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- Title
Mikhuspa Ukyaspa Ima Tinkuyku: Food and Drinks as Mediators of Encounters in Andean Festivals.
- Authors
Tello Barreda, Carlos A.
- Abstract
Mikhuspa ukyaspa ima tinkuyku is Quechua for “eating and drinking, we encounter one another.” Food and drinks have historically been important mediators in the development and renewal of relationships of reciprocity in the Andean region. This article demonstrates how contemporary Andean people continue to use food and drinks to mediate encounters where knowledge transmission and community building take place. In particular, the article explains how members of a dance troupe in Cusco, Peru, use food and drinks to integrate its new members into the dance troupe, teach them the traditions of the group, and explore and (re)define their relationships of reciprocity. By sharing food and drinks, dancers connect their Quechua heritage with their lived experiences to explore and (re)shape their own identities. The article employs a research methodology that centers local epistemology, particularly the Quechua concept of tinkuy, defined as an encounter of different elements that creates something new.
- Subjects
MEDIATORS (Persons); RECIPROCITY (Commerce); COMMERCIAL policy; ECONOMIC policy; DANCERS
- Publication
Latin American Research Review, 2024, Vol 59, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
0023-8791
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/lar.2023.49