{"id":15893,"date":"2025-01-21T10:29:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/wilkinson\/2025\/01\/21\/bridging-disciplines-dr-valenzuela-and-dr-rivera-investigate-the-contributions-of-indigenous-interpreters-to-technical-communication\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T10:29:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:29:55","slug":"bridging-disciplines-dr-valenzuela-and-dr-rivera-investigate-the-contributions-of-indigenous-interpreters-to-technical-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/2025\/01\/21\/bridging-disciplines-dr-valenzuela-and-dr-rivera-investigate-the-contributions-of-indigenous-interpreters-to-technical-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridging Disciplines: Dr. Valenzuela and Dr. Rivera Investigate the Contributions of Indigenous Interpreters to Technical Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15895 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/image-e1737484137757.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"287\" \/>During a lunch at the Marvin W. Meyer Faculty Athenaeum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/nora-rivera\">Dr. Nora Rivera (English)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/pilar-valenzuela\">Dr. Pilar Valenzuela (World Languages and Cultures)<\/a> realized the unique interconnections of their research using testimonios, a Spanish term for first-person narratives that share personal experiences of social or political injustice, oppression or marginalization. It was then that they decided to compare the life experiences of Indigenous interpreters in Mexico, Peru, and California.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Valenzuela is a linguist who specializes in Peru&#8217;s Amazonian languages and collaborates with Indigenous communities to revitalize their languages and Dr. Rivera has also worked with Indigenous interpreters and translators on several projects. Together they brainstormed ways to examine the background of Indigenous interpreters and translators in their roles as technical communicators in the production of testimonios.<\/p>\n<p>Drs. Rivera and Valenzuela were awarded a Chapman Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship &amp; Creative Activities (FGRSC) for fieldwork in Oaxaca, Mexico.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15896 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/IMG_0752.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/IMG_0752.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/IMG_0752-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/IMG_0752-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/IMG_0752-768x1181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/IMG_0752-999x1536.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Their project aims to expand understanding of interpreting and translating practices from Indigenous lenses while also examining these practices from interdisciplinary perspectives: from technical communication through Dr. Rivera\u2019s expertise, from linguistics through the expertise of Dr. Valenzuela, and the fields of linguistic human rights as well as Indigenous translation and interpretation through the expertise of the Indigenous professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Seven participants were recruited for the project: three from Peru (Wampis, Shipibo, and Quechua speakers), two from Mexico (Maya and Tepehuano speakers), and two from California (speakers of two Mixteco variants from Oaxaca, Mexico).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe met in Oaxaca, Mexico, in mid-December of 2023. We conducted individual interview sessions, small group discussions, and large group sessions that included discussions around topics such as the role of language, interactions with non-Indigenous groups, the role of Indigenous interpreters and translators today, gender differences, and memorable cases in which participants worked as interpreters,\u201d said Rivera.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cThe grant was crucial for completing the fieldwork and transcriptions of audio recording material,\u201d said Dr. Rivera. \u201cAlthough each personal history recounted unique experiences that reflected the context of their community, all the participants initially became involved in translation and interpretation out of the necessity to help a family member or a close friend.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to individual experiences, participants were also able to compare the experiences of Indigenous professionals in other contexts and regions within the three countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ultimate goal is to assemble an edited collection of full-length testimonios. 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