CSW Newsletter,
No. 1, 2008
Contents
Website
update
Conferences
New
Collaborations
Ongoing
activities
Recent
ranch revelations
2008
Mayordoma de Uranguay
Website update
We are in the process of updating our webpage for
2008. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check the History section under University
Field School to gain a sense of Line Kampe and Catherine Patrick’s research
expedition to the high native potato fields and llama herds in the Quebrada
Honda, just below the glaciers. They spent the night in an ancestral cave
shelter, guided by local comuneros Julio Evaristo and
Fausta Colonia.
Please send us any photos or essays you would like to post.
Conferences
We will be participating in the Society for Applied Anthropology
(SfAA) conference in
Society
for Applied Anthropology meetings in
Understanding
Bio and Cultural Diversity in the
The
Potential for Traditional Knowledge to Shape Local and Global Policy
CHAIR: HAMMER, Patricia J. (Ctr
for Social Well Being)
BOND, Megan M.(Ctr for
Social Well Being) Mi Sierra: Lessons in Traditional Andean Nutritional Knowledge
and Biodiversity in
FEHR, Alexandra(U
KALMAN, Rowenn B.(
FOSTER, Andrew(U
PARISANO, Christopher (Ctr
for Social Well Being) Naming the Self: State Educational Curriculum and Regional
Identity in the Callejon de Huaylas
HICKS, Heather(Ctr for
Social Well Being) The Role and Beliefs of a Missionary Catholic Priest in a
Rural Andean Quechua Community
The following sessions highlight contributions from CSW
alumni:
(W-66) WEDNESDAY
Struggles with Chronic Illness
and Suffering (SMA)
CHAIR: MILES, Ann (
BROOKS, Benjamin Blakely (U
(F-61) FRIDAY
Experiences of Violence, Sites
of Recovery: Understanding the Complexities of
Intimate Partner Violence,
Part I-Intervention
CHAIR: WOZNIAK, Danielle F.
(U
BESKE, Melissa A.(Tulane U) Mitigating
Violence, Implementing Policy: Bringing IPV Laws to the People in
(S-05) SATURDAY
New Paradigms of Obesity and
Diabetes
CHAIR: SZKUPINSKI QUIROGA,
Seline (
MILLER, Heather A.(U
(S-62) SATURDAY
Innovative Strategies for
Teaching Anthropology
CHAIR:
BRAGG, Jared(U
Nebraska-Lincoln) and WRIGHT,
Arielle (U
(S-73) SATURDAY
Identifying “Community” in
Community-Based Tourism
CHAIRS: STEVENS, Melissa and
CHERNELA, Janet (U
ZANOTTI, Laura(U
CHERNELA, Janet (U
American
Anthropological Association annual meetings in
New Collaborations
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We
have been invited to join the University-Community
Partnership for Social Action Research Network (UCP-SARnet) http://ucpsarnet.asu.edu, monitored from
¯ Our longtime friend and
colleague, Dr. Ron Carter, physician and specialist in natural remedies for
menopause and other female reproductive changes has invited our collaboration
with his research and development program to identify and promote the propagation
of Andean herbs and nutritional crops that influence or alleviate the effects
of hormonal imbalances. If interested, see his website: www.perubiopharma.org.
Ongoing Activities
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Biodiversity
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High mountain agrobiodiversity
With the communities that many
of our students have visited, we are continuing to support, and in some cases
reintroduce, high altitude crops. We are initiating a program of intercambio de las quebradas, coordinating
meetings to share traditional knowledge, practices and experiences among
comuneros in the Quebrada Honda (Copa y Vicos), Quebrada Ulta (Catay) and
Shonquil (Pariacaca y Hualcan).
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Medicinal plants
Continuing our work with
herbalists, Francisco Chauca, Aurelio Cadillo, Juana Poqoy and others, we are
renewing efforts to encourage communities to value and protect native medicinal
plants, particularly those in delicate environments and at extreme altitudes.
This focus includes the support of biohuertas
for the domestication ex-situ of plants with therapeutic components.
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Education
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Escuela saludable
With the one-room schoolhouse
of Cajamarquilla and the
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Training bilingual educators
All of our Quechua teachers
are members of the Quechua Academy of Ancash and professors in the Bilingual Intercultural Education Program. At their request, we
provide training and materials for the teaching of Quechua language and culture
at primary, secondary and university levels. Currently, we are coordinating
with several of the foremost Quechua linguists (of Huaylas and Junín Quechua)
to aid in designing concentrated workshops for developing teaching skills and
regionally appropriate materials.
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Ecology
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Appropriate practices
We frequently receive visits
from communities and district committees interested in organic farming and
gardening, alternative energy and ecological sewage systems. Pocha continues to
supervise the implementation of the organic sewer system of the community of
Copa Grande, in coordination with the Health Center of Marcará.
Recent Ranch Revelations
All are busy and constructive on the ranch. Pocha is building herself a new house of adobe and wood
with the neighboring craftsman. To date we’ve planted around 2000 native trees,
in addition to a fruit orchard from which we are harvesting rocoto,
tomatillo (tree tomato – filled with vitamin C), and
are still awaiting the chirimoyas, avocados, lucumas, and citrus to mature. Two calves were born in
January, one on Pocha’s birthday, so we have plenty
of milk that we are sharing with neighbors and making butter, cheese and
yogurt.
2008 Mayordoma de Uranguay
The major fiesta of Carhuaz commences in September
in honor of “Mama Mechi” (Nuestra Virgen de las
Mercedes), a Europeanized version of Pachamama.
This initiates a period of celebrations in the surrounding hillsides. Pocha has been selected by the comuneros of Uranguay (our
sector of Cajamarquilla) to be the Mayordoma of the fiesta
of
Telephone 511-252-2947
Cellular 5143-961-3058
Carhuaz, Ancash