A new research station for Amazonian native languages in Peru
On the 5th of October, a new research station for the science of language and interculturality Chana was inaugurated in San José de Yarinacocha – Pucallpa, Peru. It will be a space for investigation and cultural encounters with the goal of protecting and strengthening Amazonian native languages.
The project was possible thanks to the Vice-rectorate for research the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), the department for Humanities of the PUPC, the Max-Planck Institute and the University of Zurich.
The inaugural event was attended by Roberto Zariquiey, PUPC researcher for Chana ; the vice-rector for research, Aldo Panfichi ; Russell Gray, director of the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ; Balthasar Bickel, director of the Departement of Comparative Language Sciences at the University of Zurich and director of the NCCR Evolving Language ; and the professor from the department of Humanities, Fidel Tubino. It was also attended by many researchers, representatives of the UNIA and Amazonian community leaders.
