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Many national narratives similarly rest on a celebration of miscegenation, often recounted with pride. Which mechanisms construct these narratives? How does the mixing of cultures and populations become a political category? In this lecture, linguist, writer, and researcher Y\u00e1snaya Elena A. Gil, an advocate for linguistic and cultural diversity, reflects on the need to establish &#8220;processes of mixing&#8221; as a category distinct from &#8220;processes of miscegenation&#8221;. 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