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Americans have come to love espresso. For some, it’s seen as continental, cultured, and sophisticated. Sure, it might be mixed with milk to make a cappuccino, latte, café au lait, or mixed with hot water to make an Americano. We drink it for the intense flavor and aroma, not to mention the caffeine punch it […]
This term-long colloquium (RL623) looks at the ways in which disposable bodies and violence are fast becoming a cultural currency associated with the kingpin culture of narcotraffic. This is a key debate for which the humanities and the social sciences are very well positioned to encourage critical thinking of the consumer culture (both Netflix shows, […]
Gabriela Pérez Báez, Linguistics, and 2023–24 OHC Faculty Research Fellow. “Diidxazá is an Indigenous endangered Mesoamerican language spoken in southern Mexico. I will test out pacing and methods towards publication of a 10,000 entry Diidxazá-Spanish-English dictionary. I will focus on Spanish and English definitions and on different data sets in preparation for a full-scale process […]
