Esterilizaciones forzadas en Perú: la mujer como instrumento
Read Time:12 Minute, 1 Second Durante los años 1990 y 2000, Alberto Fujimori fue el presidente de Perú. Fujimori entró en el gobier…
Surviving COVID-19 by Chiappori Magdalena Zegarra
Survival. Perhaps the word carries more weight today than ever. We are all engaged in this exercise of collective survival. Many of …
La vida es para el pueblo y la revolución: una aproximación a la vida y obra de Víctor Andes, un hombre de partido (III)
Read Time:13 Minute, 30 Second Lee la primera parte aquí y la segunda parte aquí Por otra parte, Andes considera muy importante …
La vida es para el pueblo y la revolución: una aproximación a la vida y obra de Víctor Andes, un hombre de partido (II)
Lee aquí la primera parte Imbuido de energía, convicción y voluntad, fruto de su trajinar político, militancia orgánica y solidez ideológica para …
La vida es para el pueblo y la revolución: una aproximación a la vida y obra de Víctor Andes, un hombre de partido (I)
Introducción Juan Antonio Alcántara Hernández es un nombre que puede sonarnos como otro cualquiera dentro de nuestro diverso bosque nominal peruano. Pero …
Farmer Talk
Facing language problems in Peru’s new coffee economy During a recent trip to the Andean-Amazonian foothills of Southern Peru, I hiked out …
Ellas también cazaban
El hallazgo de un esqueleto femenino de 9000 años de antigüedad enterrado con un equipo de caza mayor en la cordillera de …
Mercury’s Toxic Touch
In Peru’s gold-rich Amazonian region of Madre de Dios (the Mother of God), the global demand for the precious metal has incentivized …
Atmospheric Failure
Fog catchers (atrapanieblas) are fairly simple constructions. They consist of large plastic or nylon nets stretched between two vertically positioned poles, perpendicular …
The Murkiness of the Peruvian Lockdown
Around the world, countries have imposed lockdowns, to varying degrees of severity, in attempts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduate students (and …
Scandal, Blame, and the Politics of Contamination in Peru’s Quinoa Bust
Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2019 Roy A. Rappaport …
Catching up with Glenn Shepard: Interview to launch benefit photography sale with Linda Matney Gallery
This interview launches a new partnership with Linda Matney Gallery. Proceeds from the sale of selected photographs will directly support vital health …
Experiencing Corona Virus in the Andes
LUCIA STAVIG A mix of huaynos, cumbia, and bird song still greet the sun in the Andean community in which I am …
Virginia’s story: How the COVID-19 crisis can help us think about older adults who live in perennial abandonment by Chiappori Magdalena Zegarra
V: Oh sweetie, don’t leave me. Magdalena: I have to go home now. But on Monday, I can bring you the Coca-Cola …
#Review: Punk and Revolution
In Punk and revolution: Seven more interpretations of Peruvian reality, Shane Greene locates the distinctive elements of Peruvian punk in the context …
Toé (Brugmansia suaveolens): The Path of Day and Night [excerpt]
The Path of DayHenchi, a young man from a remote Matsigenka native community in Peru’s Manu National Park, left home one morning …
Remaking (Il)licit Landscapes: Layered Histories and Speculative Time in Peru’s War on Drugs
By Allison Kendra, Stanford University § Its leaves burst forth slowly from thin, shrubby branches. Every three months they mature, every three …
A Pretext for Plunder? Environmental Change and State-Led Redevelopment in the Peruvian Amazon
Gordon Ulmer, Sydney Silverstein, and I just published a short article (with lots of photos!) in the latest edition of Anthropology Today. …
The Decade of Contact: Isolated indigneous people in the 21st century [excerpt]
José Carlos Meirelles, a retired field agent from Brazil’s National Indian Foundation, FUNAI, refers to the current moment for isolated indigenous people …
The Decade of Contact: Isolated indigneous people in the 21st century [excerpt]
José Carlos Meirelles, a retired field agent from Brazil’s National Indian Foundation, FUNAI, refers to the current moment for isolated indigenous people …
The hummingbird shamans of Peru: Excerpt from "Agony and Ecstasy in the Amazon"
Abanti blew the tobacco with fast furious puffs. The snuff entered my nostrils as a sequence of chartreuse explosions that expanded in …
The hummingbird shamans of Peru: Excerpt from "Agony and Ecstasy in the Amazon"
Abanti blew the tobacco with fast furious puffs. The snuff entered my nostrils as a sequence of chartreuse explosions that expanded in …
Negligent NGO with happy parents: Voluntourism and the voice of the local beneficiaries
The NGO is located in little town in the peripheries of Arequipa Pauline van der Valk I have always had a …
Of Quinoa, Agricultural Science, and Social Change – New Essay from Adam Gamwell on the Savage Minds Anthropologies Projects
Photo: Colin Stone Peacock TAL’s Adam Gamwell has a new essay about his research on quinoa biodiversity in Peru out on Savage …