Project Description

The goal of this Digital Ethnography Lab project, begun in 2007 as a partnership between Dr. Natalie Underberg and the late Dr. Elayne Zorn, is to build a pilot interactive and immersive website about Peruvian festivals.  PeruVine/PeruDigital is based in part on the ethnographic materials archived in Peru’s Institute of Ethnomusicology (Instituto de Etnomusicología or IDE) at the Catholic University of Lima (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú-Lima). Those materials include hundreds of hours of sound recordings, videotapes, and DVDs, and tens of thousands of photographs and slides of festivals studied throughout Peru. Additional fieldwork for the pilot website also includes data collected by the UCF PeruVine/PeruDigital project team in Central Florida.

Our Team

Dr. Natalie Underberg - Project Director
Prof. JoAnne Adams - Art Director
Norma A. Ledesma - Professor of Spanish/Quechua Language Consultant
Eric Schon - Lead Web Designer 2009
Lin Jackson - Webmaster 2009
Joy Rodriguez - DEL Special Projects Assistant 2009
Ed Porch - Interactive Developer
Melissa Cafcules - Lead Graphic Designer
Susana Molina - Translations & Research Assistant
Alex Mamel - Information Tech, Project Assistant & Translations 2009
Janice Stiglich - Research Assistant
Patricia Urdzik - Research Assistant and Translations

Pavel Amelishko - Videographer and Photographer

Patricia Abón - Research Assistant and Interactive Developer

Jonathan Schank - Content Asset Manager

Robby Acevedo - Graphic Designer

Elliott Smiggen - Research Assistant

Omar Vera Muniz - Translator

Advisory Board

NORTH AMERICA

USA

Dr. Catherine Allen, Chair, Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University

Dr. Blenda Femenías, Lecturer, Latin American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park

Dr. Rosalyn Howard, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Central Florida (UCF)

Dr. Bruce Janz, Chair, Department of Philosophy and Director of Center for Humanities and Digital Research, UCF                       

Mr. Nicario Jiménez, Peruvian retablo (portable altar) artist, Naples, FL and Lima, Peru

Ms. Cynthia LeCount Samake, founder of Behind the Scenes Adventures, specialist in festival costume and traditional textiles

Dr. Lisa Markowitz, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Louisville

Dr. José Maunez-Cuadra, Director, Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program, Interim Chair, Department of Digital Media, UCF
Mr. Fredy Roncalla, Peruvian writer and artist, New York, NY
Ms. Flora Zárate, Peruvian arpillera (appliqué) artist, Naples, FL and Lima, Peru

MEXICO

Dr. Gabriela Vargas-Cetina, Profesor-Investigador Titular C, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

SOUTH AMERICA

BOLIVIA

Mr. Juan de Dios Yapita, M.A., Founding Director, Instituto de Lengua y Cultura Aymara (ILCA), La Paz

PERU

Dr. Maria Eugenia Ulfe, Docente del Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima

Dr. Gísela Cánepa Koch, Profesora Asociada, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima

VENEZUELA

Mr. David Hernández-Palmar, Wayuu (indigenous Venezuelan) filmmaker, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela