Querencia Chandler
Role: Oral Historian (Principal Investigator)
“Querencia is that which gives us a sense of place, that which anchors us to the land, that which makes us a unique people, for it implies a deeply rooted knowledge of place, and for that reason we respect it as our home." – Juan Estevan Arellano
Querencia Chandler is an ongoing project that collects the oral histories of the Latinx community in Chandler, Arizona from the historical barrios that go back to the founding of the town in 1912. Currently, Chandler is the fourth largest-city in Arizona and the Latinx community is the largest ethnic community.
The oral histories are digitally archived in collaboration with the Chandler Museum. The oral histories can be found on the archival website ChandlerPedia.
In collaboration with the Chandler Museum, we have hosted two exhibits since the birth of the project.
Here are two stories with coverage of the project from Arizona State University: