“Invitation to Ixcotel: Life in a Mexican Prison”

About the Event “Invitation to Ixcotel” is a series of ethnographic narratives, with essays, stories, and poems, along with conversations featuring inmates in a Mexican prison in Oaxaca, one of the poorest states with a large concentration of indigenous communities in the southwest part of the country. Over a period of more than 13 years, the main participants in the book became collaborating ethnographers who worked with sociolinguist Angeles Clemente.About the Author Angeles Clemente obtained a Ph.D. in Education in languages from the University of London and worked as a professor for 30 years at UABJO, the State University of Oaxaca in Mexico. A sociolinguist, she has researched the connection between language, culture, agency, and identity in Latin American contexts, both in Mexico and Brazil.PanelistsRichard Snyder (https://vivo.brown.edu/display/rsnyder), Professor of Political Science, Brown UniversityDaniel A. Rodriguez (https://vivo.brown.edu/display/drodrig2), Associate Professor of History, Brown UniversityPlease note that this talk will be presented in English.For questions orto request special services, accommodations, or assistance, please contactclacs@brown.edu (mailto:clacs@brown.edu)or (401)-863-2645.