by UMAMA | Aug 9, 2018 | Community Projects Ecuador, Ecuador, Social Inclusion
Preserving and sharing traditional knowledge The members of UMAMA Collective are representative of the diverse Kichwa, Mestizo, and Afro-Ecuadorian populations in Imbabura province. Their aim is to investigate, recuperate, and preserve the knowledge of female elders,...
by Warmy Tukushka | Aug 9, 2018 | Community Projects Ecuador, Ecuador, Social Inclusion
Honoring women throughout generations The Warmi Tukushka project stages immersive theater that seeks to raise awareness about the intergenerational importance of women’s roles within communities through the collection of information and oral memory, 3D photo...
by Yuyay (Content) | Aug 9, 2018 | Community Projects Ecuador, Ecuador, Social Inclusion
Highlighting indigenous workers’ histories Yuyay aims to change the collective imagination and reduce the cultural gap between the kichwas and mestizo population in Otavalo through a series of stories which illustrate the connection of two social groups in a...
by Yuyay (Production) | Aug 9, 2018 | Community Projects Ecuador, Ecuador, Social Inclusion
Sharing oral histories through an AR mural YUYAY’s “Untold Stories” aims to change the collective imagination and reduce the cultural gap between the kichwa and mestizo population in Otavalo through a series of stories which illustrate the connection of two social...
by Beatrice Glow | Apr 29, 2018 | Beatrice Glow, Blog Ecuador, Ecuador
Arriving in Ecuador during the time of corn harvest, I was deeply impressed by the magnificent cornfields. I envision that was what parts of Manaháhtaan (precolonial Manhattan) used to look like. I also was delighted to learn that the companion-planting agricultural...
by Beatrice Glow | Apr 2, 2018 | Beatrice Glow, Blog Ecuador, Ecuador
The fierce equatorial rays, crackling fire, rising smoke, floating ashes, cultural protocols with community elders, taytas and mamakuna — these are the constant elements that have accompanied American Arts Incubator — Ecuador since we began in mid-March. We kicked off...
