By Alek Barbour, CLACS MA Candidate Coming off of its successful first day and workshop, the 5th annual May Sumak Quichwa film showcase continues this Friday, October 23rd. Starting at 8 pm ET and live-streamed through YouTube and on their website. The overarching theme for this Friday’s showcase is Ayllukunamata Yuyay (Memories of Community oContinue reading “Quechua Short-film by CLACS Alumna Featured on May Sumak’s Second Day”
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Desfiles Por Fines
Posted by Claretta Mills – MA Candidate at NYU CLACS Traveling through Cusco in June and seeing numerous rainbow flags, which mark the heritage and pride of the city of Cusco, is a subtle reminder of the desfiles that are going on throughout the city. “Hay desfiles en el Centro hoy,” was all I neededContinue reading “Desfiles Por Fines”
Finding the Bigger Story Behind the Chinchero Airport
Posted by Colleen Connolly – MA Candidate at CLACS / Global Journalism at NYU I ended my field work in Lima, about as far away as you can get from Chinchero in Peru. I swapped freezing night temperatures and extreme dryness for the gray humidity of Lima’s winters, mountains for coast and Quechua for SpanishContinue reading “Finding the Bigger Story Behind the Chinchero Airport”
Veranopi, Peruman Risaqpuni Qhelqasaq Thesisniyta
Posted by Claretta Mills – MA Candidate at NYU CLACS For most of the past Spring semester, I had been repeating this one particular line, especially in my Quechua class examples; “Veranopi, Peruman risaqpuni qhelqasaq thesisniyta.” This translates to, “In the summer, I am going to Peru to write my thesis.” Sure enough, a coupleContinue reading “Veranopi, Peruman Risaqpuni Qhelqasaq Thesisniyta”
Feeding chickens, attending asambleas and surviving the cold in Chinchero
Posted by Colleen Connolly – MA candidate at CLACS/Global Journalism at NYU Despite a rocky start to my trip to Peru (a lost credit card, a canceled flight, the deathly cold), I have been extremely fortunate with my research here. My first week was spent in Cusco and the next two weeks in Chinchero, aContinue reading “Feeding chickens, attending asambleas and surviving the cold in Chinchero”
Indigenous Languages on the Airwaves
Posted by Ximena Málaga Sabogal, PhD student in Anthropology at NYU It is 3 am and, if I am to believe my cellphone, it is also -9°C in Puno, Peru. Even if there was heating in the place where I am staying (and there is none) I would probably still be cold. But my excitementContinue reading “Indigenous Languages on the Airwaves”
Jony Hernan Prudencio Parlan Gerardo Huaracha Huarachawan Historiata Yanquemanta
Gerardo Huaracha Huaracha museoyoq kan Yanque llaqtapi, Valle del Colcapi, Arequipa, Peru. Gerardoq taytan wasichakuran, ña huk pachaq iskay chunka watakunamantaña. Chay wasipi museo kaq ichaqa qayna Agosto killapi, 2016pi, hatun pachakuyuy chayta thunichiran. Kay podcastpi, grabasqa qayna Mayopi, Jony Hernan Prudencio, wayna Tuti llaqtamanta, tayta Gerardowan parlashan museonmanta. Gerardo Huaracha Huaracha tiene un MuseoContinue reading “Jony Hernan Prudencio Parlan Gerardo Huaracha Huarachawan Historiata Yanquemanta”
New Yorkpi, Tayta Paypa Ususin ima Runasimimanta Rimashanku
Kay podcastpi, huk tayta paypa ususin ima runasimimanta rimashanku. Paykuna Perumanta kanku, ichaqa ña wakin watakunaña New Yorkpi tishanku. Tayta runasimita rimayta atin, ichaqa paypa ususin mana atinchu. Paykuna imaraykumanta rimashanku. En este podcast, un padre y su hija hablan sobre su uso del idioma quechua. Son del Perú, pero ya desde hace unos añosContinue reading “New Yorkpi, Tayta Paypa Ususin ima Runasimimanta Rimashanku”
Upcoming Event: Peruvian Scissors Dancers Performance
Join us Tuesday, October 18 to witness the wonderful peruvian scissors dancers performance at the KJCC Auditorium! Originating in the southern region of Peru (Ayacucho) during the Andean resistance period (in the middle of the 16th century), ancient Scissors Dancers were prohibited for being considered rebels, heretics and possessed by demons. However, they fought – throughContinue reading “Upcoming Event: Peruvian Scissors Dancers Performance”
‘A New-New Left in Latin America?’ with Verónika Mendoza Event Recap
Thanks to everyone who joined us last Friday for our event ‘A New-New Left in Latin America?: The Challenge of Progressive Politics in the Midst of a Conservative Turn.’ More than two hundred students, professors, activists, local media, Peruvian journalists and community members joined us at KJCC Auditorium to hear former Peruvian Presidential candidate Verónika Mendoza speak aboutContinue reading “‘A New-New Left in Latin America?’ with Verónika Mendoza Event Recap”
