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IYARINA

Napo-Pastaza, Ecuador

CENTER FOR LEARNING ALLIANCE: Fundación Cotococha | Andes and Amazon Field School | Shayarina Amazonian Resilience

THE AMAZONIAN SOCIAL
RELATION TO NATURE

An Open Access Environmental Humanities Digital Project

Indigenous Knowledge

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

Clara Santi Grefa Narcisa Dagua

Wao Tededo Narrators

Tementa Nenquihui

Achuar Narrators

All Videos

Old version Promo Solar Canoe

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Old version Promo Solar Canoe

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

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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

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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

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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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