{"id":4661,"date":"2024-07-31T18:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T22:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2024-08-01T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T20:46:19","slug":"latin-american-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/2024\/07\/31\/latin-american-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American Philosophy<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Darianna Reyes Marquez \u201826<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past summer, I worked alongside Professor Ortiz-Hinojosa. We worked on a few projects that relate to \u2018Latin American<\/em>\u2019 Philosophy. There is a lot of discourse around what is considered \u2018Latin America<\/em>\u2019, and consequently what is considered to be \u2018Latin American<\/em>\u2019 Philosophy\u2019. We attempted not to define it, but rather to try and expand possible meanings and interpretations in this field of study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first portion of this project, I transcribed The Aztec-Spanish Dialogues of 1524<\/em>. This document is filled with theological discussion between the Nahuas and the Spaniards, and more interestingly, it is made up of fragments of oral traditions from pre- and post colonial times. Though the document was already translated, we hope that this version is distributed and used for further dissemination\u2014as a focus of this time period\u2014to ground this old, but relevant and continuous discussion. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Images from The Aztec-Spanish Dialogues of 1524<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For the second portion of the project I put together an annotated bibliography consisting of various primary, secondary, and other sources from pre-colonial, colonial, and post colonial times. Though they vary all the way from Indigenous documents to Afro-Caribbean discussion to first-hand accounts of Spaniards, the connection between these documents is that they have an interconnected history and significance to the field of \u2018Latin America<\/em>\u2019. We hope that this source can help other scholars interested in learning more about \u2018Latin America<\/em>\u2019 and can expand their understanding of what can be considered to be ‘Latin American<\/em>‘ philosophy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the final portion of this project I set out to explore the relationship between Corridos<\/em>, a music genre, and the sentiment of a nation, in this case, Mexico. In the same way that there is not one way to define \u2018Latin America<\/em>\u2019 or how it is viewed or studied, the Corrido <\/em>genre does not have one definitive sound. Corridos <\/em>can come in the form of rancheras, mariachi, banda, norte\u00f1as, duranguense, and many other forms. While there are shared musical elements between these genres, what truly makes them Corridos<\/em> is the stories of heroes and survival <\/strong>that they tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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