Academic knowledge and interculturality in sanchiu, by Dina Ananco, wampís poet

Abstract

This article studies the poetry book Sanchiu (2021), by Dina Ananco (Bagua, 1985), a young Peruvian intellectual and poet, representative of the Amazonian Wampís culture, based on the concepts of academic knowledge and interculturality. The objective is to demonstrate that the poetic voice is configured as an Amazonian indigenous intellectual who expresses the cultural and intercultural tensions of her community. The methodology of the work is based on the hermeneutic analysis of the poems "Atumsha urukarmetsu/I do not know you" and "Mikut", in relation to the interviews given by the author about her poetic practice that allows her to position herself specifically as a Wampís intellectual. In this sense, the role played by Dina Ananco is fundamental to revalue the Wampís culture and language, which is one of the central purposes of the writers who are part of the so-called "literature written in native languages". Our reading is that the writing practice of the Wampís poet and intellectual seeks to install her culture in the intercultural dialogue, for which she projects in her work a poetic voice that reflects on the internal and external tensions of the local culture from her position as an Amazonian indigenous intellectual.