{"id":7481,"date":"2020-05-04T15:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T15:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/?p=7481"},"modified":"2025-10-22T20:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:42:21","slug":"why-study-spanish-in-buenos-aires-with-mente-argentina-michael-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/why-study-spanish-in-buenos-aires-with-mente-argentina-michael-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Study Spanish in Buenos Aires with Mente Argentina &#8211; Michael, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Michael from the U.S. joined us in 2018-2019 for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/7\/Spanish-Programs\/5\/University-Spanish-Program\">University Spanish Program<\/a>. We were lucky enough to have us in\u00a0 our program for quite a few months. He completed the offerings of the University Spanish courses and then also decided to participate in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/6\/Short-Programs\/11\/Photography-Program\">Photography Program<\/a>. Here is his story&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7483 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6502-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6502\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6502-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6502-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6502-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6502-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6502-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6502.jpg 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My reasons for choosing to continue my engagement with the Spanish language are personal, political, and professional. On the personal level, the spaces and people I interact with on a daily basis are largely defined by the juxtaposition between Spanish and English: the urban neighborhoods where I reside, the service industry where I have worked, and the friends with whom I choose to build relationships, all beget a fluidity of language.\u00a0Acquiring Spanish as a second language would allow me to more intimately connect with my various communities.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6510-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6510\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6510-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6510-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6510-696x534.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6510-548x420.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6510.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Politically, in the midst of the Trump era here in the United States, I believe it is more important than ever to embrace the perceived otherness of those targeted by the administration&#8217;s xenophobic policies. To structure a communicative pedagogy around bilingualism, rather than a racist, national &#8220;official language,&#8221; opens up a more generous national environment for Latino immigrants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6505\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6505.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, I want to jump-start a career as a Professor or a related research position where I study communities of resistance from a transnational and comparative perspective. Most of my work up to this point in my career has focused on these types of communities in Latin America, and a basic understanding of Spanish has been important when studying and interpreting primary source documents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6504\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6504.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To study Spanish as an academic language opens up possibilities, both in my career and more generally, to build international solidarities through scholarly exchange. While abroad in Buenos Aires in 2015, I was trained in sociological research methods and came to understand the importance of informed research practice in establishing appropriate international relations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6507-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6507\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6507-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6507-696x548.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6507-533x420.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6507.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This time around, in addition to my language classes, I conducted research at an archive at a local University in Buenos Aires on the ephemeral history of urban social movements in Buenos Aires. The language classes made this research much more manageable and comprehensive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6508-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6508\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6508-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6508-696x579.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6508-505x420.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6508.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6506-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6506\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6506-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6506-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6506-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6506-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6506-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6506.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael from the U.S. joined us in 2018-2019 for our University Spanish Program. We were lucky enough to have us in\u00a0 our program for quite a few months. He completed the offerings of the University Spanish courses and then also decided to participate in our Photography Program. 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