Vicos and Beyond A Half Century of Applying Anthropology in Peru

by Greaves, Tom; Bolton, Ralph; Zapata, Florencia; Barnett, Clifford; Doughty, Paul L.; Ochoa, Jorge Flores; Isbell, Billie Jean; Mangin, William; Mayer, Enrique; Mitchell, William P.; Paerregaard, Karsten; Pribilsky, Jason; Ross, Eric B.

• ISBN13: 9780759119741
• ISBN10: 0759119740
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-16
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

The Vicos Project, conducted in Peru by Allan Holmberg and Carlos Monge between 1952 and 1962, was, in its time, the most influential contribution to applied anthropology in the Andean countries as well as within the developing world. The project provoked strong controversy not only as it was being done but also in later years and still today.

Author Biography

Tom Greaves is professor emeritus of anthropology at Bucknell University. Ralph Bolton is professor of anthropology at Pomona College and president of the Chinaya Foundation. Florencia Zapata is cultural heritage program officer at The Mountain Institute.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Remembering the Vicos Project
Who Was That Gringo? Holmberg before Vicos	p. 3
Early Years of the Vicos Project from the Perspective of a Sympathetic Participant Observer	p. 19
Lessons from Vicos	p. 39
Anthropological Journeys: Vicos and the Callejón de Huaylas, 1948 to 2006	p. 51
Evaluating the Vicos Project
Anthropological Hope and Social Reality: Cornell's Vicos Project Reexamined	p. 81
Modernizing Peru: Negotiating Indigenismo, Science, and the "Indian Problem" in the Cornell-Peru Project	p. 103
Reflections on Vicos: Anthropology, the Cold War, and the Idea of Peasant Conservatism	p. 129
Vicos as a Model: A Retrospective	p. 163
Alternatives to the Vicos Project
Globalizing Andean Society: Migration and Change in Peru's Peasant Communities	p. 195
Chijnaya-The Birth and Evolution of an Andean Community: Memories and Reflections of an Applied Anthropologist	p. 215
The Case of Kuyo Chico	p. 265
Vicos Today
Cornell Returns to Vicos, 2005	p. 283
Remembering Vicos: Local Memories and Voices	p. 309
Conclusion	p. 345
Index	p. 349
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 355
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