About the Ese’ Eja Working Group’s Project:
The Ese’Eja working group collaborates with the Ese’Eja community in the Peruvian Amazon–a foraging society known in their own language as “The True People”–in a cultural mapping project that seeks to document their lifestyle, create a community “plan de vida,” and implement educational programs for their schools and surrounding communities. Funded by the National Geographic Genographic Legacy Fund, UD’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center, the Institute for Global Studies and the Office of Undergraduate Research and Experiential Learning, the overall goal of the cultural mapping project is to help community members to strengthen their sense of identity and to raise international awareness about the issues this indigenous society faces nowadays. Members from the UD team–including students and faculty from various disciplines–have traveled to Peru to work alongside Ese’Eja elders to document their knowledge of the land, traditional practices and rituals that are at risk of vanishing. An important outcome of this project is a public exhibition at the University of Delaware campus featuring photos, videos, and objects gathered during these field trips.
Learn More About Esa’ Eja’s Material Culture Project
Visit the Ese’ Eja Website for Full Traveling Exhibition Schedule
Purchase the Book: Ancestral Lands of the Ese’Eja: The True People
Get Tickets and Information for “Art All Night” in Washington DC
From the Site: “Art All Night: Made in DC is Washington, DC’s free overnight arts festival, starting at 7:00 PM on Saturday, September 23, 2017 and running until 3:00 AM the following morning. The festival will take place in six DC Main Streets neighborhoods, bringing visual and performing arts, including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, fashion, music, dance, theater, film, and poetry, to indoor and outdoor public and private spaces, including businesses.”