Actividad A: Dibujando mi mapa
Example
This Mapping Self was created by Johanna León, students in the course titled: Border Women Literature and Feminist Cartographies offered in the Fall 2023.
SKETCH YOUR MAP!
The instructor will provide you with cardboards, sticky notes, and markers.
PART I
Think about your personal, familial, or collective story that centers the places that have shaped identity. Such as:
- ¿Dónde naciste? / Where were you born?
- ¿Dónde nacieron tus padres, familiares? / Where were your parents, family members born?
- ¿Dónde creciste? / Where were you raised?
- ¿Dónde crecieron tus padres, familiares? / Where were you parents, family members raised?
- ¿Dónde has vivido, trabajado, asistido a la escuela? / Where have you been leaving, working, attending school?
- ¿A dónde has viajado? / Where have you traveled?
- ¿Dónde quieres vivir? / Where would you like to live?
After answering these questions, identify 5-10 exact locations of the places that have shape your identity. This can be places of past, present or future years. Like:
- Países, ciudades, pueblos
- La casa de los abuelos
- El restaurante
- La escuela
- La iglesia
- La universidad
- La tienda
- La oficina
- La tortillería
- El parque
- Las montañas
- La ciudad
Creating geotestimonios: For each place identified, think of an anecdote, story, memory considering the following aspects. Write 5-10 complete sentences using the verbs of this chapter in present, past or future tense.
- sentimientos / feelings
- olores / smells
- personas / people
- experiencias del pasado o del presente / experiences of the past and/or present
- eventos / events