HUMAN 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Shining Path, Machu Picchu, Military Revolution
21 Aug 2018
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Argument: when martin chambi portrayed the inca and himself, he articulated a positive, modern, andean indigenous identity that built on the ruins of empires. Argued against hiram bingham"s attempt to erase history. Contests this with the placement of himself in the ruins. We are part of the ruins and cannot be erased. 1999: machu picchu: unesco world heritage site - global outstanding universal value. Both events allow us to explore one last question of empire and ruins. Today"s argument: the 1968 military revolution and today"s machu picchu tourism reveal national exclusions of race and gender and creative, insistent, andean inclusion in empire and its ruins: the promise of the 1968 velasco military revolution. Economy was terrible - could not produce enough food to feed its people, food had to be imported (by the mid 20th century. Landowners were a small group of people - top 5% received 48% of nations income.
