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National Hispanic Cultural Center - Gianna Ramirez Week 3

As my third week at the National Hispanic Cultural Center comes to a close, the Torreón project that I have been assigned has continued to evolve.

Due to some scheduling conflicts, I was only at the NHCC for three days this week. On Monday, I began extracting text from various PDF files and adding them to documents for future editing. While a super lengthy process, its important as the text I extract and the edits made to the text will be sent to the digital designers of Ideum; they will use that information to create the Torreón's digital interactive board.  This is just one component of the project as me and my supervisor work to update the descriptions of iconography within the fresco.

In between extracting text and organizing other materials about the content of the fresco, I continued to do research on mestizaje and brainstorm ways we could use the Ideum board. After meeting with my supervisor, there are various things we think would be important and engaging for visitors.  We want to create an interactive map for users to visually see where different historical figures or items in the fresco come from. We also want to create an "untold stories" section on the Ideum. While the fresco is incredible, there are certain perceives and stories important to mestizaje that are not included. This section would allow there to be exploration and deeper discussion on other important figures within what mestizaje is.

On Wednesday, before I jumped back into research, I had the Albuquerque Story Time! The story time was at the South Valley Public Library. I arrived early and met some of the staff while I prepared for the arrival of the families. There were 8 participants and a few NHCC staff members that came to support me! While being a small group of kids, it went really well and I enjoyed not only getting to read the story, but also engage with them through the craft interactives. 


Today, the air conditioner in my internship's building was broken. With how hot it has been outside, my supervisor did not want us to roast within the adobe building. Instead, I was sent to explore the University of New Mexico's Zimmerman library. The goal of my library exploration was to find some research pertaining to historical figures whose descriptions we may want to edit before sending to the Ideum team. Using the catalog searcher, I sifted through academic journals and other articles, taking notes of the important details I found. This process was amazing practice for research I will have to do in college. I really enjoyed getting to use my University's library and get some advice from the librarian on how to best search for materials. 

Before the end of my time today, my supervisor and I met up at a locally owned coffee shop called Slow Burn Coffee. There environment inside was aesthetically pleasing and perfect for us to quickly meet before the week came to an end. During this time, we went over the research I had gathered and planned out the nest steps needed for the Torreón project.

Slow Burn Coffee House

All in all this week was busy but really fulfilling as I got to engage with the Abq community and continue making progress on the Torreón project!




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