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Oaxaca City is a lovely place to be based. My small, centrally located apartment, down the street from the botanical gardens and one block from the Llano Park, is equidistant to both the zocolo and the Welte Institute, where my daily five and a half hour class is held. It's about halfway through the Mixteco course now. We are a motley crew from around the country, from various disciplines. The fourteen of us are from San Diego State, the sponsoring institution, as well as UC Davis and UC San Diego, Univ of New Mexico, Univ. of Wisconsin and Tulane. Are interests range from anthropology, to sociology, to art history, and latin american studies. Apart from looking at the language in a contemporary migration context, it's been interesting to see how it is used in the ancient codices. Who knew that Mixteco would be so popular?