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The following projects are some of the long-form scholarly works produced last year by Michigan Tech faculty including books, anthologies, field guides, and sculpture.
Trenzando/Braiding Trenzando/Braiding is a sculpture that recognizes the intertwined histories of the US and Guatemala, and the role of economics in genocide. Lisa Gordillo, associate professor of visual and performing arts
Trenzando/Braiding considers the history of US intervention in Guatemala and US complicity in Guatemala’s genocide while reflecting more generally on international cultures of violence. The sculpture is made of 20 units formed into a grid. Textile braids rest on wooden supports, with US dollars and Guatemalan quetzales woven throughout. The braids may remind viewers
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Otero County was awarded the State Historic Preservation Award by History Colorado during its virtual 2021 Stephen H. Hart Award Ceremony.
The county was awarded for historic preservation officer Rebecca Goodwin and her team s contributions to the Japanese-American Historic Resource Survey, a project she led. Goodwin was recognized at the 2021 Stephen H. Hart Award Ceremony that was held virtually this year due to the pandemic.
In a video presentation about the Japanese-American Historic Resource Survey, Goodwin said, People around the country have heard of Rocky Ford cantaloupe, Rocky Ford melons, they re very famous, and yet I think very few people understand what important role the Japanese Americans in Otero County played in the development of that agriculture.
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