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Title: Maya AmericaAKA "variant" title: Maya America:Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis.
Maya America publishes academic essays, political commentary, personal reflections, and creative works such as literature and art. Topics that relate to Indigenous Peoples of the Americas are welcome. The journal is interdisciplinary to include history, anthropology, public policy, education, literature, human rights, legal matters, for example.
We welcome a mix of points of view, updates of previous research or research in progress, and creative literary works.The journal features essays and literature about past, contemporary, and emerging experiences and challenges in the Americas. As borders are spanned geographically, socially, and psychologically, Maya America opens spaces for thoughtfulness and discussion, and in addition proposes collaboration and change.
Names can encourage dynamic discussion as well as designate purpose and potentialities. “Maya America” refers to the historic and the present-day geographic region where people of Maya descent live, while “Maya American” reflects a term of self-identification used by many in the new generations born or raised beyond traditional homelands.
The journal seeks to address not only issues such as displacement and inequality, but also to address new challenges related to acceptance, aspirations, and well-being. While lives and identities continue to involve intergenerational connections, they also increasingly reflect an intersection of indigenous, cross-cultural and transnational experiences. It aims to provide a more holistic understanding of history and development, based on experiences and the participation of diverse voices from communities, as well as through research. Through research and inclusion, the journal hopes to foster a reimagining of current social and political debates, as well as an affirmation of human and visionary possibilities.
