-at risk afghan scholar and artist fellowship support through mnrn the collapse of the afghan government in august of 2021 created one of the largest migrations of scholars and artists since the second world war. These individuals (many of them women) were encouraged in their research and teaching during the past generation by both the domestic political situation and the influx of funding from international donors. This led to the creation of the american university of afghanistan based in kabul; as well as the development of the american institute of afghanistan studies (aias) in 2003 in kabul as part of the overall u.s. Effort to improve higher education in afghanistan and to provide a venue for advanced studies between u.s. And afghan scholars. In addition, other centers of scholarship and teaching were established in afghanistan and supported by the united states and global partners. Mnrn in collaboration with other caorc's member center in islamabad, the american institute of pakistan studies (aips), has helped in arranging the visas, lodging, other logistics, and general support for some afghan scholars. Mnrn facilitated the visa process for afghan fellows and their families. Working with the appropriate ministries of their host country government to facilitate any required research clearances for the afghan fellows during their fellowships. In addition to providing a venue for the afghan fellows' research, mnrn introduced them to scholars and colleagues in local universities and institutions as part of the overall effort to welcome them into the local scholarly network and ease their transition. Mrn will also facilitate all necessary logistical support. Total participants: 40”

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