The Global Script of Indigenous Identities:
Local Literacies, Oral Languages, and the
Written Word
An International Symposium
October 30-31
Gold Room B, MSU Union
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
This symposium examines how indigenous communities have used global networks to advance their own ideas regarding cultural maintenance, preservation, and difference. Scholars from various disciplines whose work spans North, Central, and South America will engage in a cross-disciplinary dialogue on Americas’ indigeneities and their ways to convey, record, and transmit information in global worlds.
Registration information will be posted soon.
For information, contact Rocío Quispe-Agnoli at (517)
353-3560 or
quispeag@cal.msu.edu.
Confirmed Speakers
Chadwick Allen, Ohio State University
Margaret Bender, Wake Forest University
Kathleen Bragdon, College of William and Mary
Mónica Domínguez, University of Delaware
Florencia Mallon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joanne Rappaport, Georgetown University
John Tutino, Georgetown University
Juan Zevallos-Aguilar, Ohio State University
Symposium Organizers
Eduardo Guízar-Alvarez, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Michigan State University
Mindy Morgan, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University
Rocío Quispe-Agnoli, Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University
Sponsors
College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University
American Indian Studies Program, Michigan State University
Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University