*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* PTEROCAST NEWSLETTER News from www.pterodactilo.com Your favorite English-Spanish-Portuguese-Spanglish Blog Ptero recomienda (para escuchar) Por Laura Marina Boria T: @lauramboria En Pterodáctilo publicamos un boletín donde compartimos los podcasts que nos inspiran. Los episodios abordan las artes, ciencias, política, opinión, comida, entre otros. Además, incluimos un episodio sugerido por nuestros…
The Monster Hiding in the Archives: Spanish Paleography and its Secrets (Part 4)
How can we work with primary sources for our research if we can’t read the handwriting? This early career guide will get you started learning paleography with some tips, real examples from archives, and other helpful resources.
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My Grandma
My grandma, the feminist (¡Feliz belated día de los muertos!) Por Siri Gurudev Her skin was so light Campesina de piel clara And she couldn’t even keep a secret. Some may even call her chismosa. She loved chicharrón with papas criollas. My sweet grandma, Her heart held the entire family (She was home for…
10 Totally Do-able Steps to Start Preparing for the Alt-Ac World
If you know that alt-ac jobs are at least on your back burner but you don’t know where to start, start here. This post guides you through some easy things you can do today to make your life when you hit the job market easier and hopefully more successful.
The Monster Hiding in the Archives: Spanish Paleography and its Secrets (Part 3)
I. What is paleography? The ability to read and study ancient or historical handwriting styles that are no longer recognizable and familiar to modern readers is called paleography. Those of us who want to work with primary sources that have not been transcribed by historians and other diligent scholars must…
Pterocast Episodio #10. Pedro Cabiya: «la sensibilidad de un chamaco de los ochenta»
El escritor puertorriqueño Pedro Cabiya visitó los estudios de Pterodáctilo y conversó con nuestro equipo sobre su proceso creativo, su película Reinbou (Cacique Films, 2017), su novela del mismo nombre y otros de sus trabajos de ficción, «Tercer Mundo», «Trance» y «Malas Hierbas». Nos contó, también, qué temas lo motivan…
Is activist research enough (when the world is literally on fire!?)?
“So here I am, having left my on-the-ground, boots-to-the-concrete job to get to the source of things, to produce scholarship aimed at shifting deeply engrained ideologies.”
