Episode 207: Language, Learning, and Culture in the Quechua Community with Jessica Huancacuri

In this conversation, Jessica Huancacuri shares her journey as a Quechua woman adopted into a family of European descent. She discusses her research on the Quechua people of Peru, focusing on identity, cultural context, and the role of family in children's education. Jessica highlights the rich mathematical practices embedded in Quechua culture and emphasizes the importance of Indigenous perspectives in developmental psychology. She also reflects on her experiences with adoption, language learning, and the Quechua diaspora.

 

Watch the video of this conversation here! https://youtu.be/W8l2EOQyDSA

 

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Jessica Huancacuri

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-huancacuri/

https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/developmental-psychology/student-experience/jessica-huancacuri

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Links:

Exploring Indigenous child development in the Quechua Runa 

https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/clacs/research/field-notes/exploring-indigenous-child-development-in-the-quechua-runa.html

Narratives from the Ayllu: A Look Inside Qoricha

https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698068/?loclr=blogloc

Living Quechua Short Film
https://film.twn.org/products/living-quechua

Quechua Collective of New York
https://www.nyquechuacollective.org/

https://www.facebook.com/QuechuaCollective/#

 Inka Kusi Sonqo

https://queenseagle.com/all/queens-based-inkarayku-brings-andean-arts-and-culture-to-beat-of-the-boroughs

https://inkarayku.bandcamp.com/album/inkarayku-inka-kusi-sonqo

Kichwa Hatari Radio
https://www.kichwahatari.org/

Quechua Project
https://quechuaproject.com/

Quechua Alliance
https://thequechua.org/

https://www.instagram.com/thequechua/?hl=en

Americo Medoza-Mori
https://web.sas.upenn.edu/quechua/americo-mendoza-mori/

https://scholar.harvard.edu/americo/home

 

Articles Referenced:

Halpin, E., Huancacuri, J., & Melzi, G. (2024). Exploring the Language Attitudes of Dual-Language Latine Preschoolers. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 46(3), 150-175. https://doi.org/10.1177/07399863241283065

Gallagher, G., Huancacuri, J., & Condori Arias, N. (2024). Phonetic variation in Southern Bolivian Quechua: dorsal lenition and vowel elision. Letters (Lima) , 95 (142), 74-90. http://revista.letras.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/le/article/view/2586

 

Melzi, G., Prishker, N., Kawas, V., & Huancacuri, J. (2022). Multilingual Parenting in the United States: Language, Culture and Emotion. In A. Stavans & U. Jessner (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Childhood Multilingualism (pp. 515–536). chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

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