Felipe H. Lopez is a Zapotec-language scholar and writer.

Life

Lopez was born in the town of San Lucas Quiaviní,

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. At the age 16, he migrated to

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, speaking no English and little Spanish. Later, he obtained a Ph.D. from the

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in Urban planning, and currently he is a faculty member at

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. He has published poetry, academic articles, and Zapotec-language learning materials. In 2021, he had an appearance in

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's animated series ''City of Ghosts'', where he represented himself, a Zapotec-language professor.

Works

* Munro, Pamela & Felipe H. Lopez et al. ''Di'csyonaary x:tèe'n dìi'zh sah Sann Lu'uc = San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec dictionary''. Los Angeles : UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Publications, 1999. * Lopez, Felipe H. 2020. "Recovering Knowledge through Forgotten Words." Global SL (blog), Campus Compact, July 17, 2020. * Lopez, Felipe H., Luis Escala-Rabadan, and Raul Hinojosa. 2001. "Migrant Associations, Remittances, and Regional Development between Los Angeles and Oaxaca, Mexico." UCLA NAID. * Lopez, Felipe H., and David Runsten. 2004. "Mixtecs and Zapotecs Working in California: Rural and Urban Experiences." In Indigenous Mexican Migrants in the United States, edited by Jonathan Fox and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado, 249-78. San Diego: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD/Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD. * Lopez, Felipe H. 2017. Mam and Guepy: Two Valley Zapotec Poems. ''Latin America Literary Review'' Vol. 44 (88): 83-84. Online: https://www.lalrp.net/articles/abstract/22/. * Lopez, Felipe H. 2018. "Seven Poems." ''Latin American Literature Today'' 1(7). Online: http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/en/2018/august/seven-poems-felipe-h-lopez. * Lopez, Felipe H. 2018. Liaza chaa ‘I’m going home’. ''Latin American Literature Today'' 1(7). Online: http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/en/2018/august/liaza-chaa-im-going-home-felipe-h-lopez. * Lopez, Felipe H. 2018. "Gyec Muly – The Money Cage – La jaula de dinero." ''The Acentos Review''. Online: http://www.acentosreview.com/may2018/felipe-h-lopez-and-brook.html. * Lopez, Felipe H., Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, & Pamela Munro, with Savita M. Deo, Graham Mauro, & Saúl Ontiveros. 2019. ''San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary'', version 2.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/sanlucasquiavini. * Lopez, Felipe H. 2021. Reclaiming our Languages. In Flores-Marcial et al. (eds), ''Caseidyneën Saën–Learning Together: Colonial Valley Zapotec Teaching Materials''. Online: http://ds-wordpress.haverford.edu/ticha-resources/modules/chapter/reclaiming-our-languages/. * Lopez, Felipe H. 2022. "3 Poems - Rla dizh / Xjaa / Lo nez Santa Mony." ''Latin@ Literatures: A Cultural and Literary Journal'' (3). Online: https://www.latinoliteratures.org/archives/935. * Munro, Pamela, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Felipe H. Lopez, Brynn Paul, and Lillian Leibovich. 2022. ''Cali Chiu? A Course in Valley Zapotec'', 3rd edition. Haverford: Haverford College Libraries Open Educational Resources. Online: https://oer.haverford.edu/cali-chiu/.

References

External links

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Presentation of Dizhsa Nabani, web-based documentary film series, with Felipe H. Lopez, Brook Lilehaugen, Eddie Oggborn, Sabea Evans, and Kathryn Goldberg at the

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, Philadelphia

* Poetry on Latin American Literature Today'

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