Untold Stories of the Past and Future
English + Español
As I read Los comentarios reales de los Incas (1609), the work of the great Peruvian chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, I could easily imagine him as a young man, reunited with…
Theme: Anthropology and Archaeology
Terrorism, Sects and Banditry
English + Español
Messianism, conspiracy theories, prophecies, temporary standstill and the collective feeling that humanity will not be able to escape its fate have been reinforced during the Covid-19…
The Eyes of Chávez
English + Español
In France, working on my doctoral thesis on architecture and the city, I found that my research brought me closer to my homeland after six years of investigation into the Venezuelan context…
Artist Perspectives on the Politics of Andean Negrería Dances
English + Español
Aymara poet and artist Nereida Apaza Mamani arrived in London in November 2019 to work with the British Museum’s Andean textile collections. She was to be the inaugural artist in residence at…
Intimate Frontiers: A Literary Geography of the Amazon
Here is how I would translate the experience of reading this book into an image: an old chest, half-opened, slightly scary but quite inviting. As you opened it up, maps, travelogues, legal…
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