Dr. Juan Javier Rivera Andia

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsAfrican, American and Oceania Studies,Social Sciences
KeywordsAndes, Comparative Anthropology, Cultural Patrimony, Oral Tradition, Rituals
Honours and awards

2019: Prize José María Arguedas for the best article about Peru. Latin American Studies Association.

2015: Beatriu de Pinós Post-doctoral Fellowship. Agencia de Gestión de Ayudas Universitarias y de Investigación (Catalunya), AGAUR.

2014: Programme of Exchange and Cooperation for International studies between South America and Europe, (Preciosa. Erasmus Mundus Action 2).

2013: EURIAS fellowship program. Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies, NIAS (The Netherlands).

2011: Bourses de recherche post-doctorale HERMES. Maison de Sciences de l’Homme (France).

2011: Coimbra Group of Fellowships for Latin American Researchers. Catholic University of Leuven, KUL (Belgium).

2011: Georg Forster Research Fellowship. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2008: Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellowship. National Museum of the American Indian and National Museum of Natural History

2007: University of Wisconsin Distinguished Fellowship - Helen Firstbrook Franklin Scholarship Program. University of Wisconsin (USA) – LACIS (Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program).

2004: National Prize to the Scientific and Technological Creativity. National Council of Science and Technology (CONCYTEC).

Current contact address

CountryPeru
CityLima
InstitutionPontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
InstituteEscuela de Posgrado
Homepagehttp://corinto.pucp.edu.pe/sen/investigadores?q=node/89

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Karoline NoackAbteilung für Altamerikanistik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2012

Programme(s)

2011Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2016Juan Javier Rivera Andia: La vaquerita y su canto. Canciones rituales ganaderos en los Andes peruanos contemporáneos. Colección Ethnographica, 2016
2014Juan Javier Rivera Andia: Un documento etnográfico como obra de arte. Reflexiones acerca de la organización interna del Quadro de Historia Natural, Civil y Geográfica del Reyno del Perú de Ignacio Lecuanda. In: Anales del Museo de América, 2014, 28-41
2013Juan Javier Rivera Andia: “Art, Nature, and Religion in the Central Andes. Themes and Variations from Prehistory to the Present”. (Review of the book published by Strong, Mary).. In: Anthropos , 2013, 368-370
2012Juan Javier Rivera Andia: An Ethnographic Enigma in the Northern Peruvian Andes. Notes on an Indigenous Aerophone played only by Women (Original Title: “Un enigma etnográfico de los andes septentrionales del Perú. Notas sobre un aerófono indígena tañido sólo por mujeres”. In: Indiana. No. 29. , 2012, 140-165
2012Juan Javier Rivera Andia: On the movemenst of a Bird… The “dance of the Partridge” in the Andean Cattle Branding Rituals. (Original title: “A partir de los movimientos de un pájaro…La «danza de la perdiz» en los rituales ganaderos de los Andes peruanos”). . In: Revista Española de Antropología Americana. , 2012, 169-185
2012Juan Javier Rivera Andia, Alejandro Vivanco: Una etnografía olvidada en los Andes. El Valle del Chancay (Perú) en 1963.. CSIC, 2012
2012Juan Javier Rivera Andia: “Antropologías del miedo: vampiros, sacamantecas, locos, enterrados vivos y otras pesadillas de la razón”. (Review of the book edited by Fernández Juárez, Gerardo and Pedrosa, José Manuel).. In: Perspectivas Latinoamericanas. , 2012, 123-130
2012Juan Javier Rivera Andia: “John the Bear”.. In: Herrera-Sobek, Maria (ed.): Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions. [3 volumes] . ABC-CLIO, 2012. 635-637
2012Juan Javier Rivera Andia: “Olivia Cadaval”.. In: Herrera-Sobek, Maria, Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions. [3 volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2012. 187-190
2012Juan Javier Rivera Andia: “Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes” (Review of the book by Rachel Corr). . In: Journal de la Société des Américanistes , 2012, 248-255
2003Juan Javier Rivera Andía: La fiesta del ganado en el valle del Chancay. Ritual, religión y ganadería en los Andes.. PUCP, 2003