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October 30, 2005
Calling All Latino Rhetors
Been thinking a lot about [my]Self lately; where I'm going, what I'm learning, and what I'd like to learn. Problem: Where are my Latino rhetors? No, not just the one or two that we know about, but the ones I grew listening to. The ones that taught us that our language was valid, insightful; the language that has always been filled for with laughter and whoops!; the language that belongs not just to us, the boricuas, but to all people of Latino descent that have suffered the loss of indigenous culture, religion, and yes values. WHERE ARE YOU? I am in search of you, of the comfort that I know I will find in your Voice. Where are you, or mejor dicho, why aren't you? Why aren't you easy to find? Why must I play hide and seek while others can easily seek out their research and what it means to be academic in a way that doesn’t involve self-negation? I love learning; hate having to teach myself. I look forward to research; hate being told that I have to look harder, deeper, or in other places. I love the idea of bringing this conversation to the places I want it to be taken up; hate knowing that the only way to do that is to wait for an appropriate time, venue...blah, blah, blah. In working on a project for 601, I find that I am both elated to find SOME stuff I can use; sad to see that it is the SAME stuff. *SIGH* Where are MY philosophers, MY language scholars, MY PEOPLE. I am looking for you, waiting for you to teach me, tell me, inform me, and yes, make me work my ass off for the knowledge I feel I have a right to own. "Have you tried Google"? Claro, claro. No luck. I know what you’re thinking. And yes, I am happy that the lack of scholarship implies a fruitful writing career for me- that is, of course, if I can get my hands on enough information to write a dissertation on something that reflects who I am culturally and acdemically. But that’s another conversation…
Posted by dvaldesd at October 30, 2005 01:21 PM