Building intercultural communities: Irmary Reyes-Santos at TEDxUOregon

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Full title: Building Intercultural Communities: Knowledge, Pedagogy, and Activism Alaí Reyes-Santos (also known as Irmary) is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Oregon. She is also an affiliated researcher of the Dominican Studies Institute at City University of New York and Centro Bonó in the Dominican Republic. She has published her research about literature, racial politics, migration, colonialism, and globalization in the Caribbean and Latin America in Callaloo, Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, and Revista Estudios Sociales. Her forthcoming book Our Caribbean Kin: Race and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles intervenes in debates regarding the racial and gender politics of Dominican and Puerto Rican narratives of decolonial kinship, as the region faces the consequences of neoliberal policies. Prof. Reyes-Santos will soon open her own consulting firm helping teachers, journalists, and public service providers learn how to create workspaces inclusive of racial, ethnic, class, gender, and sexual difference. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)