Pa k’u’x / Desde el centro / From the Center


Pa k’u’x / Desde el centro / From the Center

Ignacio Carvajal


Ignacio Carvajal

Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Kansas, and Co-Principal Investigator, Stories for All University of Kansas

Nela Tahay


Nela Tahay

K’iche’ instructor, Nahualá, Sololá, Guatemala

Willy Barreno


Willy Barreno

Founder, Ki’kotemal Tijob’al, Guatemala
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janel pineda with some text.

Project Description

This project serves two main purposes, both of them anchored around Guatemala specifically and Central America in general. The first aim of the project is to create a digital repository dedicated to Maya K’iche’ language learning. K’iche’ is the most widely spoken Mayan language in Guatemala. By creating language materials centering on the life of K’iche’ instructor Manuela Tahay Tzaj, from Nahualá Sololá, who teaches language using stories of Maya culture, we hope both to share her story and provide materials for language learning to a wider community, both in Guatemala and the diaspora. The second goal is to create a digital repository that features interdisciplinary approaches to studying Central America and the Central American Diaspora. These materials explore knowledge production – engaging literature, culture, history, activism, among others – through talks by invited guests and collaborative design with language educators and activists, artists, and scholars.

Partner Details

Ignacio Carvajal


Ignacio Carvajal

Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Kansas, and Co-Principal Investigator, Stories for All University of Kansas

Nela Tahay


Nela Tahay

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K’iche’ instructor, Nahualá, Sololá, Guatemala

Willy Barreno


Willy Barreno

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Founder, Ki’kotemal Tijob’al, Guatemala