Thinkers I'm Thinking About

• Stanley Fish
  Most famous for his essay, "Interpreting the Variorum," Fish developed the notion of interpretive communities, arguing that texts were as much determined by their readers (who naturally segmented themselves into various interpretive groups) than their authors. He wrote in the 1970s, initially, but continues writing today.
• Alejandro Peralta
  Gamaliel Churata's brother, Alejandro Peralta wrote the poem "Ande" in 1926 and it was published in the first edition of el Boletin Titikaka. He later published it in many other Peruvian literary journals. He also wrote another collection of poems titled "Kollao" about the landscape and cultural identity around Lake Titikaka. His poetry includes both Quechua and Aymara words in addition to Spanish.
• Gamaliel Churata
  Gamaliel Churata's given name is Arturo Peralta. He and his two brothers, Angel and Alejandro, are writers and artists from Puno, Peru. Churata wrote a rather unclassifiable book titled "El pez de oro" and also is responsible for the publication of 2 literary journals (1) La Tea (1917-1919) and (2) El boletín Titikaka (1926-1930). Churata is considered part of the "Indigenous Vanguard" that grew from approximately 1920-1930 in Peru.
• Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
  A little known but highly important female academic in Bolivia who has studied Melchor María Mercado's "Album de Paisajes" (19th Century) and written largely on indigenous representation in Bolivia.