Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Foodways in the Andes of Peru

• Authors: Mariaelena Anali Huambachano
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article explores the Quechua peoples’ food systems as seen through a traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) lens and reflects on the vital role of Indigenous peoples’ knowledge for global food security. Data was collected from two Quechua communities, Choquecancha and Rosaspata, in the highlands of Peru, from March 2016 to August 2018. This data was collected via participatory action research, talking circles with femalefarmers, oral history interviews with elders, and Indigenous gatherings at chacras with community leaders and local agroecologists. Analysis of this data suggests that Quechua people’s in-depth and locally rooted knowledge concerning food security provides an Indigenous-based theoretical model of food sovereignty for the revitalization of Indigenous foodways and collective rights to food rooted in often under-recognisedaspects of their Indigeneity and TEK.

Keywords

EN

Indigenous people; food justice; Allin Kawsay/Buen Vivir; Mauri Ora; food sovereignty; Peru; New Zealand

• Publisher: University of Silesia Press
• Journal: Review of International American Studies
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 87-110

Dates

published

2019-06-30

Contributors

author

Mariaelena Anali Huambachano

Identifiers

DOI

10.31261/rias.6866