Irma Alvarez Ccoscco Explained

Irma Alvarez Ccoscco
Birth Place:	Haquira, Peru
Occupation:	poet, language activist
Language:	Quechua, Spanish
Genre:	poetry
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Awards:	Smithsonian Fellow

Irma Álvarez Ccoscco (born in Haquira, Peru^[1]) is a Quechua-language poet, educator and digital language activist.^[2]

Language activism

Alvarez Ccoscco's language activism focuses on software use and development for Quechua.^[3] She has been involved in projects about the use of Quechua language and other Indigenous languages in radio, software decolonization,^[4] and programmers in Peru and the United States.^{[5] [6]} Her work includes computer games such as Tux for Kids and electronic learning platforms such as Chamilo. ^[7] She participated in the implementation of the Simidic electronic dictionary for offline use for infigenous languages. She is also involved in podcast projects for which she records contributions in Quechua, for example for Llaqtaypa Rimaynin (“language of my people”) and Amaru Taytakunapak [sic] (“snake for the fathers”) for Ecuadorian Indigenous communities in New York City ^[8]

Álvarez Ccoscco writes Quechua-language poems that have appeared in online and print media, including Ínsula Barataria, And Then 21, and Atuqpa Chupan (“The Fox's Tail”). She is a former fellow of the Artist Leadership Program at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.^{[9] [10]}

Works

• Runasimipi Qillqaspa (Smithsonian Institution, 2019) ^[11]

External links

• Video: Quechua-language literary night with Pablo Landeo Muñoz, Irma Álvarez Ccoscco and Américo Mendoza Mori at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVATlX60Tlc&feature=youtu.be

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hablemos Quechua? Native languages expert on mission to protect and preserve endangered history to speak at Salve | What's Up Newp. whatsupnewp.com. 15 March 2019.
2. Web site: Indigenous languages week at UPenn highlights Quechua, Zapotec. Emily. Neil. October 24, 2019. AL DÍA News.
3. Web site: Meet Irma Alvarez Ccoscco, the host of @ActLenguas Twitter account for February 4-10, 2019. February 3, 2019.
4. Decolonial Computing and Networking Beyond Digital Universalism. Anita Say. Chan. October 16, 2018. Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience. 4. 2. 1–5. catalystjournal.org. 10.28968/cftt.v4i2.29844. free.
5. A Basic Language Technology Toolkit for Quechua. Annette. Rios. January 18, 2015. University of Zurich. 10.5167/uzh-119943. Dissertation. www.zora.uzh.ch.
6. Book: Chan, Anita Say. Networking Peripheries: Technological Futures and the Myth of Digital Universalism. January 31, 2014. MIT Press. 9780262319539. Google Books.
7. Web site: Chamilo 1.8.6 ayudará a preservar el Quechua Cusqueño. 21 June 2009.
8. Web site: Irma Álvarez Ccoscco Archives.
9. Web site: Quechua writers Pablo Landeo-Muñoz & Irma Álvarez-Ccoscco – Quechua at Penn. web.sas.upenn.edu.
10. Web site: Video . www.youtube.com . 2020-08-09.
11. Web site: Video . www.youtube.com . 2020-08-09.