Aymara
Indigenous leaders (mallkus)
in the archaeological site of
Tiwanaku, Bolivia.
The Center for Latin American Studies at University of Chicago offers a three-course summer intensive sequence in Aymara bianually. This is the only course in Aymara offered in the US.
The Aymara Summer Institute will next be offered from June 22-August 28, 2009.
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With support from a US Department of Education National Resource Center grant, the Aymara Summer Institute has been offered biannually since 1995 under the direction of course instructor Miguel Huanca, author of the text Aymar Arux Akhamawa, the only Aymara-English textbook available.
Intensive Beginners Aymara 1-2 (LACS 30201-30202)*
June 22 – July 31, 2009
(Students must register for both LACS 30201 and LACS 30202)
Tuition: $5,340*
This 6-week course sequence is appropriate for masters, doctoral, and advanced undergraduate students. Aymara is an indigenous language of the Andes, spoken widely in Bolivia and parts of Peru, Chile, and Argentina. Using a variety of authentic cultural materials, including film, literature, music, visual arts and mass media, along with the text Aymar Arux Akhamawa and its accompanying CD-ROM with digital audio dialogues, students acquire proficiency in formal language structures, conversation, aural and written skills, and grammar. At the same time, students incorporate particular meanings embedded within indigenous Aymara cultural concepts and contexts.
Intensive Intermediate Aymara 1 (LACS 30203)*
August 3 – August 28, 2009
(Prerequisite: LACS 30201-LACS 30202 or equivalent)
Tuition: $2,670*
This 3-week course is appropriate for masters, doctoral, and advanced undergraduate students. Aymara is an indigenous language of the Andes, spoken widely in Bolivia and parts of Peru, Chile, and Argentina. Using a variety of authentic cultural materials, including film, literature, music, visual arts and mass media, along with the text Aymar Arux Akhamawa and its accompanying CD-ROM with digital audio dialogues, students advance their proficiency in formal language structures, conversation, aural and written skills, and grammar. At the same time, students incorporate particular meanings embedded within indigenous Aymara cultural concepts and contexts.
For more information: Please contact the University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies at clas@uchicago.edu or phone the Center at 773-702-8420.
* FLAS Fellows must register for LACS 30201-LACS 30202-LACS 30303. Please contact jpbeck@uchicago.edu for FLAS Fellow tuition information.
