Education Peru Project #31457

Revitalize Shipibo Language through Radio Program

by Alianza Arkana

Project Report | Jan 2, 2020
Let's Learn Together in 2020!

By Brian Robert Best | Project Collaborator

Living Language is Intergenerational Transmission

The radio program Áxenon Ikánwe was born out of the Shipibo-Konibo’s efforts to repatriate their own Panoan language dictionary in the Central Peruvian Amazon, and demonstrate how linguistics, lexicography and Indigenous language dictionaries can move beyond a history of Eurocentric hegemonic colonization to actively promote and assist Indigenous Decolonization Events and Processes.

This work was initiated by members of the Shipibo-Konibo led NGOs ARIAP and Alianza Arkana, who solicited and received permission from the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) to revise their originally published dictionary and has received generous support from the USA-based philanthropic organization Shipibo Joi and people like you.

The Shipibo-Konibo's own on-line dictionary is currently in production at www.nonjoi.org, actively using Indigenous linguistic wisdom for its revision and regeneration. This work has opened local discourses about decolonization -a concept that was notably absent in the region- and has seeded the creation of Non Jói Kóshi Ákaibo (Those Who Strengthen Our Language), a formal Shipibo-Konibo language revitalization program that includes Áxenon Ikánwe and other activities focused on the decolonization and regeneration of the Shipibo-Konibo language and culture.

For the New Year we are applying to the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, National Geographic, and other funding sources to support the on-line dictionary and the other activities of our language revitalization program.

As an independent radio program, we depend upon the generosity of others to make this possible. Áxenon Ikánwe provides an invaluable service to the Living Shipibo-Konibo language thanks to people like you. Please consider making a small donation today or sign up to make a recurring monthly donation to keep us on the air throughout 2020 and help the continued development of our on-line dictionary!

You can always follow our program −and participate!− Monday-Friday 8pm-9pm (Currently 8pm Eastern for the USA) through the Áxenon Ikánwe facebook page.

Ichabires iráke ‘thank you very much’ to all those who have supported us and those who continue to do so with your monthly donations!

Áxenon Ikánwe! ‘We learn together!’

Links:

Developing site of the Shipibo-Konibo Dictionary

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Oct 7, 2019
Two Years and Going Strong

By Brian Robert Best | Project Collaborator

Metsa Jisbe presented her work with her language.

Axénon Ikánwe will be celebrating two years this November 13th!!!

We want to share a bit of how we started and what we are up to currently.

The Beginning...

Axenón Ikánwe was born from the chance opportunity of a prime timeslot opening up on the most listened to radio station for news in the Shipibo-Konibo language; 100.1 La Primerísima. For years now, there have been a series of 4 different hour-long programs that begin at 5pm and run till 9pm, Monday through Friday, collectively known as Non Jói 'Our Language'. Ranin Koshi arrived at one of our early Non Jói Kóshi Ákaibo meetings excited to share that he had been called by the radio station director who informed him that the 8-9pm timeslot would be available mid-November if he wanted it. FM Radio programs continue to be the most accessible and preferred choice for local news in all Shipibo-Konibo communities. The decision to rent the timeslot was nearly automatic and Ranin Koshi, who has years of radio experience, already had a plan. On November 13^th, Ranin Koshi, along with fellow Non Jói Kóshi Ákaibo colleagues, Janis Percy Cruz Maldonado (Inin Yoi) and his wife Ketty Gonzalez de Cruz (Metsá Jisbe), went live and Axenón Ikánwe was born.

Two years later...

Their successes have gained much attention from the government through the Ministry of Culture and academics in and outside of Peru. Program co-director Metsá Jisbe was formally invited to share our inspiring success at the 2nd International Congress on Revitalization of Indigenous and Minoritized Languages, October 1st-4th in Brasilia, Brazil, hosted by The National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute of Brazil (IPHAN) and the University of Brasilia. To complement this conference, she also shared her experiences at the 1st International Encounter about Indigenous Language Diversity: exchange of experiences and safeguarding strategies.

Also, Ranin Koshi just took part in the Regional Congress of Indigenous Languages in Latin America and the Caribean. This multiday conference took place in Cusco, Peru with 1600 participants from 16 countries.

There they had the opportunity to share their experiences on international stages and learn from advocates of other Indigenous Amazonian languages. We really do learn together; axenón ikánwe!

Please help us celebrate 2 years of incredible and important Indigenous language maintenence and regeneration work by making a small recurring donation so we can continue learning together throughout 2020!

Irake (thank you)!

Ranin Koshi was in Cusco, Peru last week.

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Jul 5, 2019
Jets to Brazil

By Brian Robert Best | Project Ally

Metsa Jisbe and Inin Yoi with Brian Robert Best

Jakón néte jatíbi jónibo 'Life-giving-good day to everyone',

Axenon Ikanwe continues to be a major success on the airwaves in Shipibo-Konibo country! Over the past three months we have attracted the attention of multiple Peruvian agencies associated with education and culture, as well as Brazil who want to learn from our experience.

The National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute of Brazil (IPHAN) and the University of Brasilia are hosting the 2^nd International Conference on Revitalization of Indigenous and Minoritized Languages, October 1^st-4^th in Brasilia, Brazil. To complement this conference, there will also be the 1^st International Meething on Indigenous Language Diversity: exchange of experiences and safeguard strategies, from the 5^th-6^th.

Program director Inin Yoi along with his wife and co-host Metsa Jisbe have been formally invited, with all expenses covered, to share their inspiring success with the radio program Axenon Ikanwe! It is wonderful to see that they will have an opportunity to share their experiences on this international stage with advocates of other Indigenous Amazonian languages.

As an independent radio program, we depend upon the generosity of others to make this possible. Axenon Ikanwe has provided an important service to the living Shipibo-Konibo language thanks to people like you. Please consider making a small donation today or sign up to make a recurring monthly donation to keep this program on the air.

You can always follow our program −and participate!− Monday-Friday 8pm-9pm (Currently 8pm Central Time for the USA) through the Axenon Ikanwe facebook page.

Ichabires iráke ‘thank you very much’ to all those who have supported us and those who continue to do so with your recurring donations!

Axenon Ikanwe! ‘We learn together!’

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