Angela Giattino (University of Oxford). Identity Politics That Make You Laugh: On Shipilay, a new ‘eironym’ from Urban Peruvian Amazonia
15:00 - 17:00 15 December 2025
Ethnonyms are a serious matter. As historical, seemingly immutable markers of allegiance to an ethnicity which is often regarded as sacred, they carry profound significance. Yet, in contemporary urban Peruvian Amazonia, young and educated members of the Indigenous ethnic group known as Shipibo have coined a humorous ethnonym —Shipilay— to refer...
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