Language Brokering in the Borderlands

An episode of the The Voices of Fronteridades podcast, hosted by Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, titled "Language Brokering in the Borderlands" was published on March 20, 2025 and runs 25 minutes.

March 20, 2025 ·25m · The Voices of Fronteridades

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What makes language brokering so powerful? Dr. Genesis Arizmendi's, a Mellon-Fronteridades Faculty Fellow, research reveals the hidden strengths and complexities behind this often-overlooked practice.During her research, she interviewed people across the U.S.-Mexico border, from Tijuana/San Ysidro to Brownsville/Matamoros, and everywhere in between to explore and amplify the power of bilingualism in the borderlands.Tune in to hear about her findings on the underappreciated strengths and complexities within the act of language brokering.

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What makes language brokering so powerful? Dr. Genesis Arizmendi's, a Mellon-Fronteridades Faculty Fellow, research reveals the hidden strengths and complexities behind this often-overlooked practice.

During her research, she interviewed people across the U.S.-Mexico border, from Tijuana/San Ysidro to Brownsville/Matamoros, and everywhere in between to explore and amplify the power of bilingualism in the borderlands.

Tune in to hear about her findings on the underappreciated strengths and complexities within the act of language brokering.

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