from Andrew Ross <[log in to unmask]> Dear Colleagues, The School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University is looking for potential collaborators to participate in an ongoing project of cultural exploration. "Hispanidades" aims to explore and connect different Hispanic identities throughout the United States by focusing on 1) ethnographic research of Hispanic barrios in different geographic regions that ranges from simple observations of the communities studied to profound reflections on the shared cultural, linguistic, socio-political and historical experiences between distinct regions of the United States, 2) the use of technology to create on online platform in which to develop research, and 3) regular communication between students at the respective universities involved in the project. This project is geared towards university students enrolled in Spanish for Bilinguals or Spanish as a Heritage Language courses. This project launched in Fall 2011 as a collaborative effort between Arizona State University and Columbia University, comparing and contrasting Hispanic identities in both Arizona and New York. We are currently looking for additional institutions to participate in this project. For more information, please contact me at [log in to unmask] Please pass this along to colleagues that might be interested. Best and thanks, a. Andrew F. Ross, PhD Head, Learning Support Services School of International Letters & Cultures Arizona State University Box 870202 Tempe, AZ 85287-0202 ph: 480.965.1099 fax: 480.965.0135 ************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technologies (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) **************************************************************************