The End of the World

It dramatizes the history of the Yungay landslide, which caused around 8000 deaths and left around 400 survivors, from the perspective of local adolescents. Its principal aims are to facilitate…

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Nosotros, los Andes

The book, which is published in Spanish as an open-access e-book and in a limited run of print copies, will feature reflections on how our lives are entwined with the Andes;…

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If My Town Could Talk…

Together, we aim to foster a sense of community, promote multilingualism, care for the environment in valley settlements, and showcase the rich tapestry of identities that make up our global…

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Perú Fusión Teatro in Yungay

While collaborating on Caminatas e insomnios (Wandering and Sleeplessness) we had discussed the possibility of staging a production in Yungay to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1970 landslide that…

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Training Young Journalists

We have created five undergraduate scholarships for independent research projects. Collaborating with five talented students of journalism, we are producing a documentary about the Yungay landslide and two long-form articles…

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Armando Armero

Sponsored by AHRC Language Acts, this project brought together Colombian NGO, Armando Armero, with a Leeds MA Student in Translation and Interpretation to translate the NGO’s website and digitize key…

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