Afro-Descendants in Argentina and Uruguay
A concentrated focus on Montevideo and Buenos Aires
We are: Nathalie Heredia Minthorne (Germany, USA, Uruguay), Victoria Gallandt (Germany), Roseanne Thomas (USA), Raphael VƔsquez (Germany, Nicaragua) and Wilmar Adrian Granados CƔrdenas (Colombia), students in the Masters of InterAmerican Studies Program at Bielefeld University in Germany. Our national origins, like our personal interests, are diverse. However, our mutual motivation to learn about the complexities of the Americas has joined us together, as InterAmerican Studies is an interdisciplinary program which allows us to address the American continents from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
Roseanne is originally from the United States, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History with a Minor in Art Studies from North Carolina State University. Upon graduation she moved to Crete, where she earned her Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certification. She then taught for several years in South Korea and Australia, before moving to MedellĆn, Colombia, where her childhood interest in Latin American history and the Spanish language were renewed. Roseanne joined the InterAmerican Studies Program in order to pursue her passion for learning more about history and languages, while simultaneously exploring other areas of study within the context of the Americas in the interdisciplinary program.
About us
Nathalie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Translation Studies from the University of Heidelberg. Before enrolling in the InterAmerican Studies Program she worked for several years at a communications consultancy. With parents from the United States and Uruguay, she has been exploring transcultural situations in her personal life as well as in academic fields and is looking to enhance her methodological understanding of cultural entanglement in the space of the Americas.
Adrian has a Bachelor of Arts in Culture Studies from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. During his bachelor, he participated in three different exchange programs in the United States. These experiences inspired him to understand the complexity and contradictions of the Americas. The master in Interamerican Studies has allowed him to find new perspectives to approach his personal and professional goals.
Raphael VƔsquez has a B.A. in International Culture and Business Studies (ICBS) from the University of Passau and did an exchange semester at the Universidad del Desarrollo in Santiago, Chile. He has worked in Nicaragua and the United States and is currently in his first semester of InterAmerican Studies in Bielefeld.
Victoria has a Bachelor of Arts in English Studies with a Minor in Romance Cultures from the University of Bielefeld. Having written her Bachelor's thesis on transcultural identity construction in contemporary Chicana literature, she is now enrolled in the Masterās program InterAmerican Studies at the University of Bielefeld. She joined the InterAmerican program as she is looking to further engage with the transnational and transcultural dynamics of the American continent
