Rubén Darío Alania-Contreras
Biographic Data
| ID | 5155922 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rubén Darío Alania-Contreras |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rubén Darío |
| FAMILY NAME | Alania-Contreras |
| SIGNATURE | ALANIA-CONTRERAS R D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4303-1037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Qayapu in the reconfiguration of Andean healing and the ritual recovery of the child's soul
The research analyzes Qayapu (calling of the soul) as a current practice in the reconfiguration of Andean healing, associated with the ritual recovery of the child's soul ( mancharisqa ), in tension with biomedical medicine. Its persistence is examined in urban spaces of Ayacucho, where differentiated therapeutic systems coexist. The study adopts a qualitative ethnographic approach, grounded in medical anthropology and hermeneutic interpretation.…
Meanings and Practices of Swaddling (qillpu) in Infant Care in Andean Communities
Swaddling, known in Quechua as qillpu, is an ancestral practice still in use in Andean communities, linked to cultural conceptions of health, protection, and appropriate ways of raising babies. The objective of the research was to analyze the sociocultural meanings and practices associated with qillpu, as well as the tensions that arise in relation to conventional medicine in the field of childhood. A qualitative ethnographic approach was used, i…
The Female Orality of the Harawi as an Expression of Memory and Cultural Resistance
The female oral tradition of harawi constitutes a living cultural expression in Quechua-speaking Andean communities, where song is configured as an instrument of collective memory and identity. This study aimed to understand how women, through harawi, construct spaces of cultural resistance in the face of processes of forgetting and social transformation. A qualitative approach was adopted, using an ethnographic and phenomenological design. Data …
The Sacredness of Pampapu as a Religious Healing Ritual in the Andean Worldview
This work focuses on the study of traditional Andean therapeutic knowledge of spirituality, understood as current practices that articulate health, territory, and sacredness. In a setting invaded by modernity and conventional medicine, Pampapu survives as a healing ritual that expresses a symbolic and spiritual relationship with the Earth and Andean deities. The objective is to understand the religious, cultural, and symbolic meanings that the in…
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Qayapu in the reconfiguration of Andean healing and the ritual recovery of the child's soul
The research analyzes Qayapu (calling of the soul) as a current practice in the reconfiguration of Andean healing, associated with the ritual recovery of the child's soul ( mancharisqa ), in tension with biomedical medicine. Its persistence is examined in urban spaces of Ayacucho, where differentiated therapeutic systems coexist. The study adopts a qualitative ethnographic approach, grounded in medical anthropology and hermeneutic interpretation.…
Meanings and Practices of Swaddling (qillpu) in Infant Care in Andean Communities
Swaddling, known in Quechua as qillpu, is an ancestral practice still in use in Andean communities, linked to cultural conceptions of health, protection, and appropriate ways of raising babies. The objective of the research was to analyze the sociocultural meanings and practices associated with qillpu, as well as the tensions that arise in relation to conventional medicine in the field of childhood. A qualitative ethnographic approach was used, i…
The Female Orality of the Harawi as an Expression of Memory and Cultural Resistance
The female oral tradition of harawi constitutes a living cultural expression in Quechua-speaking Andean communities, where song is configured as an instrument of collective memory and identity. This study aimed to understand how women, through harawi, construct spaces of cultural resistance in the face of processes of forgetting and social transformation. A qualitative approach was adopted, using an ethnographic and phenomenological design. Data …
The Sacredness of Pampapu as a Religious Healing Ritual in the Andean Worldview
This work focuses on the study of traditional Andean therapeutic knowledge of spirituality, understood as current practices that articulate health, territory, and sacredness. In a setting invaded by modernity and conventional medicine, Pampapu survives as a healing ritual that expresses a symbolic and spiritual relationship with the Earth and Andean deities. The objective is to understand the religious, cultural, and symbolic meanings that the in…
Ethnography (3 works) · Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics (3 works) · Expression (computer science (2 works) · Participant observation (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · access to specialist care (1 work) · ancestral knowledge (1 work) · Ayacucho (1 work) · Child Welfare and Adoption (1 work) · Construct (python library (1 work)