Description
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Our Communities, Our Histories: Engaging Oral History Praxis Across the Salvadoran Diaspora, an online encuentro on October 6 at 6pm CT / 7pm ET, brings together Salvadoran scholars from various interests and expertise to discuss the role of oral history in building the emerging field of Central American Studies, including the representation of El Salvador’s transnational community.
Given the ongoing cycles of authoritarianism, censorship, and disinformation in El Salvador and in the Salvadoran diaspora, as well as the historical destruction of archives and distortions of historical memory, the facilitators of this encuentro session aim to start a conversation on the role of oral history in the contemporary moment.
All three moderators are Teach Central America advisors and this event is part of the 2026 Teach Central America Week.
MODERATORS
Ana Patricia Rodríguez is professor of U.S. Latinx/e and Central American literatures in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she teaches classes on Latin American, Central American, and U.S. Latina/o/e literatures and cultures. She is the author of Avocado Dreams: Remaking Salvadoran Life and Art in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area (University of Arizona Press, 2025) and Dividing the Isthmus: Central American Transnational Histories, Literatures, and Cultures (University of Texas Press, 2009) as well as coeditor of De la hamaca al trono y al más allá: Lecturas críticas de la obra de Manlio Argueta (San Salvador: Editorial Universidad Don Bosco, 2016).
Jennifer A. Cárcamo is a Salvadoran scholar and filmmaker, best known for her film Eternos Indocumentados: Central American Refugees in the US. She is currently an assistant professor of practice in the Department of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She earned her PhD in History from UCLA and her MA in Documentary Film & History from Syracuse University. Her work has been published in Latin American Law Review, Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos, Feminist Formations, and Race and Class.
Alexis N. Meza (she/her) is an assistant professor of Ethnic and Women’s Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. Her work has been published in Migrant Roots Media, Feminist Formations, and Latino Studies.
A Teach for America Week virtual presentation and dialogue with Ana Patricia Rodríguez, Jennifer Cárcamo, and Alexis Nicole Meza. Registration is required to attend this online event.
Location
Online
Category:
Campus Events
Contact:
Nicole Poole
2104584033
nicole.poole@utsa.edu
