Graduate student Ingrid Nelson is one of eight UO students to receive a U.S. Student Program Fulbright award this year. The grant will support her doctoral dissertation research, “Gender Equity and Rural Sustainable Development in Zambézia, Mozambique.” A Ph.D. candidate…
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Women, Media, and Rebellion in Oaxaca
A documentary by Gabriela Martínez (RT 37 minutes) Illuminating Important Questions in 21st-Century Mexico This documentary by Gabriela Martínez, University of Oregon assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, tells the story of a media takeover that changed the nature…
Joan Acker—Capturing the Spirit of Oregon
Joan Acker is one of eight people who will be honored during Lane County’s Sixth Annual Older Americans Month celebration on May 6. The theme this year is “Lane County Honors Older Americans Who Capture the Spirit of Oregon.” Following…
An Old Map, Little Black Fruits, and Female Spirits
From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group by Gabriela Martínez, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication and Stephanie Wood, Senior Research Associate, CSWS Today we went to some Zapotec communities not far from Oaxaca city, accompanied by Beatriz (“Bety”)…
Monoliths, Silk Worms, and Scholarships
From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group by Stephanie Wood, Senior Research Associate, CSWS Oaxaca, Mexico—On March 22nd Gabriela Martínez and I went deep into the Mixteca Alta to visit an archive in search of early manuscripts (kind of a…
Reconstructing the Lives of Zapotec Women
From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group by Gabriela Martínez, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication and Stephanie Wood, Senior Research Associate, CSWS Oaxaca, Mexico—Yesterday, we began work on a pilot film for a larger documentary on the “triple…
