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Quechua Penn News
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. [call] Indigenous Latinx Digital Exhibit: Share and submit!
. [talk] "Quechua Geographies: between Indigeneity and academia", Prof. Sandy Grande 11/17
. [video] If you missed it: you can watch our Welcome Event

Community News
. [job] Quechua Lecturer position, University of Colorado at Boulder
. [article] Views on Christopher Columbus
. [call for proposals] 6th edition of the Quechua Alliance
. Columbia University launches a free online course on Indigenous Peoples' Rights
. MaySumak film showcase: virtual
. [article] Revitalizing Endangered Languages Remotely
. [article] "Renata Flores & her music are an act of Indigenous Resistance"

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[call] Indigenous Latinx Project. Share and submit!

Indigenous Latinx Project: a virtual community for reclaiming Indigenous identities in the Latinx community

Who should submit?
College students in the United States of Indigenous Latinx heritage. Part of this project involves figuring out what that heritage means, and how it can be reclaimed with purpose and in community. "Professional" artistic experiences NOT required.

How to submit?
Fill out this form here
All media and art forms welcome!
Submission of any language accepted! In the form, attach up to 3 files for submission. for text, a maximun of 300 words is preferred. The exhibit will primarily be visual but we encourage poems and reflections.

Deadline: October 11th

Share and submit! Instagram account @indigenouslatinx

[talk] "Quechua Geographies: between Indigeneity and academia", Sandy Grande. November 17th, 2020

Professor Sandy Grande (University of Connecticut) will draw continuities between her life and experiences as a Quechua national born and raised in the U.S. and her journey through the academy. She will share some writing from her current book project on Indigenous Elders and Aging, which draws upon and moves between her scholarly and family life.

This talk is possible thanks to a grant from the Latin American and Latino Studies program at Penn.

More info and RSVP

[video] If you missed it: You can watch our Welcome Event

For our welcome event we introduced Erica Villanueva-Bautista, this year's Quechua Fulbright FLTA scholar at Penn, we were able to learn some phrases in Quechua, and we learned about Ayacucho's Retablo art with Mr. Silvestre Ataucusi Flores (Casa del Retablo). October 8th, 2020.

Watch video here

Community News

[job] Quechua Lecturer position at the University of Colorado, Boulder

The Latin American Studies Center (LASC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder, invites applications for the position of lecturer in Quechua Language and Andean Culture. The position is part of LASC’s undergraduate certificate program in Latin American and Latinx Studies. Besides teaching the Quechua courses at beginning and intermediate levels, the successful candidate will participate actively in the academic life of LASC, coordinate outreach activities to build the new Quechua Program, develop online curriculum, and be a consultant for graduate students in the Department of Linguistics. Applicants must hold at least an MA degree and a demonstrated record of teaching is required. The anticipated start date is January 4th, 2021.

More info, here

[article] Views of Christopher Columbus

"The debate surrounding the veneration of Christopher Columbus and the rejection of him by Indigenous communities is about more than just statues, holidays, or Columbus himself, it’s about what he symbolizes—the elimination of Indigenous peoples from history and the national narrative, and the silencing of their voice and value"

Complete article, here

[call for proposals] 6th edition of the Quechua Alliance

Quechua Alliance Annual Meeting is a vibrant space for the exchange of ideas between Quechua speakers, community leaders, college students and professors who share an interest and passion for Quechua language and Andean culture. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, we decided to host this gathering virtually, with a focus on its showcase format of engaging discussions or initiatives on Quechua, as an opportunity to continue strengthening the vibrant Quechua enthusiast community in the United States and the diaspora despite the current circumstances.

Click here for 2020 call for proposals

Columbia University launches a free online course on Indigenous Peoples' Rights

More info here

MaySumak Film showcase

In 2019, May Sumak embodied its self-definition as a “traveling film showcase” by dreaming beyond borders and screening films in six different locations between two different countries within the Andean diaspora (Ecuador/USA). This year, due to COVID-19, May Sumak will not be traveling anywhere physically, however, we intend to do so virtually. We strive to continue making May Sumak as accessible as possible for our ayllus in and out of territory through virtual screenings, discussions, workshops, and performances. All this said, this year’s showcase intends to be our most accessible showcase to date! We look forward to continuing with our mission and working to make May Sumak a place for our ayllus to call home.

More info here

[article] Revitalizing Endangered Languages Remotely

“Sharing our language online gives us an opportunity to let people know that we exist and our language is still alive,” said Felipe Lopez, a San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec speaker and Haverford postdoctoral scholar in community engaged digital scholarship.

Lopez has been working to preserve his endangered variation of Zapotec since 1992. In 2016, he started working with Haverford Associate Professor Brook Danielle Lillehaugen to create a Talking Dictionary, and since then, it has grown to 2000 entries and has become a resource for the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca, Mexico and Los Angeles, Calif.

Complete article here

[article] "Renata Flores & Her Music Are An Act of Indigenous Resistance"

"Indigenous peoples have been forgotten, under-appreciated, exploited — and our languages have a lot to do with it," Peruvian Quechua singer and rapper Renata Flores Rivera tells Refinery29 over Zoom from a recording studio in Ayacucho, Peru. "I want people to realize how instrumental Quechua is for our people and our culture." The 19-year-old singer, composer, and activist is on a mission to preserve the native language and customs of her ancestral roots through music by singing in Quechua. The Inca people's traditional language long before the Spanish came to colonize in the sixteenth century, Quechua is spoken by more than 8 million people in Latin America— predominantly in Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

Complete article here

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