Encanto, Spanish and the Gift of Family
Barring global pandemics, my immediate family packs our bags every two or three years and heads to the south of England to visit our extended family. Because of Covid-19, we hadn’t…
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Theme: Culture
Saudade: On Missing Home
Linguistics and Literature departments consider Portuguese a Romantic language because of its Latin roots, alongside others such as Spanish, French and Italian. I, however—and…
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Oro a Egún
As I engage in spiritual ritual practices during the sacred celebrations of Fèt Gede from the Vodou spiritual-religious tradition as well as Día de los Muertos with origins in Aztec and Catholic…
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Museums and Deaf Population in Brazil
We’ve been fascinated that museums, science centers, zoos, planetariums, botanical gardens and other similar places are allied to the informal science learning…
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Modernity in Black and White
For years, one of my favorite pieces in the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) was the iconic Abaporu (1928), by Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral: a canvas…
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