Mar 4, 2024 4:00 pm
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
- Sponsor
- Women & Gender in Global Perspectives
- Speaker
- Dr. Pilar Eguez Guevara, Illinois Alumna and Ecuadorian Cultural Anthropologist, writer, and filmmaker and and Teresa Quizhpe Guamán
- Contact
- Anita Kaiser
- arkaiser@illinois.edu
- Views
- 85
- Originating Calendar
- Campus Humanities Calendar
WGGP and CLACS are hosting a film screening of 'Tarpuna: el maíz', a documentary that highlights the cultural and agricultural importance of corn in the Ecuadorian highlands. 'Tarpuna,' which translates to 'to sow' in Kichwa, the ancestral Andean language, features the efforts of local guardians to preserve, exchange, and reproduce this sacred seed. Please register here.