RESOURCE LIST
Preparing to Travel
Any guidebooks on Peru
http://www.andrys.com/pbooks.html
South American Explorer’s Club - a good resource for travelers
www.saexplorers.org
Serving with Eyes Wide Open; Doing Short-Term Mission with Cultural Intelligence by David A.
Livermore © 2006 Baker Books Grand Rapids, MI.
http://www.amazon.com/Serving-Eyes-Wide-Open-Intelligence/dp/0801066166
Peruvian Context
Culture and History
Soy Andina – a documentary telling the intersecting stories of two New Yorkers – a modern/hip-hop
dance dancer raised in Queens, and a folkloric dancer from the Andes – on a dazzling odyssey through
Peru in search of roots and a world of folkloric dance. )
http://www.soyandina.com/
The Peru Reader - compilation of short primary documents on peruvian history between pre-incas
and Fujimori
http://www.amazon.com/Peru-Reader-History-Culture-Politics/dp/082231617X
Years of Terrorism
State of Fear – a documentary about the years of terrorism in Peru
http://skylightpictures.com/site/film_detail/state_of_fear/
State of Fear trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpFBCPGOuY0
En la Boca del Lobo – Film about the massacre in Putis, Peru
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/18/movies/review-film-la-boca-del-lobo-fromperu.html?pagewanted=1
Climate Change
Article on Climate Change and Huancavelica, Peru
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/03/peru-mountain-farmers-winter-cold (article on
World Bank video (5 minutes) on climate change in Peru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0qDc4hXUSY
Latin American Context
Born in Blood and Fire by John Charles -- history of how Latin America was dominated by Europe
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Blood-Fire-Concise-History/dp/0393976130
Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crisis in Latin America by Roberts and
Thanos - good look at a few case studies on environmental problems in Latin America
http://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Paradise-Globalization-EnvironmentalAmerica/dp/0415929806
Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-JohnPerkins/dp/0452287081/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264096272&sr=1-2
Inconvenient Truth – documentary on Climate Change produced by Al Gore
http://www.climatecrisis.net/
Theology and Mission
Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership – Policy Statement from PC(USA)
http://www.pcusa.org/gamc/minutes/app103.pdf
The Accra Confession
http://www.pkn.nl/site/uploadedDocs/TheAccraConfession.pdf
Gracias! by Henri Nouwen - his 6 month journal of his time in Bolivia and Peru
http://www.amazon.com/Gracias-American-Henri-J-Nouwen/dp/0883448513
Presbyterian Church USA blog on Ecology, eco-justice, eco-theology…)
http://presbyterian.typepad.com/ecojourney/eco-theology/
Joining Hands Against Hunger
Joining Hands Against Hunger (PCUSA) webswite
http://www.pcusa.org/joininghands/whoweare.htm#mission
Joining Hands in Peru – Uniendo Manos en Peru
http://www.manosperu.org
Peruvian Literature
Deep Rivers by Jose Maria Argueda
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/jose-maria-arguedas/deep-rivers.htm
Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcon
http://www.danielalarcon.com/english/books/lost_city_radio/index.html