Presented By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Andean Circle Symposium. Beyond Nature: Animism and Scale
Catherine J. Allen, professor emeritus of anthropology and international affairs, The George Washington University
Keynote Lecture by Catherine J. Allen, The George Washington University: “Stones Who Love Me: miniaturization and animation in the Andes”
In an instruction manual for rural priests, published in 1620, the extirpator Pablo de Arriaga warned that, among Andean “idolatries,” the most difficult to destroy were those carried on privately within individual households. These practices concentrated on miniatures -- small stones in the shapes of, llamas, alpacas maize or potatoes. Far from being rooted out, they continue in many Andean communities, where certain small stone objects are thought to be intrinsically connected to powerful Places that control the vitality and reproduction of herd animals and crops. This illustrated lecture explores the animacy of these stones and compares them with other living stones in the Andean landscape that are said to have experienced a change in dimension at the moment of petrification. The analysis focuses on these shifts of dimensionality and enclosure in relation to the animacy of the Andean cosmos.
Dr. Allen is a sociocultural anthropologist interested in expressive culture and performance. She specializes in ethnography and ethnohistory and also experiments with modes of ethnographic writing and other modes of ethnographic representation. Her latest book is Foxboy: Intimacy and Aesthetics in Andean Stories.
Full Symposium Schedule:
10:00 am: Coffee
10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Discussion of selected excerpts from Foxboy: Intimacy and Aesthetics in Andean Stories with Dr. Allen
12:00 - 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm: Symposium
4:00 - 5:30 pm: Keynote Lecture
The Andean Circle (also known as Círculo Micaela Bastidas Phuyuqhawa or simply Círculo Andino) is an organization of students and faculty, mostly affiliated with the University of Michigan, whose work focuses on one of the Andean republics. The group is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop funded and administered by University of Michigan’s Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (LACS).
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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: alanarod@umich.edu
In an instruction manual for rural priests, published in 1620, the extirpator Pablo de Arriaga warned that, among Andean “idolatries,” the most difficult to destroy were those carried on privately within individual households. These practices concentrated on miniatures -- small stones in the shapes of, llamas, alpacas maize or potatoes. Far from being rooted out, they continue in many Andean communities, where certain small stone objects are thought to be intrinsically connected to powerful Places that control the vitality and reproduction of herd animals and crops. This illustrated lecture explores the animacy of these stones and compares them with other living stones in the Andean landscape that are said to have experienced a change in dimension at the moment of petrification. The analysis focuses on these shifts of dimensionality and enclosure in relation to the animacy of the Andean cosmos.
Dr. Allen is a sociocultural anthropologist interested in expressive culture and performance. She specializes in ethnography and ethnohistory and also experiments with modes of ethnographic writing and other modes of ethnographic representation. Her latest book is Foxboy: Intimacy and Aesthetics in Andean Stories.
Full Symposium Schedule:
10:00 am: Coffee
10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Discussion of selected excerpts from Foxboy: Intimacy and Aesthetics in Andean Stories with Dr. Allen
12:00 - 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm: Symposium
4:00 - 5:30 pm: Keynote Lecture
The Andean Circle (also known as Círculo Micaela Bastidas Phuyuqhawa or simply Círculo Andino) is an organization of students and faculty, mostly affiliated with the University of Michigan, whose work focuses on one of the Andean republics. The group is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop funded and administered by University of Michigan’s Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (LACS).
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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: alanarod@umich.edu
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