Nawat
Yek anwalajtiwit, naja nutukay Edward wan nutzuntukay Polanco wan nikuskatanchanej. Naja ninesik tik ne wey techan Los Angeles, CA peroj naja nechsentalijtuk nitakat ikman ipal Kuskatan. Numiakawan yejemet walajket ka Kuskatan, naja nikuskatanchanej. Naja nimumachtia Nawat wan naja niweli nitaketza Nawat. Niweytamachtiani pal ne tay panutuk tik ne Instituto Politรฉcnico wan Universidad Estatal de Virginia.
English
My name is Edward Anthony Polanco. I was born in Los Angeles, CA but my family and ancestors are from Kuskatan (Western and Central El Salvador). I am a neo-speaker, and continuing student, of Nawat and a proud Kuskatanchanej (person from Kuskatan).
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Indigenous Studies Program at Virginia Tech. I specialize on the history of Abya Yala in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries- what is now called “Colonial Latin America.” More broadly, my research interests are: Native peoples, religion, gender, medicine, settler colonialism, sexuality, and race.
My research explores the roles of Nahua (Indigenous peoples with diverse communities in Mexico and Central America) healing specialists in Central Mexico. My first book, Healing Like Our Ancestors: The Nahua Tiรงitl, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Central Mexico; 1535-1660 (University of Arizona Press, available August 27, 2024) examines the role of healing specialists in Central Mexican Nahua communities. I focus on decolonizing and indigenizing Nahua concepts and terms that Spanish sources have labeled as parteras (midwives) and mรฉdicos (physicians) in colonial Central Mexico. Furthermore, my work analyzes how Spanish authorities persecuted and targeted Nahua healing ceremonial specialists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and more importantly, how Nahua people resisted and adapted to colonial attacks. Click here to learn more.
Please click around, you will find more information about my research and teaching. My blog includes information on conferences, Nahuan languages, and professional development.
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Espaรฑol
Bienvenido a mi sitio, mi nombre es Edward Anthony Polanco. Nacรญ en Los รngeles, CA pero soy parte de la diรกspora Nahua de Kuskatan (en el occidente y centro de El Salvador). Mi familia y mis ancestros son de Kuskatan. Soy neo-hablante y estudiante de nawat.
Soy un Docente y Investigador en el la facultad de historia en el Instituto Politรฉcnico y Universidad Estatal de Virginia (Virginia Tech). Mis estudios exploran los roles de los especialistas de rituales curativos entre los Nahuas en el centro de Mรฉxico. Mi investigaciรณn cuestiona nuestro entendimiento de las especialistas quiรฉnes fueron llamadas parteras y mรฉdicos en la รฉpoca colonial, y sostiene que sus deberes eran mรกs complejos y significativos de lo que se ha pensado.
Mรกs ampliamente, mis intereses estudiosos son: los pueblos indรญgenas, la religiรณn, el gรฉnero, la medicina, el colonialismo, la sexualidad, y la raza.
Por favor explore mi sitio, encontrara mรกs informaciรณn sobre mi trabajo y tambiรฉn sobre convocatorias y conferencias (en โAnnouncementsโ). Tambiรฉn encontrara informaciรณn sobre el estudio de la lenguas de los Nahuas del pasado y presente.
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