Travelling has always been a huge part of my life. Growing up my dad’s job required him to travel all around the world for weeks at a time and my mom, brother, and I often traveled to meet him wherever he was over summer and other breaks from school. This sparked a passion for adventureContinue reading “Machu Picchu: a True Wonder”
Category Archives: Uncategorized
What Would Pachamama Think About Our Freedom of Movement, or…Lack Thereof?
The freedom of movement, which is guaranteed to me (and you) by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is wonderful to have. Because of it, I was able to leave the United States and enter Peru and then travel all around Peru. But this human right only applies to movement between and within nations. WhatContinue reading “What Would Pachamama Think About Our Freedom of Movement, or…Lack Thereof?”
What is Indigenous Tourism? What Does it Mean to Those Involved?
by Arianna Kiaei Well, 2020 is officially underway, and my decade has had quite the adventurous and insightful commencement! Through the University of Arkansas Honors College, I embarked on a journey to Peru a few days before the decade begun and celebrated a new era while observing and analyzing the “Indigenous Ways of Peru,” asContinue reading “What is Indigenous Tourism? What Does it Mean to Those Involved?”
The Art of the Empire: Revealing the Political Mind of the Inka Through Pachacamac
By: Katie Strickland Prior to our first pre-departure meeting for the “Indigenous Ways in Peru” Honors Passport Study Abroad, the Inkas and their associated empire were almost a myth to me: a mystical entity that, while bearing truth in its being, was also associated in my mind with visions of adventurous grandeur, lost paradises, andContinue reading “The Art of the Empire: Revealing the Political Mind of the Inka Through Pachacamac”
I Say Sacsay You Say Huaman (Inca and Spanish Usage of Sacsayhuaman)
Introduction I will never forget the way that I felt when I placed my hands on the wall of Sacsayhuaman for the first time. It is an incredible feeling to do so much research on something and then to travel halfway around the world to see it with my own eyes. Sacsayhuaman is translated fromContinue reading “I Say Sacsay You Say Huaman (Inca and Spanish Usage of Sacsayhuaman)”
What’s in an Umbrella? What’s in a Hat? The Value of a Trade on Taquile Island
By Beck Williams I need to begin by saying: I do not like rain. I never have. As an avid hiker, camper, and person who enjoys being dry, rain has always been near the top of my list of inconveniences. Encountering a rain storm on a typical Arkansas hike can turn what was a joyfulContinue reading “What’s in an Umbrella? What’s in a Hat? The Value of a Trade on Taquile Island”
The Soup Bowl Conundrum, Machu Picchu, and You
By: Gigi Powell There lined the museum shelves rows and rows of pots, jammed together, each standing, arguing for attention, to be noticed over the others. The museum barely had enough room for them, and even barely could be considered an overestimate, as if rooms and rooms of pots displayed less than 5 inches fromContinue reading “The Soup Bowl Conundrum, Machu Picchu, and You”
The Making of Machu Picchu
Our day started dark and early at 4 am in a small touristy town named Aguas Calientes. We left so early to ensure we got the best possible viewing time to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu. We met our group and guide in the hotel lobby and boarded a bus.Continue reading “The Making of Machu Picchu”
Interpreting the Tourist Experience in Peru Through the Lens of the History of Modern Indigenous Political Movements
It can be easy for tourists to parachute in without context to a place and simply absorb at face value what they are told by their guides and the locals around them. Indeed, this is what some guides count on, because, like all other people, guides have their own opinions that shape how they seeContinue reading “Interpreting the Tourist Experience in Peru Through the Lens of the History of Modern Indigenous Political Movements”
A Civilization Without Writing? Not so much.
By: Nikki Gross Picture this: You are a 21st century citizen of the United States. (Not so hard, right?) The catch is that writing does not exist. Well, writing with letters. On billboards and road signs, there are just vague photographs to convey the message. Your favorite novel is merely a story told to you byContinue reading “A Civilization Without Writing? Not so much.”
Indigenous Ways in Peru: Postcards from Students 