Of the over 1.2 million Mapuches in Chile, over half live within the greater Santiago metropolis. To help maintain a link to their native culture and language, several radio stations have begun to broadcast in Mapudungun - the language of the Mapuche - and provide programming to this end. These stations provide meaningful references for a community as well Chileans who would like to learn about a minority language. This project seeks to connect and engage those who are reinventing the tangible and intangible cultures of the Americas, in Chile and neighboring countries. Assistant Professor Luis Cárcamo-Huechante, in collaboration with the Hemispheric Institure (NYU) and the Cultural Agents Initiative (Harvard) are working to build a web page in indigenous radios and communications. A publication that focuses on indigenous radio experiences and the question of linguistic/cultural citizenship and pluralism in the Americas is currently being edited by Professor Cárcamo-Huechante with the participation of scholars from the US, Colombia, Argentina, Peru and Chile.

Participating Harvard faculty: Luis E. Cárcamo Huechante, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures; Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams Jr. Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish.

Collaborating Institutions: Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho Santiago, Chile; Fundación Avina; Cultural Agents Initiative from Harvard University; Hemispheric Institute from New York University; Programa Radial Mapuche Wixage Anai.