Word Mingas is an English-language translation by Paul M. Worley and Melissa Birkhofer of the award-winning book Mingas de la palabra written by Miguel Rocha Vivas (Casa de las Américas, 2016). It is an encompassing study of oralitures, multilayered cultural knowledge shared thr…
Mirrored visions and oralitegraphies in a "new" reading of Colombia's cartography -- Oraliture and traditional literary genres: the oraliterary projects of Elicura Chihuailaf and Fredy Chikangana -- Oraliture in Hugo Jamioy Juajibioy: an oralitegraphic reading of Bínÿbe oboyejua…
"The mingas are traditional Indigenous meetings in which community members can come together to support each other in any kind of labor. In Colombia's Andean Southeast the mingas or minkas, a word that comes from Quechua-Aymara languages, are a prominent activity in projects tha…
