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Editorial #23. Digital Memories. What future for the past? What past for the future?
Published 2022-12-01“…Vicuña has been exploring and transforming the quipu in her work for over five decades, getting inspiration from this ancient recording and communication system used by the Quechua people of the Andes from 2500 BCE through to the 16th century at the time of the Spanish conquest. …”
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Pandemics and Traditional Plant-Based Remedies. A Historical-Botanical Review in the Era of COVID19
Published 2020-08-01“…I will revisit the Middle Ages black death, in which a plant-based lotion (the four thieves vinegar) showed some effectiveness; the smallpox, a viral disease that lead to the discovery of vaccination but for which the native Americans had a plant ally, an interesting carnivorous plant species; tuberculosis and the use of garlic; the Spanish flu and the widespread recommendation of eating onions, among other plant-based treatments; and malaria, whose first effective treatment, quinine, came from the bark of a Peruvian tree, properties already known by the Quechua people. Synthetic analogues of quinine such as chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine are now being revisited for the treatment of COVID19 symptoms, as they are artemisinin and derivatives, other plant-based compounds effective against malaria. …”
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Natural and Cultural Processes Influencing Gene Flow Among Wild (atoq papa), Weedy (araq papa and k’ipa papa), and Crop Potatoes in the Andean Region of Southern Peru
Published 2021-05-01“…Our study documented the regional variation of wild, weedy, and cultivated potatoes recognized by local Quechua people and conducted semi-structured interviews to document their use, cultural value, and strategies of gene flow management implemented. …”
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