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Andean Lives
Posted by: niki afsharpour
Reading blog Thoughts on one sentence from Andean Lives, Condori Mamani and Quispe Huamán. I think that there are so many sentences to write about from this book. But one sentence that stood out to me is from Condori Mamani’s section on page 30: “Well, with the donkey vanishing as if swallowed by the earth, I […] read full post >>
Life is pain (reading blog 7)
Posted by: lotte
Reading Andean Lives was like having Gregorio and Asunta talking to me and telling me their life story. This testimonial reminds me a lot of Rigoberta Menchu’s book I, Rigoberta Menchu. Both described the difficulties of daily life for poor people, particularly poor indigenous and the many abuses that they suffer throughout their lives. It […] read full post >>
reflections on resiliency in Andean Life (el testimonio)
Posted by: morgan cooper
“What had those pots done to that Christian to make him kick them?” (Asunta, 133) A welcome switch up in our reading schedule, Andean Lives falls under the genre of Testimonio which also includes Rigoberta Menchú’s revolutionary work “Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia”. From both voices in the text, resiliency […] read full post >>
reflections on resiliency in Andean Life (el testimonio)
Posted by: morgan cooper
“What had those pots done to that Christian to make him kick them?” (Asunta, 133) A welcome switch up in our reading schedule, Andean Lives falls under the genre of Testimonio which also includes Rigoberta Menchú’s revolutionary work “Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia”. From both voices in the text, resiliency […] read full post >>
Asunta and Holding on: What we Remember
Posted by: zyasmin
I want to start off by apologizing for this blog post. I’m sick and I’m probably slightly delirious, so this might not be my best work (we’ll save more information on that for my experience blog!) Anyway, I’ll try my best. In her chapter “Eusebio,” Asunta tells the audience of when she first got her […] read full post >>
Reading blog 7
Posted by: zhiyi zhang
“But one thing’s for sure, you have to return each ayni you’ve received with all your heart.” (Andean Lives, p. 43) In this passage, Gregorio is describing the ayni system of labour exchange, in which people do favours for their fellow community members with the reassurance that the favour will be returned when they one day need it. […] read full post >>
Blog Post #8: There is No History Without Female Testimony
Posted by: Grace Baker
“What kind of life is this that I can’t separate from this man, if I have hands and feet, a mouth to talk with, and eyes to see? What am I, a cripple? These hands here make all the meals!” To be completely honest, it was only during my reading of Andean Lives did I […] read full post >>
the tortured poet’s department (neruda and annie’s version)
Posted by: annie
we both like writing naturely poems about our sadness and are super involved in leftist politics and we don't live in peru so like we're basically the same person read full post >>
week5—[Melancholy amidst] the Excitement of Nostalgia—
Posted by: jasmine choi
week5—[Melancholy amidst] the Excitement of Nostalgia— reading blog #8 – The Motorcycle Diaries “How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?” I immensely enjoyed The Motorcycle Diaries. It is hands-down one of the better movies I have watched in recent history… This idea of a coming-of-age through exploration of familiar […] read full post >>
