The Association for Teaching and Learning
Indigenous Languages of Latin America (ATLILLA)
At the General Meeting of first Symposium on Teaching Indigenous Languages of Latin America (STILLA 2008), the symposium organizers suggested the creation of an association devoted to teaching indigenous languages of Latin America. This initiative was very welcome by the meeting attendees, who decided to create a Committee of Experts composed of 10 people from different countries to make a decision on the creation of such an association.
The Committee of Experts agreed with this initiative, and recommended the creation of the Association for Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America (ATLILLA). The Committee also recommended changing STILLA to STLILLA (Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America). According to the experts, the “learning” component was missing.
Then, under the leadership of Serafín M. Coronel-Molina, a draft of the ATLILLA Constitution was elaborated and approved the ATLILLA Constitution. After that, the Committee of Experts recommended the nomination of the Members of the ATLILLA Executive Committee. After long negotiations and careful scrutiny, the three main members of the Executive Committee were successfully nominated:
Serafín M. Coronel-Molina, President
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
scoronel@indiana.edu
Nancy H. Hornberger, Vice-President
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
nancyh@gse.upenn.edu
Jean-Jacques Decoster, Secretary
Centro Tinku, Cuzco, Peru
decoster@centrotinku.com
The members of the Executive Committee (President, Vice-President and Secretary) are in charge of the implementation of several Sub-committees and the nomination of their respective members.
Finally, we want to leave the door open for additional people and institutions to join the endeavor with us. Our ultimate vision is that the work we create and share at the upcoming symposium (October 30 – November 1, 2011) will transcend the academy walls and find space in the larger world community by giving all the participants an opening to share their words and worlds in their own voices.
