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Cinthya Toledo

Cinthya Toledo

Born in Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, in the Binnizá (Zapotec) community, Cinthya graduated with a degree in Communication from the Universidad Autónoma of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Mexico (UNACH) and is currently studying for a Master’s in Cultural Studies at the same university. Cinthya is an audiovisual director, scriptwriter, and producer at CHEGUIGO-Productora Audiovisual, based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.

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Articles by Cinthya Toledo
  • Yoo ne luguiaa: How Do Binnizá Women Inhabit Spaces?

    Yoo ne luguiaa: How Do Binnizá Women Inhabit Spaces?

    The diverse ways in which indigenous women inhabit a space, allow us to recognize identity and gender issues and enable us to analyze territorial problems by interweaving the gaze of thousands of people who share the same space. Every place we inhabit ends up being a biographical slice of our life histories, full of traces…

  • What Kind of Binnizá Woman Am I? A Look at Questioning Our Identity

    What Kind of Binnizá Woman Am I? A Look at Questioning Our Identity

    As indigenous women, talking about our identity has become essential to name ourselves through our feelings and concerns. Seemingly, the question of an indigenous woman’s identity is one that has already been resolved and accepted, even in our territories, but to claim that our past identity is the same as our present one, would be…