Valderrama Fernández, Ricardo
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Name (Latin)
Valderrama Fernández, Ricardo
Other forms of name
Fernández, Ricardo Valderrama
Valderrama, Ricardo
Date of birth
1945-04-03
Date of death
2020-08-30
Associated country
Peru
Field of activity
Quechua Indians--Social conditions
Occupation
Anthropologists
Anthropology teachers
College teachers
Mayors
Associated Language
spa
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Condori Mamani, G. --De nosotros, los Runas, 1983:t.p. (Ricardo Valderrama Fernández)
- His Del Tata Mallku a la Mama Pacha, 1988:t.p. (Ricardo Valderrama)
- The New York Times, Ricardo Valderrama, noted anthropologist and mayor in Peru, dies at 75, September 17, 2020, updated September 21, 2020, viewed online (and a version published in paper version) September 22, 2020(Ricardo Valderrama spent four decades studying Indigenous life in the Peruvian Andes; his first book, Gregorio Condori Mamani : an autobiography (1977), written, like nearly all his work, with his wife, anthropologist Carmen Escalante, became an instant classic of Andean literature; he and his wife helped shift the field's focus from Indigenous people as a means of understanding the rise of Incan civilization, to considering them on their own terms in the present, as people struggling; he also experimented in film and photography; in 2006 he ran for the [Cusco] City Council to promote culture and the arts; he died on August 30 at a hospital in Cusco, age 75, of Covid-19; he had been in office as mayor of Cusco only since December, and had spent most of his time in office leading the province's response to the new coronavirus; born on April 3, 1945 in the Cusco region; his parents were both Indigenous Quechua speakers; he learned Quechua from his grandmother, spoke it better than his 8 siblings; bachelor's degree 1976, National University of St. Anthony the Abbot in Cusco; became a professor there in 1990)