Organization
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
Subject(s) I Teach or Learning Interest Area
Anthropology, Linguistics, Philosophy of Science, Discourse Analysis, Qualitative Methododologies
Personal Interests and Passions
My personal interests are Science Fiction, Travel Literature, Indigenous Languages. My research interests include language contact, particularly, the influence of Spanish on Amerindian languages, pre-Inca languages in the Northern Andes, critical discourse analysis, linguistic heritage and safeguarding, Amerindian oral tradition and nineteenth-century travel literature.
More About Me
I did my undergraduate studies on anthropology and linguistics at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and received my M.A on interdisciplinary cultural studies from Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar in Quito. In 2003 I joined ACLC as a PhD candidate to work on the interplay of typological and social constraints on language contact on the basis of three case studies from Latin America. I settled back in Ecuador in 2007 with the purpose of working on indigenous languages and mainly for indigenous peoples. Since then I have been involved in programs of documentation and revitalization of Imbabura Kichwa (Kichwa), Media Lengua (Mixed Language), Sia Pedee (Chocoan), Awapit (Barbacoan), Waorani (unclassified) and more recently Andwa and Sapara (both Zaparoan). Also, I have been active in conducting sociolinguistic surveys of several Ecuadorian indigenous languages with a view to establishing their actual state of vitality and designing language policies.
