This blog section will serve as a digital space for students to share reports, investigations, and reflections about Tucson’s multilingual spaces.

Interview with owner of Nico’s Mexican Food

For my Language Capital Project investigation, I wanted to understand the role language played in place-meaning and placemaking. As an Arizonan raised in a large Mexican-American household, it was an exciting opportunity to explore a bilingual space near my community...

Interview with owner of Selena’s Salvadorian Food

My family and I are somewhat outgoing depending where we want to go eat, shop, travel for new adventures, anything that you can think of. My mom and dad are from your different parts of Mexico. My mom is from Empalme, Sonora and my dad is from Guasave, Sinaloa. These...

Interview with owner of REVEL Wine & Beer

Preparing for this interview was a new process for me. I went into this knowing that the person I was interviewing was from Zürich and I was interested in knowing more about her business and the language atmosphere of her business. I started thinking of questions that...

Welcome!

It has almost been 2 years since this project began. Many new collaborators have contributed to the project. In recent semesters, participants (both from on and off campus) have added new types of locations, including shops, restaurants, mechanics, doctors,...