Blanca Aranda
She/Her/Ella, Faculty, Modern and Classical Languages
About
Hometown: La Paz, Bolivia
Education: B.A. in Literature (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés), Certificate in Education (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés), M.A. in Spanish (University of Oregon), Ph.D. in Romance Languages (University of Oregon)
Research/Teaching Interests: Latin American Literature and Culture, Andean texts and textual practices, theories of orality, textuality, intertextuality and identity.
Hobbies/Interests: Hanging out with family and friends, making music, planting, cooking, knitting, enjoying the outdoors.
Quote: "Cada vez que hablas una lengua indígena, resistes. Hablar una lengua indígena, en las circunstancias presentes, es habitar un territorio cognitivo que todavía no ha sido conquistado, al menos no del todo. / Every time you speak an indigenous language, you resist. To speak an indigenous language, in the present circumstances, is to inhabit a cognitive territory that has not yet been conquered, at least not all of it.” Yasnara Elena Aguilar Gil (Mixe)