Today in class we looked at a variety of approaches at writing about a place. I wanted people involved to think about a few things: material culture, Prevallet's idea of investigative poetics, how our home, Las Cruces and the border on which we live, is a contested space. An apt metaphor for this region might be the large equestrian statue at the El Paso airport, a 44 ft tall sculpture of Juan de Onate, a conquistador famous for abuse of native populations. The statue these days is called "The Equestrian" since, as the project dragged on, more and more information about Juan de Onate complicated the desire to celebrate him. Unveiled in 2006, it is a source of controversy.
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