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¨If the imagined Inkas are imagined as once-living, active individuals, then agency cannot be so easily denied their descendants, even those now called campesinos¨ (Dean 216) in Inka Bodies Dean argues that the presentation of Inti Raymi as increasingly “accurate”, as opposed to catering to the preconceptions of international tourists, advances the fight for campesino […] read full post >>

week6—Land or Death! What Mariategui wanted to say… but did(n’t)?— reading blog #10 – Hugo Blanco’s We the Indians Reading Hugo Blanco’s We the Indians was like reading a less pretentious version of Garcilaso de la Vega’s Royal Commentaries of the Inca. Though both have their biases and influences, of course, but Blanco’s writing isn’t […] read full post >>

Hugo Blanco is a very interesting character and he tells a detailed and often saddening story in We, The Indians. He has worked hard for a very long time to fight against the many abuses and injustices faced by the poor, believing that they must work together to achieve their common goal. However Hugo is […] read full post >>

Obviously, my favourite chapter of Hugo Blanco’s book was Chapter 4: Reflections by a child of Pachamama (Mother Nature). In this chapter, Blanco describes the various ways in which the Indigenous peoples of of the Andes adapted to and maintained the fertility of Mother Earth. He describes the arrival of the foreign invaders, the disrespect and […] read full post >>

Uncomfortable Truths in We the Indians read full post >>

Experience Blog This is a joint blog with my pal Ana, read it here! 🙂 Here’s a little teaser 😀 read full post >>

week5—Man as Tree; a return to Depth, Height, and Volume as necessity for the future— reading blog #9 – Pablo Neruda’s The Heights of Macchu Picchu I don’t know where to start. I like Neruda’s poetry and his writing. I think I am still processing it, which is taking longer than I thought. I think […] read full post >>

Reading Blog Thoughts on a bit from The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda.  In my grade 8 English class, my teacher defined poetry as the most condensed form of writing in terms of expression. This is a definition that has stayed with me and I remember it from time to time when reading […] read full post >>

I think while everyone – or rather most of us – were reading Indigenous Mestizos, I got drawn into How Difficult it is to be God, a translated analysis of ‘the people’s war’ in Peru waged primarily by Shining Path and the Peruvian military. Since our visit to the LUM in Lima and Jon’s fiery […] read full post >>

Before I start on my initial thoughts of de la Cadina’s “Indigenous Mestizos”, I want to disclaim that I’ve been needing 9+ hours of sleep recently and have not finished my second coffee. Hence reading the introduction for me was incredibly difficult and inaccessible despite quite of interesting, thought-provoking segments. read full post >>