Teodora is a socio-cultural anthropologist and translator with international professional and educational background. Teodora has extensive translation and copyediting experience for academic presses, print and online media. As researcher, Teodora is interested in promoting a better understanding of the complex contemporary social, political, cultural and environmental issues, with a focus on the underrepresented perspectives of the marginalized, indigenous communities worldwide. With cultural and social sensitivity, Teodora contributes to projects, like Global Voices, that bring awareness of inequalities, lack of freedom and violations of human rights around the world.
Latest posts by Teodora C. Hasegan
24 January 2018
The First Mobile Phone Network for Indigenous Communities in Mexico Is Under Threat
"This is the only telecommunications service that these communities have, historically they have not been covered...we believe a clear exemption for this type of operator should be in the law."
19 April 2017
Strategies to Strengthen the Pisbi and Potón Languages in El Salvador Through Community Engagement
This is the fifth update about the "Revitalization of the Potón and Pisbi Languages in El Salvador" project, whose objective was to strengthen the identity of the Lenka and Kakawira...
6 April 2017
Indigenous Languages in El Salvador Reemerging After a Difficult Past
This is the fourth article about the the linguistic and cultural context of "Revitalization of the Potón and Pisbi Languages in El Salvador" project, promoting the development of multimedia material...
17 March 2017
Working with Guatajiagua Youth to Revitalize the Potón Language in El Salvador
A group of young people, members of the Association of Lenca Communities of Guatajiagua, organized the recording sessions and an introductory course in journalism based on indigenous communication.
8 February 2017
Recording for “Digital Textbooks” in the Pisbi Language in El Salvador
Members of the Kakawira Indigenous People in El Salvador took part in audio recording sessions for the creation of a digital “booklet” in the Pisbi language as part of a...
21 January 2017
Launching the Project to Support the Revitalization of the Potón and Pisbi Languages in El Salvador
This is the first update on the indigenous language digital activism project from El Salvador working with the Potón and Pisbi languages.
7 December 2016
Students Showcase Miskito and Mayangna Multimedia at Community Forums
This is the fifth article about the “Miskito and Mayangna on the Internet” project, grantee winner of the 2015 Microgrant call to support digital activism initiatives for indigenous languages. The...
6 December 2016
The First Steps Towards Creating Bilingual Websites in Nicaragua
This is the fourth article about the “Miskito and Mayangna on the Internet” project, grantee winner of the 2015 Microgrant call to support digital activism initiatives for indigenous languages. The...
7 November 2016
Perspectives on the Online Use of Languages in the Mayangna and Miskito Communities
This is the third article about the "Miskitu and Mayangna on the Internet" project, grantee winner of the 2015 Microgrant call to support digital activism initiatives for indigenous languages. The...
26 September 2016
From Making Videos to Digital Activism: Learning Experiences in the Mískitu and Mayangna Languages
This is the second article about the "Miskitus and Mayangnas on the Internet" project, grantee winner of the 2015 Microgrant call to support digital activism initiatives for indigenous languages. The...
23 June 2016
The Language is Among Us: The Third Audio Documentary in the “Müpüley Tain Mapudungun” Series
In this third part of the project “Müpüley Tain Mapudungun” (Our Mapudungun Soaring), the participants at the workshop reflect on how the language is present in the daily life of...
6 June 2016
The Evolution of the Mapuche Language in Buenos Aires
The 2nd article article from the project “Müpüley Tain mapudungun" (Our Mapudungun Soaring), a Rising Voices grantee. Project leaders share the current state of their language in the city of...
16 May 2016
Mapuches Produce Audio Documentaries in Buenos Aires
The initiative seeks to create pieces of radio art to make visible the Mapuche language, poetry and music. The Mapuche people living in the city of Buenos Aires will participate...
