Claire Irigoyen, a SWS graduate (2023), interviews Chicana educators in Denver and explores what culturally responsive teaching can look like. 

Hey y'all! We know you've missed us. Here's a little update episode where Lucie and Buzz talk about some Southwest Studies events and other cool happenings in the Center. 

In 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 Pastores

Special 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”. 

In this episode, four students from Dr. Santiago Guerra's third block class, SW252: Marijuana Movement and Cannabis Culture interview a CC alum who does work in the medical marijuana field. 

In this episode, four students from Dr. Santiago Guerra's third block class, SW252: Marijuana Movement and Cannabis Culture dive into researching the history of cannabis. This is in regards to constitutional laws surrounding marijuana and how these laws target certain ethnic groups, such as Mexican people, in the US.

In this episode, five students from Dr. Santiago Guerra's third block class, SW252: Marijuana Movement and Cannabis Culture dive into researching cannabis culture on CC campus. 

Sarah interviews Leah Davis Witherow, Curator of History for the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. They discuss the museum's past, present, and future– keeping in mind the importance of histories  that are often not included (of Indigenous people, queer people, people of color, etc.)  in spaces named after "Pioneers".

Leah's email: Leah.Witherow@coloradosprings.gov

Pioneers Museum Website: https://www.cspm.org/

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In this episode, Dr. Santiago Guerra, Dr. Karen Roybal, and Dr. Eric Perramond update our listeners on what's new with them and with the Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies.