Notes from the Community: La cultura cura: Oral History on the Border

Abstract

This standing feature highlights Project Coco, a 2018 collaboration between the authors; high school teacher of Mexican American studies, Joel Rodríguez; and high school students in El Paso, Texas. The authors discuss the various components of Project Coco–El Día de los Muertos, oral history workshops, history lessons, and altar creation. Following students’ responses to the project, the authors suggest that Project Coco is an act of reclamation.