Dr. Barrero is an Instructor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She obtained her Ph.D. in Latin American Literature at Purdue University. Her research interests include Latin American Colonial Literature, Latin American Indigenous Literatures, Paleography, and Andean Cultural Studies. She is currently
working on a manuscript for a book titled “La herencia no se roba. Testamentos indígenas de Bogotá”. Her research indicates that indigenous peoples strategically formed political and strong social ties with Dutch and English Pirates during the XVI and XVII centuries, which produced intercultural contacts and exchanges that would change our conservative view of the Spanish colonial era. Secondly, in the cases of indigenous women who were forced to migrate to more urban areas to find work, wills and the stories they tell about bequests and inheritance become useful tools for documenting changing gender relations in a colonial context.
Johana Barrero es una profesora de la Universidad de North Florida en el Departamento de Lenguas, Literatura y Cultura. Dr. Barrero obtuvo su doctorado en literatura latinoamericana en la Universidad de Purdue University. Su investigación se centra en las áreas de literatura colonial latinoamericana, literaturas indígenas, paleografía y estudios culturales andinos. En la actualidad se encuentra trabajando en el manuscrito para un libro titulado “La herencia no se roba. Testamentos indígenas de Bogotá”. Su investigación indica que diferentes comunidades indígenas formaron muy fuertes lazos políticos y sociales con piratas Ingleses y Holandeses durante el siglo XVI y XVII, lo cual produjo contactos e intercambios interculturales que podrían cambiar nuestra forma conservadora de ver esta era colonial.
