Encounter Culture

By: New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
  • Summary

  • New Mexico's deep artistic traditions have long engaged with the multifaceted histories and cultures of the state. At Encounter Culture, we talk with artists, historians, scientists, museum curators, and writers who are all a part of New Mexico's centuries' old lineage of helping us understand the places and people who make the Land of Enchantment so unique. https://podcast.nmculture.org/
    2021-2024, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
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Episodes
  • The Great Debate: How old ARE the Footprints at White Sands? with David Rachal and John Taylor-Montoya
    Jan 15 2025

    How old are the footprints at White Sands? It depends on who you ask. Scientists are currently divided on this question, but the division is one that is propelling more research with the goal of determining whether humans have been in North America for 23,000 years or closer to 15,000 years.

    The ditch weed, or Ruppia, is at the center of this debate. What can a plant tell us about carbon dating to determine the age of the footprints at White Sands? What are the pitfalls of depending on an unreliable organic material? Dr. John Taylor-Montoya, director of the Office of Archaeological Studies, and Dr. David Rachal, a geoarchaeology consultant, have a lot to say about the scientific debate about the age of the footprints—and about the research that needs to be done to resolve the question.

    Mentioned in this Episode:

    Dr. David Rachal’s White Sands research papers

    White Sands field interview with Dr. David Rachal

    History, Science, Mythology, and the First Americans article in Summer 2023 issue of El Palacio

    New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies

    We’d love to hear from you! Let us know what you loved about the episode, share a personal story it made you think of, or ask us a question at elpalacio@dca.nm.gov. You can write a regular email or record a short voice memo and attach it for us to listen to.

    Visit newmexicoculture.org for info about our museums, historic sites, virtual tours, and more.

    Our favorite way to fully experience everything they have to offer is with the New Mexico CulturePass. Reserve yours online!

    If you love New Mexico, you’ll love El Palacio Magazine! Subscribe to El Palacio today.

    Encounter Culture, a production of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, is produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios.

    Hosted by Emily Withnall, editor at El Palacio Magazine
    Executive Producer: Daniel Zillmann
    Technical Director & Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz
    Recording Engineer: Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe
    Editor & Production Manager: Alex Riegler
    Associate Producer & Editor: Monica Braine (Assiniboine/Lakota)
    Theme Music: D’Santi Nava
    Instagram: @newmexicanculture and @elpalaciomagazine

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    52 mins
  • Painting Wildstyle Out in the Streets with Graffiti Writer Strike and Art Curator Rebecca Gomez
    Nov 13 2024

    What is art, and who gets to define it? The Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest exhibition at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque provides an entry point to this conversation.

    Former National Hispanic Cultural Center curator Rebecca Gomez and street artist Strike have a lot to say about the challenges and contradictions inherent to creating a street art exhibition. By bringing street art into a museum setting, the exhibition challenges stereotypes, blurs the boundaries between gallery art and street art, and invites viewers to reflect on what it means to create art in the face of some of life’s biggest challenges.

    Mentioned in this Episode:

    Convergence X Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest

    Gil Rocha

    Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas

    South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque

    Murals in Barelas Neighborhood in Albuquerque

    Illegal? Art Show in Las Cruces

    Borderland Jam in El Paso, Texas

    Paint Louis graffiti art festival in St. Louis, Missouri

    For further reading and more resources, view the full show notes.

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    We’d love to hear from you! Let us know what you loved about the episode, share a personal story it made you think of, or ask us a question at elpalacio@dca.nm.gov. You can write a regular email or record a short voice memo and attach it for us to listen to.

    Visit newmexicoculture.org for info about our museums, historic sites, virtual tours, and more.

    Our favorite way to fully experience everything they have to offer is with the New Mexico CulturePass. Reserve yours online!

    If you love New Mexico, you’ll love El Palacio Magazine! Subscribe to El Palacio today.

    ***

    Encounter Culture is a production of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios.

    Hosted by Emily Withnall, editor at El Palacio Magazine
    Executive Producer: Daniel Zillmann
    Technical Director & Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz
    Recording Engineer: Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe
    Editor & Production Manager: Alex Riegler
    Associate Producer & Editor: Monica Braine (Assiniboine/Lakota)
    Theme Music: D’Santi Nava

    Instagram: @newmexicanculture and @elpalaciomagazine

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    48 mins
  • Truth and Tragedy: The Timeless Mythology of La Llorona with Irene Vásquez at University of New Mexico
    Oct 30 2024

    Some stories persist for hundreds of years. La Llorona is one such story. Though there is much speculation about where exactly the original story began, it is clear that La Llorona as a legend and myth has staying power. What is it about the weeping woman that has captured our imaginations for centuries? And how has the story of La Llorona changed over time?

    Irene Vásquez, chair of the Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of New Mexico, has a lot to say about why this folk tale is so compelling and how the best stories take on a life of their own.

    Mentioned In This Episode:

    UNM Chicana and Chicano Studies

    Southwest Hispanic Research Institute

    Gloria Anzaldúa’s La Llorona story

    Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa

    COVID-19 version of La Llorona story as referenced in Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

    Roots of La Llorona story

    2019 La Llorona film set in Guatemala

    The Curse of La Llorona film

    “Woman Hollering Creek” La Llorona story by Sandra Cisneros

    “La Lloroncita” song by Rómulo Castro y el Grupo Tuira

    For further reading and more resources, view the full show notes.

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    We’d love to hear from you! Let us know what you loved about the episode, share a personal story it made you think of, or ask us a question at elpalacio@dca.nm.gov. You can write a regular email or record a short voice memo and attach it for us to listen to.

    Visit newmexicoculture.org for info about our museums, historic sites, virtual tours, and more.

    Our favorite way to fully experience everything they have to offer is with the New Mexico CulturePass. Reserve yours online!

    If you love New Mexico, you’ll love El Palacio Magazine! Subscribe to El Palacio today.

    ***

    Encounter Culture is a production of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios.

    Hosted by Emily Withnall, editor at El Palacio Magazine
    Executive Producer: Daniel Zillmann
    Technical Director & Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz
    Recording Engineer: Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe
    Editor & Production Manager: Alex Riegler
    Associate Producer & Editor: Monica Braine (Assiniboine/Lakota)
    Theme Music: D’Santi Nava

    Instagram: @newmexicanculture and @elpalaciomagazine

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    43 mins

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