Liryans

Hey Ryan!

Im glad you decided to write on my page. I am also sad that we don't work together anymore, but I'm sure some point we will!

Shawn

Background

• Discuss the definition of Ayni (mutualism)
• Detail the origin of Ayni
• Explore the concepts that Ayni is tied to (the other four concepts)

Practice

• Applications of Ayni (house construction, agriculture, etc.)
• Usages of Ayni Today in Quechua/Aymara/other societies

Similar Concepts

• Mutual aid/communal work

1. Bee (United States)
2. Barn-raising (North Americas)
3. Others (Global)

References

• Cusicanqui, Silvia Rivera. “Liberal Democracy and Ayllu Democracy in Bolivia: The Case of Northern Potosí.” Journal of Development Studies 26, no. 4 (July 1990): 97.
• Webster, Steven. "Interpretation of an Andean Social and Economic Formation" Man Vol. 16, no. 4 (Dec. 1981)
• Jürgen Golte (1973) "Bauern in Peru" Doctoral Thesis. Freie Universistät Berlin, Gebr. Mann. Berlin
• Carlos Milla Villena (2003) "Ayni. Semiotica de los espacios sagrados. Ley de reciprocidad." Asociacion Cultural Amaru Wayra, Lima
• Katja Grunow (2009): Credit-scoring in Mikrofinanzinstiutionen. S. 35 ff., Generalisierte und balanzierte Reziprozität (in German).
• Leonora Arriagada Peters (2011) "Andenwissenssystem [...]. El Sistema de Conocimientos Andinos[...]. The Andean knowledge System. Fundamental knowledge and interrelations of the high culture of the Andes" Doctoral Thesis. Freie Universistät Berlin.
• Mannheim, Bruce. "The Language of Reciprocity in Southern Peruvian Quechua." Anthropological Linguistics Vol. 28, no. 3 (Fall 1986): 267-273.
• Poliak, Lisa. "Peru: Life of the Quechua." Scholastic. Scholastic Inc., 12 May 2007. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.
• Williams, J. E. The Andean Codex: Adventures and Initiations among the Peruvian Shamans. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Pub., 2005. Print.
• Kropotkin, Peter. Mutual aid: A factor of evolution. Courier Corporation, 2012.