Runa Simita Yuyarispa, Runa Simipi Kausaspa

Natalie Naranjo-Morett

Explore this oral history project and virtual exhibit that centers on how collaboration with the local communities from the Andean region allows for better representation of the history and culture of the Quechua people. This project is a collaboration that includes a few members of the academic community and some key people from the Quechua community, representative of a much larger group that reside in the Andean region. The collection of oral histories are inclusive of community members, allowing them to share their own history, thus demonstrating a type of collaboration that should be a key element in the decolonization initiatives implemented in various museums throughout the United States. Learning about the pre-Columbian and colonial history of Latin America is often neglected in American education, leading many to believe that the native cultures are a thing of the past when in fact they are lived through the communities of today. 

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Natalie Naranjo-Morett (she/her/ella) was born and raised in San Diego, California where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in history with an emphasis on Latin America at UC San Diego. She also has a double minor in anthropological-archaeology and psychology. Her parents immigrated from Tijuana, Mexico when Natalie was two years old, but her family continues to cross the border often to visit their extended family. Natalie grew up traveling throughout Mexico to vacation with her family and discovered a passion for history and learning about her culture from the local communities. Read more in her bio.

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