Minka, Ancestral Tradition of the Andean and Amazon Indigenous Peoples

June 17th 2021
Audio
Region
Ecuador
Researcher
Context
Taller Sapara was a listening/recording workshop that was carried out in Llanchama Cocha, Sapara Nation, Amazonia, in May 2021 which focused on young people. All activities are linked to knowledge and experiences of the Sapara Nation about education and cultural exchange. Taller Sapara is not based on “teaching” but sharing. The work is based on deep listening exercises, soundwalks, soundscaping and filming experiments to produce collectively a collection of audiovisual materials like an ecological and cultural document and also a base for future research and creation on a global scale.
Formats
Archive of the future
Conscious movement
Field research
Soundscape
Workshop
Disciplines
Acoustic Ecology
Deep listening practices
Ecology
Field recording
Politics
Themes
Cooperation
Listening as activism
Wisdom Keepers

The Minka is an ancestral tradition of the Andean and Amazon indigenous peoples that consists of working, sharing and caring for each other as members of a community in permanent reciprocity

Recording: Ipiak Ushigua, Ipiak Montahuano, Yataka Montahuano, Fabiano Kueva.