“Compadres de los Suburbios”: Hip-hop Counterculture in the Andean Sprawl of El Alto

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Matthew Harrison and Faculty Mentor: Brian Pierce, Spanish and Portuguese For as long as we have recognized the existence of music, it has been inevitably and profoundly representative of our world’s many diverse cultures. By chance, just the other week I had the opportunity to chat with some family members about the origins of modern […]

Muito Como Um Rei: Afro-Brazilian Need for Educational Role Models

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Grundvig Angela Muito Como Um Rei :Afro-Brazilian Need for Educational Role Models Rex Nielson, Department of Spanish and Portuguese This research project attempts to engage in a new verbal dialogue in the field of research about Afro-Brazilian masculinity and educational systems through the lens of literature. The novel Muito Como Um Rei (2015) is a […]

Interpreting Art History by Brazillian Modernist Anuta Malfatti

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Turner, Michelle Interpreting Art History by Brazilian Modernist Anita Malfatti Faculty Mentor: Rex Nielsen, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Introduction This project is centered around the artist Anita Malfatti and her teaching of art history. Malfatti was an instrumental figure in the development of Brazilian Modernism. Leaving an oeuvre composed primarily of portraits and landscapes, […]

Trash and Contemporary Brazil: Modernization and Consumption in Brazil’s Megacities

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Trash and Contemporary Brazil: Modernization and Consumption in Brazil’s Megacities By: Asa Richard Laws Mentor: Dr. Rex Nielson, Spanish and Portuguese Over the past 50 years the growing difference between trash collection capacity and consumption has produced new cultural developments concerning the collection, reuse, and criminalization of trash in Brazil. The thin legal framework that […]

Unfulfilled Expectations: The Role of Translation in the Influence and Reception of João Guimarães Rosa in the United States

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Cai Olsen and Dr. James R. Krause, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Introduction João Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967) was a contemporary Brazilian author whose works were translated into a number of languages and sold throughout the world. Known for writing the great novel Grande Sertão: Veredas, Rosa was well-received in nearly all of the countries where […]

Spanish/English Book Anatomy Diagrams

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India Johnson and Jeffrey Turley, Spanish and Portuguese Introduction This project is an illustrated online Spanish/English glossary of bookbinding terminology. It was created to fill a void: although cross-cultural interaction in the bookbinding community continues to increase, no comparable resource exists online or in print. Methodology My search of existing bilingual lexicography, both at the […]

THE FAILURE OF A LATIN AMERICAN BESTSELLER: Researching the Reception of João Guimarães Rosa in the United States

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Andrew Kelly Nelson and James Krause, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Of all Latin American authors, the works of João Guimarães Rosa present some of the greatest difficulties for translators. He experienced laudable critical success throughout Latin American and Europe, but–for reasons that are under investigation–received a tepid reception in the United States. This project […]

Comparison of Language Gains Across Classroom, Foreign Language Housing, and Study Abroad Environments

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Kari Tanner and Dr. Jeffrey Turley, Spanish Department When it comes to learning a foreign language, study abroad contexts have generally been assumed to produce the best results. However, with rising program costs it becomes necessary to evaluate alternate options as well. The three main language learning contexts are classroom, foreign language housing (domestic immersion) […]