Monthly Archives: October 2013

Traveling to Kandungos

This post is for my parents who feel the need to know exactly where I’m going, although it will do them no good whatsoever! That spot of green is where we’re going!

Ceremonia

For those of you who are curious about ayahuasca…  There are probably thousands of different ways of performing a ceremony, in different parts of South America (probably in the US as well), in different regions of Perú, and with healers of various backgrounds… but here is one, unique example: César and Fidelia invited me to […]

Final Report

Although I’ve enjoyed the exercise of writing blog posts during my Maharam fellowship, rounding everything up into a “final report” has proved to be slightly more challenging. First of all this experience is anything but “final” since I am continuing my work in Peru. The process of these first three months has involved a gradual […]

Plans for Multicultural and Bilingual Education

September 23: Ministry of Education: “Round table discussion with officials working on education and social inclusions issues for indigenous populations. What is the situation of Native American education and what support does the government provide?” September 24: CHIRAPAQ, Centro de Culturas Indigenas del Perú: “Discussion on indigenous culture” Photo from CHIRAPAQ’s facebook page I was […]