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Video Title:
Taíno Symposium – Session 1 – Jorge Estévez
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The National Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian Latino Center presented Taíno: A Symposium in Conversation with the Movement on September 8, 2018 to celebrate the exhibition Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean. Experts representing Indigenous studies, genetic science, anthropology, linguistics, and other academic disciplines examined exhibition themes in dialogue with Taíno/Indigenous Caribbean community leaders and cultural workers. This session titled Looking Back: Contextualizing the Taíno Movement is a conversation among veteran Taíno organizers and community leaders. In this segment, exhibition curator Ranald Woodaman, Exhibitions and Public Programs Director, Smithsonian Latino Center, offers introductory remarks and introduces Jorge Estévez (Grupo Higuayagua) to start the conversation. Jorge ESTÉVEZ is a veteran museum educator who has developed innovative hands-on and didactic learning experiences for young people, families, and educators at the National Museum of the American Indian. As an independent researcher, Estévez has led and collaborated on multidisciplinary initiatives to document and interpret the legacy of Native peoples across the greater Caribbean region. He is a core member of the research and curatorial team that organized the exhibition Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean. Estévez is a former member of the award-winning powwow group the Arawak Mountain Singers. He is currently the leader of Grupo Higuayagua, which organizes Native families and individuals, recovers Indigenous cultural practices, and participates in exchanges with Arawak and other Native communities. Ranald WOODAMAN, MAT, is the Smithsonian Latino Center’s exhibitions and public programs director. His work at the Smithsonian includes the exhibitions ¡Azúcar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz (2005); Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1949–1989 (2008); Southern Identity: Contemporary Argentine Art (2010); Cerámica de los Ancestros: Central America’s Past Revealed (2013); and, most recently, Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean (2018). Currently Woodaman manages the Latino DC History Project and leads exhibition planning for a future Latino gallery on the National Mall. He is part of the leadership committee for the Latino Network of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and former member of the AAM’s National Program Committee. He is an active member of the planning committee for the annual DC History Conference and a member of the executive committee for Smithsonian Music/Smithsonian Year of Music.
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13 min 4 sec
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