Andean Aymara

Meeting Description: 
One of the significant developments in Atlantic historiography over the past few decades has been the quickly expanding knowledge, on the part of historians as well as linguists, of the languages native to the peoples of the Americas. The purpose of the conference is to consider the consequences of this knowledge for significant lines of interpretation of the [...]

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The Endangered Languages Academic Programme at SOAS has just advertised a
2-year post-doctoral fellowship in any area of endangered languages
research. Applicants should hold a PhD on a topic in endangered languages
research, those who are close to completing a PhD will also be considered.
Salary is £25,583 - £30,973 per annum and the closing date is 20 February [...]

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Bad news for an amazing place:
“Heavy rains have damaged Peru’s famed Nazca lines, a top tourist attraction and one of the world’s greatest archaeological mysteries, reported daily Peru21 on Tuesday.”
PeruvianTimes
Lluvias afectaron ‘La Mano’ en Nasca
“En algunas partes de los dedos de dicha figura se ve una capa arcillosa causada por las precipitaciones. El arqueólogo residente [...]

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According to the Peruvian Times, the Regional Council in Puno passed a motion to rename the department the “Quechua and Aymara Autonomous Federal Region”, originally spearheaded by Aprista party Yunguyo province representative Neyellko Gutiérrez Quispe - though denouncement quickly followed from Lima bureaucrat and constitutional expert, César Valeg as well as Congressman Yonhy Lescano.
Articles [...]

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Greetings from Amsterdam! As I begin to go through all the data and photos from the last trip to Peru, I will start putting some of the highlights online. So, there’s a new page under [images] about an interesting place near Muylaque called Utaparqi. Check it out here.

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According to reports in the Peruvian times, Aguaruna (Awajun) and Huambisa (Wambisa)Indians trekked for a week from the Cenepa community in Peru’s northeastern jungle and attacked and destroyed Dorato Resources’ El Tambo mining camp:

The unoccupied mining camp has been destroyed, said Zebelio Kayap Jempekit, an Aguaruna-Huambisa leader who claims that copper, gold and uranium extraction [...]

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