Collaborative research on the indigenous response to the Pandemic in the Peruvian Amazon

Project Overview

The proposed research seeks to document and understand how Ucayali Amazonian indigenous organizations and their allies respond to the urgent and medium-term effects of the pandemic on Amazonian indigenous peoples. We believe that archiving, analyzing, and reflecting on their approaches and solidarity practices will contribute to the understanding of the potential that indigenous networks have to build resilience facing complex global health challenges, such as Covid19. This is much needed in order to develop realistic and effective strategies of readiness, reaction, and recovery from the resurgence of this and other epidemics. We propose an innovative qualitative and quantitative approach, making use of collaborative research tools, and adopting new ways of using common technological devices, to overcome the challenges of social distancing adapted to the specific context of the Peruvian Amazon. These strategies will help us properly document the strategies, actors, networks, and practices in place for this case study.