Elvira Espejo Ayca
Biographic Data
| ID | 210735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elvira Espejo Ayca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elvira Espejo |
| FAMILY NAME | Ayca |
| SIGNATURE | AYCA E E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Elvira Espejo Ayca, weaver, artist, and poet, was born in ayllu Qaqachaka, and studied Fine Arts in La Paz. Recent publications include Sawu parla: Weaving Talk (2005), Canto a las flores (2008), and Hilos sueltos (with Denise Arnold and Juan de Dios Yapita, 2008). |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Juyphi panqara
Yanak Uywaña: The Mutual Nurturing of the Arts
Tik'ha Takiy | Song to the Flowers
Elvira Espejo Ayca is an award winning poet, visual artist, weaver, and narrator of the indigenous Aymara and Quechua oral traditions of her home region of Oruro (Qaqachaka ayllu community), Bolivia. She is the director of the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore in La Paz and was awarded the Goethe Medal in 2020. Alison Krögel is an associate professor of Quechua and Andean Studies at the University of Denver and the editor of the digital…
A Comparison of War Iconography in the Archaeological Textiles of Paracas-Topará (in Southern Peru) and in the Weavings of Ayllu Qaqachaka (Bolivia) Today
Drawing on some observations by Anne Paul concerning the iconography of textile borders in cloth from archaeological sites in Paracas-Topará (southern Peru), and her suggestion that these acted as "markers of the sacred," we examine some ethnographic contexts in highland Bolivia that also concern borders: the final moment of the wayñu dance each year, and the finishing of textile and field borders. In each case, we propose that the object is to c…
On Drinking Cups and Constellations: Some Relations Between Aymara Astronomical and Textual Practices in Qaqachaka ayllu (Bolivia)
On Drinking Cups and Constellations: Some Relations Between Aymara Astronomical and Textual Practices in Qaqachaka ayllu (Bolivia)
A Comparison of War Iconography in the Archaeological Textiles of Paracas-Topará (in Southern Peru) and in the Weavings of Ayllu Qaqachaka (Bolivia) Today
Drawing on some observations by Anne Paul concerning the iconography of textile borders in cloth from archaeological sites in Paracas-Topará (southern Peru), and her suggestion that these acted as "markers of the sacred," we examine some ethnographic contexts in highland Bolivia that also concern borders: the final moment of the wayñu dance each year, and the finishing of textile and field borders. In each case, we propose that the object is to c…
Tik'ha Takiy | Song to the Flowers
Elvira Espejo Ayca is an award winning poet, visual artist, weaver, and narrator of the indigenous Aymara and Quechua oral traditions of her home region of Oruro (Qaqachaka ayllu community), Bolivia. She is the director of the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore in La Paz and was awarded the Goethe Medal in 2020. Alison Krögel is an associate professor of Quechua and Andean Studies at the University of Denver and the editor of the digital…
Juyphi panqara
Yanak Uywaña: The Mutual Nurturing of the Arts
Art (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America (2 works) · History (2 works) · Latin American history and culture (2 works) · Agriculture and Social Issues (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Astrobiology (1 works) · Astronomy (1 works)