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1.1 Defining Mestizaje and the Nature of History

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IN THIS VIDEO, we establish our methodology and the goals for UNSETTLING JOURNEYS, an ongoing series exploring the history of Mexican, Latin American and Latinx cultures through art. We define the importance of deconstructing historical silences (after Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s methodology) and establish the importance of "historiography" in understanding the complexities of our identities as Latinoamerican@s, Mexican@s, and Latinx peoples.

Stay tuned until the end to watch the creators talk about the series and listen as they define some key terms and ideas essential to understanding our future video essays.
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Episode 1: Introduction, Defining Mestizaje, and the Nature of History
Season 1: Mestizaje Contextualized: Encounters in the Early Modern Period
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ABOUT THIS CHANNEL: The arts have played a central role in the solidification of our identities by anchoring our feelings to shifting colonies, empires, and nations. UNSETTLING JOURNEYS is dedicated to uncovering the histories behind Mexican, Latin American, and Latinx identities by examining the arts (paintings, prints, architecture, visual and material cultures) created before the invasion of Tenochtitlán, during the colonial period, around the waves of Latin American Independence from Europe, and into our contemporary world.

By dissecting everything from pyramids to movies, UNSETTLING JOURNEYS breaks down the complicated stories of our past. With fun and critical contextualization, we’ll untangle the messy history of art in the Americas, and the role it plays in our imaginations. Subscribe and join our journey to disrupt history, dismantle its myths, and deconstruct Latinx identities.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Secondary Sources:
Hulme, Peter. 1992. Colonial encounters: Europe and the native Caribbean, 1492-1797. London: Routledge.
Trouillot, Michel-Rolph. 1995. The Silences of the Past: Power and the Production of History. Boston: Beacon Press.

Websites:
Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, s.v. “mestizo,” accessed June 6, 2020, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mestizo.
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INTRO
Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
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Traveler by Alexander Nakarada
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1.1 Defining Mestizaje and the Nature of History

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