LLC44: Andean-Amazonian Reading Group

Collaborative Goals

• We contribute to a more plural understanding of Latin America as a whole with a special focus on the Andean and Amazonian regions, where historically marginalized voices have been the object of study instead of producers of knowledge on equal footing with Western scholarship. Our goal is to generate collective knowledge from these regions as a means to expand and transform the field into a horizontal and plural one.
• We create a space for a learning community, one that reaches scholars but also goes beyond the academic ecosystem across borders and disciplines, exchanges ideas and insights, shares research findings, cultural productions, and social initiatives.
• We promote an active dialogue between US based scholars and artistic, intellectual and pedagogical community-based initiatives from the Andes and the Amazon.
• We engage in meaningful non-hierarchical discussions, peer reviews, and knowledge dissemination that bridge the gap between disciplines, languages, and cultures, as well as between institutions of higher education, activist organizations, and independent artists and scholars.
• We foster a deeper understanding of the social, gender, cultural, political, historical, and ecological dynamics that shape the Andean-Amazonian region, and its impact within and beyond the region.
• We nurture a space to approach Latin American studies where we expand from a Eurocentric and Western perspective to a plural and horizontal field that is interdisciplinary and accessible to the public beyond higher education institutions.