Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Framing Identities in Motion ·
2014
- 2015
Awarded by: Humanities Writ Large
This project will connect Duke students who are heritage speakers with students in other colleges in the USA and in Mexico who have similar backgrounds (a heritage speaker speaks English and also speaks or at least understands a language other than English that was spoken in their childhood home). The project’s main goal is for these students to explore and articulate the notion of identity within a collaborative framework. We expect them to develop an understanding of identity as a fluid notion negotiated through discourse, language, cultural practices, and products. Through virtual conversations, students will share and compare their cultural, linguistic, socio-political, and historical experiences with peers at other institutions. They will also engage in dialogue with alumni who are heritage speakers, especially former students of the course Spanish for Heritage Speakers.
https://humanitieswritlarge.duke.edu/projects/framing-identities-motion.html