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Girlhood Lives (Experience Blog 5)
Posted by: ana flechas
(Disclaimer for Jon: This post is twice as long and thus will count as both our experience blogs) read full post >>
Invasion of tourism (experience blog 5)
Posted by: lotte
I knew that the Machu Picchu area was going to be very touristy but I was still a bit disappointed with just how touristy it was. This town was built for tourists and it shows. Up and down the street there were restaurants with people outside trying to get me to come in to eat […] read full post >>
Neruda and Cultural Memory
Posted by: benc331
In the Neruda reading this week, Machu Picchu represents not only physical grandeur and spectacle but also spiritual resiliance and cultural memory. For Neruda, Machu Picchu embodies the enduring spirit of the Inca civilization despite centuries of colonization and it’s aftermath. I found the following excerpt to be especially intriguing…. “Rise up in birth with me, my brother. Give me your hand out of the deep zone of your wide-spread sorrow. You will not return from the bedrock depths. You will not return from subterranean time. It will not...read more read full post >>
Experience Blog 5: Machu Picchu and the Filters of Sickness
Posted by: zyasmin
Hello everyone! I am writing this from my table at the hotel restaurant in Cusco, watching what I can from my angle of the parade below me. Considering today isn’t even technically Inti Raymi, it excites me to see the intensity of the celebration tomorrow. How much more intense and passionate than what’s going on […] read full post >>
Navigating Expectations in a Curated World
Posted by: Steven Townsend
Yesterday, during our discussion, I felt rather quiet, not really wanting to take part but wanting to absorb and hear what others were saying about their experiences at Machu Picchu. I felt a little isolated because, for me, the entire experience was quite profound. I was in my own head a lot while I was […] read full post >>
Blog Post #9: The Making and Marketing of Indigeneity in Machu Picchu
Posted by: Grace Baker
In this week’s reading , Making Machu Picchu by Mark Rice, Rice explores the political, economic, and social impacts that ensued in Peru after the “discovery” (an incorrect implication of lostness) of Machu Picchu by Hiram Bingham in the early 1900’s. Rice analyzes the residual effects that resulted from the promotion of Machu Picchu as […] read full post >>
Iconically Peruvian
Posted by: Emma Loveday
Observations of mass production/consumption read full post >>
Santiago Mataindios (experience blog 6)
Posted by: Gabrielmcameron
I’m posting this experience blog early, but I just had the sort of outing which needs to be immortalized in text. My mom requested a Santiago Mataindios figurine, and it was a journey to get my hands on this piece of art. We started aimlessly, basically asking old ladies for suggestions. The more knowledgeable of […] read full post >>
Fifth Sunday reflection; Don Abelino!
Posted by: jshoudy
For those who rode in the car with Don Abelino this morning from Pisac to Cusco (there would’ve been eleven of us), you may not have overheard the conversation between Don Abelino, Emma, and I (kind of) happening in the front seat. Emma was inquiring about words in Quechua, the towns we were passing through, […] read full post >>
