Pa k’u’x / Desde el centro / From the Center
Ignacio Carvajal
Ignacio Carvajal
Nela Tahay
Nela Tahay
Willy Barreno
Willy Barreno
Vianna González
Vianna González
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
CONTACT
ignaciocarvajal@ku.eduNela Tahay
Nela Tahay
Willy Barreno
Willy Barreno
Vianna González
Vianna González
Project Details
Digital Genres:
Class instruction / Curriculum / Pedagogy
Digital Archive / Exhibit
Topics:
Indigenous Stories