Breaking the Hispanic Stereotype. Exploration and Dissemination of Other Cultures: The Pre-Hispanic Arhuaco of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Academic Year:
2010 - 2011 (June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011)
Funding Requested:
$2,000.00
Project Dates:
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Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
Learning about ancestral cultures like that of the Arhuaco in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia would add to a more integral notion of a Pan-Hispanic World. It seems that the dominant societies, and Spanish language textbooks have constructed ideas of "the Hispanic World" omitting pre-Hispanic cultures that exist today, and that follow a way of life different from that of the main societies. Using an apprenticeship-practice approach to gain knowledge of the Arhuaco culture, this project aims to educate the University community, and to contribute to our development of cross-cultural competence by disseminating the Arhuaco way of life as a representative of these non-Hispanic cultures.