3/16 Over the last year numerous protests have erupted around Confederate memorials throughout the South. Here in New Mexico we have also grappled with a history of colonialism and racism. That has played out at the annual Entrada during Santa Fe鈥檚 Fiestas, and at the University of New Mexico, where there have also been protests and calls for change around the university鈥檚 official seal and murals created in 1939 in the Zimmerman Library. The Three Peoples murals have been criticized for decades for what people have called racist and inaccurate depictions. A new class created this semester offers students in-depth context for these murals and the controversy with the goal of students drafting recommendations to the administration about next steps.
Also on this episode, Marty Adamsmith talks with Kristina Jacobsen about her book
Guests:
- Professor - Dean of the College of Fine Arts
- Professor - Chair of American Studies and Interim Provost for Faculty Development
- - program specialist, Indigenous Nations Library Program
- Jacob Lorenzen - UNM senior
- - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, Department of Music
Resources:
- - Albuquerque Journal
- - Daily Lobo
- - Samuel Sisneros, Daily Lobo
