Listen "Class Spotlight: New Mexican Culture and Identity through the Performative Arts"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textIn Block 3, Dr. Karen Roybal and Dr. Carrie Ruiz taught a cross-listed Spanish and Southwest Studies class: New Mexican Culture and Identity through the Performative Arts (SP316/SW200). This episode highlights the voices of the professors, as well as students: Leo Fries, Diana Buda, Annette Leyva, and Ella Eskenazi. This episode was co-produced by Buzz Katsev and Lucie Raphael. We used clips collected by Lucie Raphael in the field: Brenda Romero singing Los Comanchitos with the students of the course, Tessa Cordova singing Echale Cinco al Piano, Tessa Cordova singing Ala Ru Ala Me, and Tessa Cordova singing Bienvenidos PastoresSpecial thanks to the groups who shared their final projects with us so that we could include them in this episode: Anayely Reyes-Trejo, Ella Eskenazi, Matthew Nesselrodt, and Hunter Burge for creating their soundscape “Whispers Through Time”. And to Leo Fries, Diana Buda, Robin Bahrami, Shira Rosenthal for their project, “Branching Out: How songs change over time”.
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