Caminos para la paz en el Perú

Reúne reflexiones a cargo de expertos, intelectuales y dirigentes de organizaciones sociales, en el marco del XI Intercampus, acerca de los problemas de la violencia y posibilidades de pacificación

Traditional use of the Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola) as a galactagogue in the Peruvian Andes

This paper explores the use of the dried meat and feathers of the Andean Flicker (Colaptes rupicola) to increase the milk supply of nursing women and domestic animals in the Andes. The treatment is of preColumbian origin, but continues to be used in some areas, including the village in the southern Peruvian highlands where I do ethnographic research. I explore the factors giving rise to and sustaining the practice, relate it to other galactagogues used in the Andes and to the use of birds in ethnomedical and ethnoveterinary treatments in general, and situate it within the general tendency in the Andes and elsewhere to replicate human relations in the treatment of valuable livestock. The bird's use as a galactagogue appears to be motivated by both metaphorical associations and its perceived efficacy, and conceptually blends human and animal healthcare domains

Peruvian regional cinema: Transtextuality, gender and violence in Bullying maldito, la historia de María Marimacha

This chapter analyses the connections between the Ayacuchean film Bullying maldito, la historia de María Marimacha [Damned Bullying, the Story of María Marimacha] (Mélinton Eusebio, 2015), American horror and B-series movies, and the Peruvian legend of María Marimacha. It also discusses the film's poster in relation to testimonies of sexual abuse suffered by women in Ayacucho during the Peruvian internal armed conflict. These transtextual connections reveal how the film and its poster together critique the heteropatriarchal norms and the fear of feminine agency held in Andean communities. They also speak to the wider context of the violence suffered by women in the region during the 1980s and 1990s