In this second episode with Emmanuel Ortega (Babelito from Latinos Who Lunch) a researcher, curator, podcaster, and recent YouTuber (Unsettling Journeys) dedicated to uncovering the histories behind Mexican, Latin American, and Latinx identities by examining the arts (as well as the visual and material cultures and built environment) created before the invasion of Tenochtitlán, during the colonial period, around the waves of Independence from Europe, and into our contemporary world. We continue talking about the journey of a Mexican scholar into American academia, we discuss the conflicts between de-colonial history and anti-colonial practices in history. We talk about the work of Ramón Grosfuguel and the Epistemicides of the 16th century in order to understand anti-colonial gestures, and revisionist history practices. Finally, we get to architecture or the built environment by discussing the Casta paintings, their depictions of race, gender, and class (tools of hate - Kirsten Pai Buick)

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Silencing the Past by Michael-Rolph Trouillot

Unsettling Journeys - Youtube Channel

Imagining Identity in New Spain by  Magali Carrera