A Vital Matters Theme: Language, Memory, and Iconography

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Language, Memory, and Iconography

Spoken, written, and visual systems of communication carry deep cultural meanings. This theme explores how language, imagery, and representational forms preserve memory, transmit knowledge, and shape collective identity. Perspectives may consider poetry, calligraphy, oral traditions, inscriptions, emblems, and other expressive modes that encode history, belief, and belonging.

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Haiti Madi 12 Janvye 2010 (Haiti, Tuesday, January 12, 2010)

Myrlande Constant

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José Benítez Sánchez

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Restaurant doors depicting Sheikh Amadou Bamba and Ibra Fall

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El Arbol de la Muerte: Maquilando Mujeres (The Tree of Death: Factory Women)

Veronica Castillo

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Guatama's Pilgrimage to Ashtapada

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Rice granary guardian male and female figures (bululs)

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Cosas que Sangran

Tanya Aguiñiga

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Haiti Madi 12 Janvye 2010 (Haiti, Tuesday, January 12, 2010)

Myrlande Constant

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José Benítez Sánchez

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Restaurant doors depicting Sheikh Amadou Bamba and Ibra Fall

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El Arbol de la Muerte: Maquilando Mujeres (The Tree of Death: Factory Women)

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Guatama's Pilgrimage to Ashtapada

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Stephen

Acabado

Professor, Department of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles

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Tanya

Aguiñiga

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Gassia

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Research Curator

Fowler Museum at UCLA

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Ingrid

Arriaga

Anthropologist and Researcher

Cultural Institute of Mexico in France

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Luciana

Benítez Rentería

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Daughter of José Benítez Sánchez

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Neuwy

Benítez Rentería

Legal Advisor

Son of José Benítez Sánchez

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