http://www.antropologi.info/blog/anthropology/?disp=comments en-UK http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:13:16 +0000 tataintibo [Visitor] c2975@http://www.antropologi.info/blog/ -Olivia mamay waqasani mamay, pitaj nisaj jatun mama, kunan pachamamam risjanqui?. <br /> <br /> -Olivia querida madre lloramos tu partida, a quien llamare grande mama?, hoy volviste a los brazos de nuestra madre Pachamama. la madre tierra.<br /> <br /> -Olivia beloved mother, we cried your departure, to who i'm going call big mama?, today you go back to the arms of the mother earth pachamama, flying like condor over the andes.<br /> <br /> She became a daughter of the ayllu laymis and other ayllus(indigenous quechua in north potosi - Bolivia) She was a unique person who understood the andean cosmovision, We always love you Olivia.
-Olivia querida madre lloramos tu partida, a quien llamare grande mama?, hoy volviste a los brazos de nuestra madre Pachamama. la madre tierra.

-Olivia beloved mother, we cried your departure, to who i'm going call big mama?, today you go back to the arms of the mother earth pachamama, flying like condor over the andes.

She became a daughter of the ayllu laymis and other ayllus(indigenous quechua in north potosi - Bolivia) She was a unique person who understood the andean cosmovision, We always love you Olivia.]]> http://www.antropologi.info/blog/anthropology/2009/olivia_harris_has_passed_away#c2975 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:39:43 +0000 Hülya Demirdirek [Visitor] c2638@http://www.antropologi.info/blog/ Olivia once said anthropologists spend the rest of their life to come into terms with their long fieldwork. This was deeper than how it sounded then of course and I only realized it after my doctoral fieldwork.<br /> <br /> In the early nineties Olivia was a professor 2 in Oslo. Many of us (hovedfag students, doctoral students, other professors) followed her courses. She brought a rich array of material and ideas to the classes. She was constantly reading and bringing very engaging debates and new names to our anthropological universe. <br /> <br /> To this day I think my understanding of history, memory and reconstruction of past carry the echoes of Olivia's classes. She attracted our attention to importance of sense of loss and rupture in terms of reconfiguration of collective identities. These were newer ways of thinking for me then. She shared her own theoretical problems with the students of all levels. She touched so many people in Oslo department intellectually and in other ways. She was part of the Andes group and was playing violin with a few others There are many small, warm details from those times several people must have already conveyed in different venues after her death: she was sharing excitement about Turkish "helva" with me and Bente N., we would bring to the department and eat together. She lived among us in such a wholeheartedly and &#8220;dignified&#8221; way (she commented on this word once that is why I am confident to use it). She was at the department with a type of humanity which made her intellectually sharp vision more accessible. Next year April 9th we will think about her and April 12 is Eduardo Archetti&#8217;s birthday. Too much loss&#8230;<br /> <br />
In the early nineties Olivia was a professor 2 in Oslo. Many of us (hovedfag students, doctoral students, other professors) followed her courses. She brought a rich array of material and ideas to the classes. She was constantly reading and bringing very engaging debates and new names to our anthropological universe.

To this day I think my understanding of history, memory and reconstruction of past carry the echoes of Olivia's classes. She attracted our attention to importance of sense of loss and rupture in terms of reconfiguration of collective identities. These were newer ways of thinking for me then. She shared her own theoretical problems with the students of all levels. She touched so many people in Oslo department intellectually and in other ways. She was part of the Andes group and was playing violin with a few others There are many small, warm details from those times several people must have already conveyed in different venues after her death: she was sharing excitement about Turkish "helva" with me and Bente N., we would bring to the department and eat together. She lived among us in such a wholeheartedly and “dignified” way (she commented on this word once that is why I am confident to use it). She was at the department with a type of humanity which made her intellectually sharp vision more accessible. Next year April 9th we will think about her and April 12 is Eduardo Archetti’s birthday. Too much loss…

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