Building Belonging in the Archive: USLDH
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The episode discusses the importance of archives in representing underrepresented communities, focusing on the efforts of the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program.
Send us Fan Mail The power of an archive to elevate an underrepresented community cannot be overstated. Since the early 1990s, Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program ("Recovery") under Arte Público Press at the University of Houston has focused on collecting and making accessible the written legacy of Hispanic and Latino peoples from colonial times to the late 20th century. In 2017, this effort to expand the historical record of the US took new form with the establishment of the...
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