K'acha Willaykuna Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Humanities

K'acha Willaykuna Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Humanities

In Quechua, art is defined as k’acha willaykuna, “messages with beauty,” which embody meaningfully-made and knowledgeably-made things


Quechuapiqa, runap ruwayninqa k’acha willayjinata riqsinchik, “kusiy willaykuna kanku”, ayllu runap ruwayninqa tukuy sunquwan wakichisqa kachkan


 


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Follow our events, participate in one of our working groups, join us for Our Distance Unlearning Hour which during Winter 2021 will be held every Friday from 1:00-2:00pm on Zoom, get involved in graduate/undergraduate K’acha Willaykuna project research and/or propose one of your classes for a teaching cluster. Also, view our recent events and meetings on our YouTube channel!

We welcome your involvement in the K'acha Willaykuna community! Click here to subscribe to the K'acha Willaykuna listserv or email Michelle Wibbelsman (wibbelsman.1@osu.edu) with questions.


 

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Announcing the Arts Creation Grants Awardees

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Announcing the 2026-27 Community-Engaged Grants Awards

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Announcing the 2026-27 Graduate Professional Development Grant Awardees

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BOOK PUBLICATION | Archival Entanglements

With support from the Global Arts + Humanities (GAH) and Wexner Center for the Arts, Puja Batra-Wells (Associate Director of GAH) and Harmony Bench’s (Dance) edited volume, Archival…