Jorge Valtierra Zamudio,听PhD
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Dr. Valtierra has a PhD in anthropology and an MA in social anthropology from Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropolog铆a Social (CIESAS, Mexico City). He received his BA in history at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He has been chief editor of two scientific journals and has collaborated on knowledge dissemination projects with state agencies such as the Secretary of Inclusion of the State of Campeche in Mexico and the University Program for the Study of Cultural Diversity and Interculturality of UNAM.
He is the author of several publications in indexed journals, books, and book chapters. In 2024, he co-authored with Felipe Gayt谩n Alcal谩 and Alessandra Huergo C谩rdenas “Moralidades en espacios p煤blicos,” published by Parmenia. He has also published book chapters such as Linguistic Imperialism, Native Speakerism, and Racism in the Teaching and Learning of English: The Case of Mexico (2024) and (De)colonial Multilingual/Multimodal Practices: Resisting and Re-Existing Voices from Latin America, both published by Routledge. Some of his latest publications can be found in “The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism.”
Courses Taught听
Research Methods and Ethics
Selected Publications
Valtierra-Zamudio, J., & Hern谩ndez, L. C. (2021). Pueblos ind铆genas y religiosidad en M茅xico frente a la pandemia por COVID-19.鈥�Comparative cultural studies: European and Latin American Perspectives,鈥�6(13), 89-101.
Valtierra-Zamudio, J., & Lugo, J. R. B. (2020). 鈥淒铆a de Muertos鈥� en Oaxaca: mercantilizaci贸n y folklorizaci贸n del patrimonio cultural.鈥�Kamchatka: revista de an谩lisis cultural, (15), 497-517.
Zamudio, Jorge Valtierra. “Indigenizing the Catholic Church. The Enculturation process in Chiapas, Mexico.”鈥�30th annual conference of the Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association (ILASSA) at The University of Texas. 2010.
Current Research Interests
Cultural studies: cultural rights, cultural heritage, and identities
Language studies: discourse analysis and intercultural communication
Education
- PhD, Anthropology, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropolog铆a Social
- MA, Social Anthropology, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropolog铆a Social
- BA, History, Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico
