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THE AMAZONIAN SOCIAL
RELATION TO NATURE  

An Open Access Environmental Humanities Digital  Project

Videos: Audio Visual preservation of Indigenous relations with land, languages, and culture. 

This project presents the Amazonian relation to nature by linking short videos of testimonies, stories, and songs to the names of the plant and animal species that are the subjects of the narratives. Videos are linked to the sensory mode through which the species is perceived or engaged in the video: sound (language, singing), sight (gesture, the visual arts), smell, o taste. Unlike still forms of documentation such as photography or writing, videos allow beter inisght into the sensory world of indigenous peoples living intimately with the land. 

Kichwa Language Narrators

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Pedro Andi 

Luisa Cadena  

Bélgica Dagua

Delicia Dagua

Eulodia Dagua

Clara Santi GrefaNarcisa Dagua

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​Wao Tededo Narrators

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Humberto Ahua

Edo Boyotai

Yedo Caiga

Etawane Caiga

Ahuani Nihua

Omanca Enqueri

Oncaye Nihua

Nemonte Nihua

Tementa Nenquihui

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Achuar Narrators

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Luisa Vargas

All Videos
Old version Promo Solar Canoe
04:48

Old version Promo Solar Canoe

Fiorella Vera-Adrianzen explains why you should learn an indigenous language
04:26

Fiorella Vera-Adrianzen explains why you should learn an indigenous language

Fiorella Vera-Adrianzen is an Iyarina alumna and PhD student in the University of New Mexico, specializing in Comparative Politics and International Relations. In this interview she explains the profound impact that learning an indigenous language has had in her life and career. You can learn more about Fiorella at: https://laii.unm.edu/news/2017/11/laii-phd-fellow-fiorella-vera-adrianzen.html
Lauren Dodaro explains why you should learn an indigenous language
04:04

Lauren Dodaro explains why you should learn an indigenous language

Lauren Dodaro is an Iyarina alumna and a PhD candidate in Tulane University's Anthropology program where she is studying Environmental Anthropology. In this interview she explains the profound impact that learning an indigenous language has had in her life and career
Travis and John explain why you should learn an indigenous language
05:59

Travis and John explain why you should learn an indigenous language

John White and Travis Fink are Iyarina alumni and PhD candidates in Tulane University's Anthropology program. In this interview they explain the profound impact that learning an indigenous language has had in their lives and careers
To give birth like a shirkillu tree
00:38

To give birth like a shirkillu tree

Clip11 1
03:41

Clip11 1

Eulodia Dagua, "A Ceramic Representation of the Kuaentza River."
01:54

Eulodia Dagua, "A Ceramic Representation of the Kuaentza River."

Eulodia Dagua "A man's peccary body"
04:43

Eulodia Dagua "A man's peccary body"

Belgica Dagua, On the joy of childhood in the forest
03:31

Belgica Dagua, On the joy of childhood in the forest

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