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Fall 2015
“Divisadero” is a Spanish word derived from divisar (to discern). It refers to a place of high elevation from which one can view an extensive area. “Divisadero” is also a street that marked the boundary between the City of San Francisco and The Presidio. According to some sources, the original Spanish name for Lone Mountain was “El Divisadero.”
This is what we strive to accomplish with Divisadero, a collaborative publication of the Latin American Studies Program. With the unique perspective afforded to us by the city in which we live, we attempt to truly see our surroundings. To discover or recognize, with curious eyes and open minds, people, cultural events, social phenomena, and general affairs related to the Latino community of San Francisco, of the Bay Area, and of the United States. We reach beyond the clouds that obscure our view and contemplate the horizon from our lone mountain. In English and Spanish.
Grandes cambios en el escenario social y económico surgieron gracias a la implementación del actual modelo de agricultura en Argentina. Cambios en el uso del espacio publico han impulsado a parte de la población.
During the last two weekends of October this year students from the Performing Arts and Social Justice department at USF performed Braided Sorrow, a play written by USF alumni Marisela
In late October of this year, the film The Other Barrio premiered at the Brava Theater in the Mission District of San Francisco. I was fortunate enough to attend, and get an intimate account with
Dia de los Muertos is a long honored tradition throughout Mexico. It has also been a growing custom for San Francisco’s Mission district. The privately funded nature of the City’s rendition has
This is a narrative based on excerpts from a diary that I kept while studying abroad in Argentina—some entries were written in Spanish and some in English. I completed an educational excursion
During the fall of 2014, I facilitated a student nurse position as a member of the Progress Foundation, helping clients with acute episodes of mental illness. The stories are all unique, yet blend
After the Cuban revolution in 1959, the United States has been on edge with their neighbor separated by only 90 miles of water. Divisadero alum, Tiye Sheppard, was fortunate to explore Cuba with
Entre el 21 de agosto y el 6 de septiembre de este año se repuso en el Teatro Victoria San Francisco la obra de teatro “¿Cuál es el Escándalo?” (What’s the Scandal?), que tuvo una exitosa primera