[MR] Instructor Spotlight 10/19 7 pm: Andean Deathways

[Isobel of Carnewyth]

Join us for the University of Atlantia's first Instructor Spotlight ONLINE
next Tuesday, 10/19 at 7 pm. Lady Maria Lopeitza de Luna will present her
class, "Living with the Dead: An Introduction to Death in the Andes."

This class will introduce the Deathways of three late era Andean Cultures,
the Chachapoyas, the Chimu, and the Inca, as well as the cultural clash
resulting from these practices when the Spanish invaded.

Death in the Andes is not the same Death with which we are acquainted. Even
today the Quechua word for dead people, wanuq, is a progressive or
continuous word that means those who are dying or in the process of death.
In most of the Andean region, mummification can happen naturally, and often
has. Likely due to this natural preservation of the body and a focus on
collective, supportive, and reciprocal societies, you start to see the
logic that ruled the Andean Deathways, and the interesting ways that played
out in different cultures. The three cultures covered in this class lasted
at least until the mid 1400s, had at least a few hundred years of history,
and range from the Amazonian Cloud Forest, to the Coastal Desert, to the
Highland Tundra.

Log in information can be found at the associated Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/559446158466482 and no advance registration
is required. This course is also eligible for course credit from the
University of Atlantia. Attendees to the class will automatically receive
University of Atlantia credit if your display name for Zoom matches either
your SCA or modern names in our University system.

Class "Living with the Dead: An Introduction to Death in the Andes"
October 19, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm US Eastern Time
Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85857024337?pwd=S1ZRK1JvM0R2Q00wbThiZDdNdDBxQT09
(Password is "Atlantia")

We hope to see you there!