https://mrspackwood.blog/2017/06/23/settling-in-otavalo/https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/unnamed.jpgunnamedhttps://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/19225811_1254690957962386_2389607709052325185_n.jpg19225811_1254690957962386_2389607709052325185_nhttps://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2695.jpgIMG_2695https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2694.jpgIMG_2694https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2689.jpgIMG_2689https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2686.jpgIMG_2686https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2820.jpgIMG_2820Mariel and a woman In the weaving room of the living museum. See video linked below to watch the process. https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2817.jpgIMG_2817https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2807.jpgIMG_2807https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2806.jpgIMG_28062017-09-14T20:52:11+00:00monthlyhttps://mrspackwood.blog/2017/06/16/first-blog-post/https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fulbright-k12-and-mc3a1s-allc3a1-workshop.jpgFulbright k12 and Más Allá workshophttps://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2178.jpgimg_2178https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2124.jpgAn Introduction to PeruMegan Hasting is Assistant Director for the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at The Ohio State University. She is the manager of the "Teaching the Andes" project and has been in contact with participants from the beginning of the application process. In this photo, she is introducing a brief summary of the history of Peru and Inca Empire. https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2145.jpgQuechua vs. KichwaDr. Terrell Morgan is Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Director of CLAS at Ohio State. As founder and director of Ohio State’s annual Summer Seminars Abroad for Spanish Teachers (SSAST), he has taken 25 groups of K-12 teachers to the Spanish-speaking world since 1991. Dr. Morgan established SSAST to introduce educators to both Hispanic linguistics and less-commonly taught languages in immersion contexts. Academically, Dr. Morgan is a phonologist and dialectologist interested in documenting linguistic diversity and finding new ways to put students, teachers, and fellow researchers in touch with the intimate details of the sounds and structures of Latin American languages.2017-09-01T02:31:42+00:00monthlyhttps://mrspackwood.blog/about/https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0448_0.jpgDSC_0448_0We "Bright"-eyed "Fulbrighters" huddle up for a group picture after spending 3 days in orientation at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. We are pictured with Megan Hasting, the Assistant Director of the Office of International Affairs for the Center for Latin American Studies, Dr. Michelle Wibblesman, our group leader and professor at OSU, and Dr. Terrell Morgan, director of CLAS (Center for Latin American Studies). Without these individuals, we would not have had this opportunity! 2017-08-28T21:06:18+00:00weekly0.6https://mrspackwood.blog/2017/08/23/inti-raymi/https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2989.jpgIMG_2989https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2988.jpgIMG_2988https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2987.jpgIMG_2987https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2985.jpgIMG_2985https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2984.jpgIMG_2984https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2981.jpgIMG_2981https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2974.jpgIMG_2974https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2973.jpgIMG_2973https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2972.jpgIMG_2972https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2971.jpgIMG_29712017-08-28T20:41:11+00:00monthlyhttps://mrspackwood.blog/2017/06/26/andean-music-que-significa-ser-musico/https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2874.jpgIMG_2874https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3302.jpgIMG_3302In this photo, we found ourselves processing into one of the festivities. It looks like this man has a charango strapped to his back, along with a couple other instruments that he is playing. For this particular celebration, most of the instruments we heard were guitars/charangos and even violins! https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3080.jpgIMG_3080Very "Guitar-Hero" like instructions of how to play our first song on our pan pipes. https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3079.jpgIMG_30792017-07-06T02:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://mrspackwood.blog/2017/06/20/quito/https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2635.jpgIMG_2635https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2609.jpgIMG_2609https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2606.jpgIMG_2606https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2605.jpgIMG_2605https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2602.jpg00.00'00"Here's another new friend: Becky! She's teaches in Columbus and got her Masters at The Ohio State University. She kindly offered to host me for our pre-departure orientation in Columbus (me! a total stranger!). She knows all kinds of things, like how to pack light and eat right. Along with her linguistic abilities, she likes to take pics as much as me, so she's good to have around! https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2588.jpgIMG_2588https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2580.jpgIMG_2580https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2572.jpgIMG_2572https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2411.jpgIMG_2411https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2930.jpgIMG_29302017-07-01T13:37:57+00:00monthlyhttps://mrspackwood.blog/2017/06/22/arriving-in-otavalo/https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2665.jpgIMG_2665https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3107.jpgOtavaloOtavalo is home to Quichua (or Kichwa) -speaking highland indigenous people known as Otavalenos. Otavalenos are among Ecuador's most traditional people in the sense that they dress in their native clothes, speak the indigenous language , and practice the cultural and ritual traditions of the past. https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2727.jpgIMG_2727https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2723.jpgMama LuzmilaThis is Mama Luzmila, who will be our Kichwa language instructor for the next few days. She has a wealth of knowledge of this site as well as the Kichwa language and culture.https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2707.jpgIMG_2707This is a view from one of the buildings a the Living Museum. I love how everywhere I look in Otavalo, I see the Andes!https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2678.jpgIMG_2678https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2677.jpgIMG_2677https://mrspackwood.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2731.jpgIMG_27312017-06-23T04:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://mrspackwood.blog/contact/2017-06-16T18:33:53+00:00weekly0.6https://mrspackwood.blogdaily1.02017-09-14T20:52:11+00:00