Course Description

This course will help you foster a relationship with northern New Mexico. In this class we will examine the history and culture of the Río Arriba as it is experienced in the politics, arts, and traditions of the region. We will discuss its cultural heritage through primary texts, guest speakers, on-site, and hands-on learning. We will take one 2-night trip to Las Vegas, NM. There is an $83 course fee (to cover overnight trip expenses). We will also be conducting a class oral history project.

Texts

1. We Fed Them Cactus, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca
2. The Book of Archives, and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico, A. Gabriel Meléndez
3. Madame Ambassador: The Shoemaker’s Daughter, Mari-Luci Jaramillo
4. Course Reader (available on Canvas)

Requirements

Attendance and Participation (15%)

Reading Responses(20%)

Site-Based Analysis(25%)

Midterm Essay(10%)

Oral History Project(30%)

About the Instructor(s): Myrriah Gomez

Myrriah Gómez is an Associate Professor in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. She joined the UNM Honors College in 2016, where she teaches classes related to New Mexico, Chicanx Studies, and Environmental Justice. She directs the Conexiones-Spain study abroad program and serves as is faculty coordinator for the UNM Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program.