Credits
This project has been created as a part of the second examination of the track of sociolinguistics, in the Ph.D. Program in Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures (LAILaC) at CUNY Graduate Center.
Research and website:
- Silvia Rivera Alfaro
Committee members:
- Advisor: Professor José del Valle
- Professor Cece Cutler
- Professor Beatriz Lado
- Professor Matthew K. Gold
Acknowledgments
- Rebeca Lane for allowing me to include the video on the website and the photos as part of the analysis
- Professor José del Valle for supporting me in approaching language and territory while learning about digital formats.
- Professor Cece Cutler for her guidance in researching Rebeca Lane’s rap song as part of her class on Language and Identity.
- LALaC’s sociolinguistics professors for their openness to bring digital projects into the conversations of LAILaC.
- Professors Matthew K. Gold and Lisa Rhody for their advice on digital projects, pedagogy, and skills at GC Digital Humanities
- Digital Fellows for all the discussions on digital projects. Especially, thanks to Leanne Fan and Tuka Al-Sahlani for the conversations on presenting the content in the pedagogical resources we have created together. Those conversations have been with me in the creation of this resource.
- LAILaC’s internal Publics Lab Grant to support the initiative of having a digital component on the second exam of our program.
- New Media Lab for providing a space to discuss the project.
More info
I am a Central American sociolinguist and digital humanist. To learn more about my work, visit silviariveralfaro.com
Silvia Rivera Alfaro has created the research and the website. The text and drawings are under the license of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0.
The video is copyright of Rebeca Lane. The Creative Commons license does not apply to the video and images from the video. They are used on this website with the artist’s permission.