La maloca de la gente pez – The longhouse of the fish people
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| Admission: Free Admission |
| Which languages: English, German, Spanish |
| Venue: Ground Floor, Hall 2 |
| Belongs to: Agua. The Art and Cosmologies of Water, Opening Mine. Yours. Ours!?, Nhé’ẽ – Circle Conversations |
Orlando Villegas from Macucú on the Río Vaupés and curators/artists Andrea Scholz and Natalia Pavía speak about their long-standing collaboration between the Ethnologisches Museum and the Kotiria community, who understand themselves as People of Water. A conversation about fish beings who, much like humans, gather in longhouses to celebrate their festivals, and about the balance between the worlds above and below the water.
Nhé’ẽ are circular conversations where knowledge, experiences, and perspectives are shared. The term comes from the Guarani language and can mean the word, the voice, and language, but also the spirit.
Participants
Orlando Villegas (Majã Piria) lives in Mitú, Vaupés, Colombia, and works at the Escuela Normal Superior Indígena Maria Reina. As a teacher of sports and physical education, he is actively involved in the implementation of Indigenous education. He is committed to preserving and promoting Indigenous culture in his traditional territory and has been collaborating with the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin since 2014. As part of a long-term cooperation project, he has participated in several collection visits and workshops in Berlin, Mitú, and Macucu, his community of origin.
Andrea Scholz is curator for transcultural collaboration in the Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst in Berlin. She is a trained anthropologist with a focus on Amazonia and has been working in various collaborative projects with Indigenous communities and educational projects, mainly in Latin America.