Made in Latin America

A podcast brought to you by the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research (SDCELAR) at the British Museum. Listen to new insights and interpretations about collections and projects that will deepen and challenge what we know about Latin America. || Un podcast desarrollado para ti por el Centro de Excelencia Santo Domingo para la Investigación en Latinoamérica (SDCELAR) en el Museo Británico. Escucha historias e interpretaciones sobre colecciones del Museo Británico y proyectos que buscan profundizar y desafiar lo que sabemos sobre Latinoamérica.

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Episodes

Jun 29, 2022

The Ñuu Savi, People of the Rain

Jun 29, 2022

27 min

Meet the people behind the Tonindeye codex and their descendants. Many projects in this season are led by these Indigenous researchers.
* Find the app mentioned in this episode at tinyurl.com/codicesmixtecosapp

Jun 22, 2022

Deciphering pictographs

Jun 22, 2022

22 min

Written in pictographs, not alphabetic or syllabic writing. Who can read the codex and what does it say?

Jun 15, 2022

The Tonindeye Codex

Jun 15, 2022

32 min

The Tonindeye codex is 500 years old and one of the few surviving pre-Columbian pictorial manuscripts in Latin America. Why is it so fascinating and what stories does it tell?
* Find images of the Tonindeye codex here tinyurl.com/MadeInLatinAmerica