Translating International Journalism
Zoom PrincetonIn a globalized world of international media conglomerates, it’s a paradox that journalism in translation plays such a small role in the Anglophone world. Diverse journalistic traditions can offer new perspectives, but do their independent conventions and standards present major cultural barriers to readers? The Polish reportaż author Margo Rejmer and Mexican crónica author Julián […]
Investigating Cuauhtémoc’s Bones: Politics, Truth, and Mestizo Nationalism in Mexico
Zoom PrincetonPart III: Seminar on Indigeneities in the Era of Development In 1949, a villager from Ixcateopan, Guerrero, produced documents that seemed to indicate that Cuauhtémoc, the last Mexican emperor, was buried in the village church. When bones were subsequently found under the church altar, a very public controversy ensued. Did the bones in fact belong […]