Border Studies Archive at UTRGV

Our panel highlighted how colonias along the U.S.–Mexico border navigate fragmented systems of care, from infrastructure gaps to immigration enforcement. We are grateful to have presented alongside colleagues who live and work in the RGV and remain committed to community-rooted research. Special thanks to Dr. K Jill Fleuriet for serving as our panel’s discussant.

From the Border Life Project to our most recent community health research, our story spans nearly five decades of research, preservation, and community collaboration across the Rio Grande Valley. Each chapter reflects our ongoing mission to document, celebrate, and understand life along the U.S.–Mexico border.

BSA’s Traditional Mexican American Folklore Collection also celebrates regional cuisine. Browse folk food recipes, culinary memories, photos and more online!

Curanderismo, or folk healing, involves a trained healer, or curandero(a), who treats a person experiencing physical or spiritual illness. Link in bio to learn more about our online collections (Artist: Philip S. Fields).

The Border Music Collection is comprised of interviews with artists and commercial music recorded locally. Collection materials range from norteña, orquesta regional, conjunto, and banda music to electronic and techno hybrid genres like nor-tech (norteño-techno) – each reflecting borderlands cultural formations. (Artist: Phillip S. Fields)

Call for artists deadline for submissions: 21 January 2022.
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Sharing as a reminder from our friends UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts

UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts - Call for Artists:

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