Accessibility Through My Work with Aguero Religious Texts
Dahlia Le Tourneau August 10, 2026 Finding motivation from unexpected twists As I wrap up my research on translating colonial-era Zapotec language religious texts (see my first post here- https://tichablog.org/uncategorized/working-with-confessionals-an-introduction-from-dahlia-le-tourneau/), […]
Recognition and Responsibility: Learning Through the Layers
Alison Cook-Sather July 22, 2026 Passing through the valley between the Oaxaca airport and Tlacolula Returning to Jardín Pochote I am honored to return to Jardín Pochote this summer at […]
Building new connections: Villa Díaz Ordaz and Ticha
Alba Cuevas July 9, 2026 Meet the author Hi everyone! My name is Alba Cuevas, a Summer 2026 intern with Ticha, funded through the Bigel Grant at Montclair State University, […]
A Summary of “Considerations in the Creation of an Electronic Database for Colonial Valley Zapotec” for Non-Linguists
Elsa Bishop June 23, 2026 A bit about me Hi! My name is Elsa Bishop, and I’m a rising sophomore at Swarthmore College, planning to major in linguistics and this […]
Zapotec Talking Dictionary Kick-off Event for Summer 2026 at Jardín Pochote
Jack Moumdjian June 26, 2026 Moisés García Guzmán speaking at the event Meet the author My name is Jack Moumdjian and I am a rising junior at Haverford College. I […]
Working with Confessionals: an Introduction from Dahlia Le Tourneau
Dahlia Le Tourneau May 19, 2026 Nice to meet you! My name is Dahlia Le Tourneau and I am a current Ticha research assistant, funded to work this summer through […]
Rethinking Accessibility through a Summer Internship in Computational Linguistics
Caroline Gihlstorf September 19, 2021 My background I’m a student at Haverford College studying Computer Science and Linguistics. I was a research assistant on the Ticha Project during Summer 2021, […]
Lessons from Caseiyneën Saën: Creativity, Resilience, and Collaborative Scholarship
May Helena Plumb April 2, 2021 Some of our goals as a team The Ticha team started 2020 with a few goals: expand the resources available on the Ticha website, write […]
The Collaborative Creation of Open Educational Materials as a Pedagogical Practice and Act of Resistance
Brook Danielle Lillehaugen March 12, 2021 An important meeting This month a team of 15 individuals involved in the creation of Caseidyneën Saën presented a paper entitled “Caseidyneën Saën: The collaborative creation […]
Building a Virtual Zapotec Community: A Perspective from Koreatown, Los Angeles
Maria Velasco Vasquez February 21, 2021 The Conversatorios and I The Ticha Conversatorios (described in Lopez/July 2020 and García Guzmán/15 August 2020) were an opportunity for me to learn and contribute to discussions […]
OaxaCalifornia Virtual Life: Reproducing Zapotec Culture and Language
Jasmine Lopez November 20, 2020 The Conversatorios The Ticha Summer 2020 Conversatorios (described in Lopez/July 2020 and García Guzmán/15 August 2020) provided a unique experience for transnational conversations with Zapotec speakers and community […]
Lowering Barriers to Access by Raising Understanding
Mike Zarafonetis October 9, 2020 Libraries as agents for equity At their core, libraries facilitate access to and the creation of knowledge. The Digital Scholarship (DS) program in the library […]
Increasing Access to Knowledge through TEI encoding
Heewon Park September 11, 2020 The opportunity of traveling to Oaxaca The past three months have been novel and unexpected, to say the least. In the earlier months of 2020, […]
2020 Conversatorios on Colonial Zapotec
Moisés García Guzmán August 14, 2020 My work as a language activist and teacher My name is Moisés García Guzmán and I am from San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya. I’m a language […]