Preparations

We have spent most of the past week in sunny Lima, preparing our trip to the villages in the north of Peru where our research will be conducted. Among other things, we have worked on the language used in the questionnaires, adjusting it to the focus groups in the villages. Most of the senior inhabitants in San José de Moro lack secondary school education, whereas the younger generation has a greater access to higher education. On the contrary, the adolescents have no experience of the local community before the archaeological work started. Due to these factors, we have chosen to develop two different versions of the questionnaire.

We have had a meeting with Luis Jaime Castillo Butters at the Ministry of Culture, who started the archaeological project in San José de Moro, for more extensive background information about the local community. Further ahead we will have an interview with Castillo Butters to get his view of the development in San José de Moro. Today we met up with the Sustainable Preservation Initiative contact in Peru, Solsiré Cusicanqui, whom is helping us get in contact with the persons responsible for the project of Chotuna Chornacap, among them local politicians, project managers and archaeologically involved key individuals living in the adjacent villages.

Tonight we’re heading north with a short stop in Trujillo before we on Sunday will travel to San José e Moro to explore the local inhabitants thoughts about the archaeological project. 

Meeting with Solsire Cusicanqui and Luis Jaime Castillo

Visiting the Ministry of Culture