[MR] Andean Deathways Instructor Spotlight ONLINE tonight! 10/19 7 pm

[Isobel of Carnewyth]

Tonight!

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."

Check out a brief interview with our featured instructor at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hOWqjDpM98
(Please note, video says 7:30 pm but the correct time is 7 pm)

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 below and at the associated Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/559446158466482/?ti=ls 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") YIS, Isobel of Carnewyth External Communications,
University of Atlantia