Diana Negrin da Silva She has a doctorate in human geography from the University of California, Berkeley (2014) and a degree in Latin American Studies and Letters (University of California, Berkeley, 2004). She is currently a professor in the Master's degrees in Urban Affairs and Public Policy and International Studies at the University of San Francisco. He has received several awards and grants for his research work, including from the Ford Foundation, UC Mexus, and Conacyt. She is a member of the National System of Researchers, candidate level. Her current work examines the articulations and disarticulations that emerge from interracial and intraregional alliances that are formed around the defense of indigenous territories and cultures and that cross racial and geographic borders.

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Apprentice and philosopher: Juan Negrín's Wixárika heritage

  • Diana Negrin da Silva

TO Over the course of 44 years, Juan dedicated his efforts to compiling data on the language, oral history, sacred and contemporary art, as well as the rituals of the Wixárika people. Starting with art and continuing with territorial defense through autonomous productive projects, this work has bequeathed a unique heritage on the Wixárika culture. Negrín's writings include notebooks, diaries, multiple handwritten and typewritten drafts, but he also left hundreds of audios, mainly conversations with artists and the elderly. kawiterutsiri, where core concepts of the Wixárika worldview are deepened.