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Maya America

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis.

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis publishes academic papers, commentary, personal reflections, and creative works, including literature and poetry. We accept Spanish and English, and the Mayan languages. Our authors, editors, and advisors come from multiple academic disciplines, and we welcome people from non-academic backgrounds who have experiences, stories, and points of view that add to our knowledge platform.

The journal platform is centered on people with Maya ancestry, but we welcome discussion on the Indigenous Americas (Abilyala).

Maya America refers to the traditional lands of the Maya towns and nations, as well as new lands such as the United States and Canada. Thus, “Maya America” refers to the historic and present-day geographic regions where people of Maya descent live. “America”, of course, is a term created in the early colonial period and became standard for the colonial languages. We acknowledge the bad taste of colonialism in the name “America”, and perhaps worse, the commandeering of the name by the United States.

It should also be noted that "Maya American” is a term of self-identification often used by new generations born or raised in the United States. This could also be problematic, as with longtime debates over "modernization" or "cultural change".

As borders span geographically, socially, and psychologically, Maya America opens spaces for thoughtfulness and global communication. From our first issue in 2019, we have promoted Maya experiences and knowledge and discouraged works that situate themselves within power frameworks to “study” the people.

REVIEW POLICIES: Academic essays are double-blind peer-reviewed, and creative essays and commentaries are peer-reviewed.

Authors maintain the copyright over their work.

Maya America does not charge any APCs nor other author fees, nor does it have any embargo on its articles.

Maya America applies a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY-SA) to all published articles.

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