Elvira Espejo Ayca

Pukar sami

Language: aymara
Translations: german (Beseelung von Pukara), spanish (Aliento de Pucara)

Pukar sami

Intitalay jalantjipana
Tupurayar sarañani

Intitalay jalantjipana
Pukararuy sarañani

Wara waray willinuqthipana
Tupurayar irsuñani

Wara waray willinuqthipana
Pukararuy irsuñani

Kuna laykuy irsuñani
Sami laykuy irsuñani

Kuna laykuy irsuñani
Uwir laykuy irsuñani

Elvira Espejo Ayca

photo © Bernardo Macías Luján
* 10.12.1981, Qaqachaka (Abaroa province), Bolivia
lives in: La Paz, Bolivia
Elvira Espejo Ayca is an outstanding artist, cultural manager and indigenous researcher. Born in the Qaqachaka Ayllu (Abaroa province, Oruro, Bolivia), her practice is linked to textiles, oral tradition and poetry. She is director of the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF). In 2020, the Goethe Medal, which is an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany, was conferred to her for her work and commitment to international cultural exchange. The importance of her work is linked to the dialogue between the practice and knowledge of indigenous communities and the intersection with academia, cultural management and museums. Her work vindicates the epistemologies and practices of indigenous peoples.

photo © Bernardo Macías Luján
Publications

  • Sawutuq parla

    2006

  • Phaqar kirki – T’ikha takiy takiy – Canto a las Flores

    2006

  • Hilos sueltos

    Los Andes desde el textil

    2007

  • Ciencia de las Mujeres

    2010

  • Ciencia de Tejer en los Andes

    Estructuras y técnicas de faz de urdimbre

    2012

  • El Textil Tridimensional

    El Tejido como Objeto y como Sujeto

    2013

  • Kaypi jaqhaypi – Por aquí, por allá

    Lima: Pakarina Ediciones, 2017

    Website

  • Sami Kirki

    A los alientos sagrados

    Sonares Comunes, Vol. 3, 2017

  • Kaypi jaqhaypi & Kirki qhañi – Por aquí, por allá & Petaca de las poéticas andinas – Hier und dort & Andines Liederbündel

    Übersetzung aus dem Quechua und Aymara ins bolivianische Spanisch von Elvira Espejo Ayca. Herausgegeben und ins Deutsche übertragen von Juana und Tobias Burghardt

    Stuttgart: Edition Delta, 2022

    Website
Awards

  • 2020 Goethe-Medaille

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