Associate Professor of Spanish
verdesio@umich.edu
Office Information:
Office: 4212 MLB
Surface Mail: 812 East Washington Street | 4108 MLB, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1275
phone: 734.647.2645
Spanish;
Faculty;
Graduate Program;
Romance Languages & Literatures
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., Northwestern, 1992
About
I am currently working on the territorial practices of indigenous cultures from 'prehistoric' time. The study of territorialities that are alternative to Western cartography and land exploitation may help us discuss our own representations of the land as well as our cognitive framework. It is also a way to recover from oblivion those indigenous practices erased from our Western imaginary and make them part of humankind's patrimony. This research agenda is, of course, in (sometimes critical) dialogue with some issues raised by Subaltern Studies.
I am also working on the theoretical (as well as pedagogical) issues at stake in the relationship between colonial studies and cultural studies.
Recent and Selected Publications
La invención del Uruguay: la entrada del territorio y sus habitantes a la cultura occidental. Montevideo: Graffiti Trazas, 1996. Review
Forgotten Conquests. Re-reading New World History from the Margins. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. Review
Co-Editor. Colonialism Past and Present: Reading and Writing about Colonial Latin American Texts Today. Albany: SUNY Press, 2002. Summary
Research Areas(s)
- Colonial Studies, Native American Studies, Pre-Contact Indigenous Societies, Material Culture, Popular Culture, Theory
Affiliation(s)
- Faculty: Department of Romance Languages & Literatures
- Faculty: Department of American Culture (AC), Native American Studies (NAS)
- Latina/o Studies (LS) Faculty Associate
Field(s) of Study
- Colonial studies, Native American studies, American culture, cultural studies, material culture.
