Mexico's Indigenous Voices and Soundscapes
Ultan Recital Hall
Gifted scholar and beloved teacher Professor Osiris Gómez surveys the literature, music, art, and philosophy of Mexican indigenous communities. Gómez invites the audience to hear, see, feel, and understand Mexico as another living entity which in remote times and still to this day is worshiped and protected by Indigenous philosophies of life.
Welcome by Karen Diver, Senior Advisor to the President for Native American Affairs.
Moderated by Professor Vicente M. Diaz, Chair, Department of American Indian Studies.
About the Speaker
Osiris Aníbal Gómez is Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His areas of expertise include contemporary Indigenous literatures of Mexico, decolonial theory and praxis, Chicano literature, and translation studies. His work explores the condition, aesthetics, and social justice possibilities of bilingual Indigenous writers in contexts of violence and language loss.