Ecological Oral Histories from Ancash, Peru

Historias Orales Ecologicas de Ancash, Peru

Object Details

Collection LanguageQuechua, Ancash Huayllas
Language PIDailla:119622
Title [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Title
TitleEcological Oral Histories from Ancash, Peru
Country(ies)Peru
Collector(s)Polk, Molly
Jiménez, Gladys
Depositor(s)Polk, Molly
Project/Collector Website
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionOral histories documenting ecological change as it relates to climate change and related glacier recession in Peru's Cordillera Blanca mountains.

These files have been anonymized by removing interviewees' names from descriptions and from within the audio files themselves (by silencing audio segments where names are mentioned). All materials are public except for the materials in the resources listed below, which are restricted.
  • Female interview 3
  • Male interview 4
  • Male interview 25
  • Male interview 26
ReferencesPolk, Molly. 2016. “They are drying out” : social-ecological consequences of glacier recession on mountain peatlands in Huascarán National Park, Peru. Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Austin. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/45794.
Encounter with campesina
Unplanned conversation with peasant woman., Conversacion no planificada con una campesina.
Female interview 1
Argentine tourist's perspective of bofedales, Una perspectiva de bofedales desde una turista Argentina
Female interview 2
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca, Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca
Female interview 3
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca.
Female interview 4
Argentine tourist's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde una turista Argentina.
Female interview 5
Peruvian guide's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guia Peruviana.
Female interview 6
Peruvian guide's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guia Peruviana.
Male interview 02
Ecological oral history of Llanganuco, Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Llanganuco
Male interview 03
US tourist's perspective of bofedales, Una perspectiva de bofedales desde una alpinista de los EEUU
Male interview 04
Engineer's perspective on bofedales, Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un ingeniero
Male interview 05
US tourist's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde una alpinista de los EEUU.
Male interview 06
Peruvian guide's perspective of bofedales, Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guia Peruviana
Male interview 07
Ecological oral history of Llanganuco., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Llanganuco.
Male interview 08
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca.
Male interview 09
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca.
Male interview 10
Ecological oral history of various areas in Parque Nacional Huascaran., Historia oral ecological de varias quebradas en el Parque Nacional Huascaran.
Male interview 11
Peruvian guide's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guia Peruviana.
Male interview 12
Park guard's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guardaparque.
Male interview 13
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca.
Male interview 14
Peruvian guide's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guia Peruviana.
Male interview 15
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca.
Male interview 16
Peruvian guide's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guia Peruviana.
Male interview 17
Peruvian guide's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guia Peruviana.
Male interview 18
Peruvian cook and arriero perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un cocinero y un arriero Peruviano.
Male interview 19
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca.
Male interview 20
Park guard's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guardaparque.
Male interview 21
Arriero perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un arriero.
Male interview 22
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca.
Male interview 23
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca.
Male interview 24
Ecological oral history of Quilcauyhuanca., Historia oral ecological de la quebrada Quilcayhuanca.
Male interview 25
Park guard's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guardaparque.
Male interview 26
Park guard's perspective of bofedales., Una perspectiva de bofedales desde un guardaparque.

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