{"id":5668,"date":"2017-07-09T19:53:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T19:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/cel\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2017-07-12T18:17:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T18:17:14","slug":"report-on-a-student-led-co-creation-project-libertad-a-native-quechua-oral-story-from-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2017\/07\/09\/report-on-a-student-led-co-creation-project-libertad-a-native-quechua-oral-story-from-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on a student led co-creation project: ‘Libertad’ – a Native Quechua Oral Story from Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zoe Furness reports on her co-creation project ‘Libertad’ with Natasha Jones and Susan Sloan as student and academic partners respectively:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Research<\/strong>
\nLast summer I attended the Communication Summer Academy at Universidad de Las Americas in Ecuador with a group of students from Bournemouth University. An opportunity where students can meet with\u00a0internationally renowned lecturers, study and travel the local area with interests in the fields of Animation and\u00a0Communication and Marketing. The origin of my project is based around 2 indigenous communities we visited,\u00a0and their reasons for inviting us as tourists to meet with them.\u00a0The first community ceremony was with \u2018Sumak Muyo\u2019 a womans community outside of Quito. Here we took\u00a0part in a seasonal ceremony where they gave thanks to mother earth, standing around an altar of rose petals and food offerings.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The second was on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest just outside of Tena. \u2018Comunidad Quechua\u2019 La Libertad\u2019\u2019 \u00a0welcomed and allowed us to join their traditional morning tea ceremony. Present at both were film crews,\u00a0recording and documenting the events. This is becoming ever more popular amongst Indigenous communities,\u00a0not just in the Amazon but on a global scale. There are many different reasons for a sudden want to record and\u00a0document traditional and sacred practices. Great threats to indigenous communities living within the Amazon\u00a0come from international corporations invading their territory and exploiting the Amazon\u2019s natural resources,\u00a0at the loss of the locals and the environment. Many communities do not want to be contacted as they live\u00a0peacefully on their own and see the outside world as a threat or a disruption. However, there are communities\u00a0who have decided to adapt and co-exist with the modern world, using limited tourism to share their knowledge\u00a0about wildlife, tribal arts and their culture to support themselves and protect their land and way of life. As\u00a0forest space becomes increasingly scarce, preserving their traditions and culture is of high importance to\u00a0indigenous communities living within the Amazon.<\/p>\n

Having gained valuable contacts from my time in Ecuador I saw this as an opportunity, I stayed in touch with\u00a0Andy Gavilanes, a tour guide from Amazon Learning who took us to visit the community in the Amazon. Since\u00a0then, we \u00a0have collaborated gathering specific research for a local Ecuador oral story.<\/p>\n

Why use Animation?<\/strong><\/p>\n