05.10.2023Inauguration of Chana Research Station in Pucallpa, Peru

On Thursday, 5 October 2023, the Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) celebrated the opening of their Chana research station at San José de Yarinacocha, Pucallpa. The research station will serve as a space of research and cultural gathering for the preservation and strengthening of Amazonian native languages.

The project is a collaboration of the Department of Humanities, PUCP, the Department of Comparative Language Science, UZH, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.

Photo Credit: PUCP

The inauguration event was attended by Roberto Zariquiey, PUCP / head of Chana field station; Aldo Panfichi, PUCP Vice Chancellor of Research; Russell Gray, director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Balthasar Bickel, UZH / director of the NCCR Evolving Language; Fidel Tubino, PUCP Department of Humanities; representatives of UNIA; leaders of Amazonian communities; and various researchers.