Vicos and Beyond

Tom Greaves is emeritus professor of anthropology at Bucknell University. Ralph Bolton is professor of anthropology at Pomona College. Florencia Zapata is Cultural Heritage Program Officer at The Mountain Institute.

From 1952 to 1962, anthropologists funded by Cornell University sought to apply anthropological knowledge to improving life in Vicos, a village of about 1,800 people in the Peruvian Andes. This collection evaluates the methods and results of the famous, and even infamous, Vicos Project.

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I. Remembering the Vicos Project Chapter 3 Chapter 1. Who Was That Gringo? Holmberg before Vicos Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Early Years of the Vicos Project from the Perspective of a Sympathetic Participant-Observer Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Lessons from Vicos Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Anthropological Journeys: Vicos and the Callejon de Huaylas 1948-2006 Part 7 Part II. Evaluating the Vicos Project Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Anthropological Hope and Social Reality: Cornell's Vicos Project Re-examined Chapter 9 Chapter 6. Modernizing Peru: Negotiating Indigenismo, Science, and the "Indian Problem" in the Cornell-Peru Project Chapter 10 Chapter 7. Reflections on Vicos: Anthropology, the Cold War, and the Idea of Peasant Conservatism Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Vicos as a Model: A Retrospective Part 12 Part III. Alternatives to the Vicos Project Chapter 13 Chapter 9. Globalizing Andean Society: Migration and Change in Peru's Peasant Communities Chapter 14 Chapter 10. Chijnaya: The Birth and Evolution of an Andean Community; Memories and Reflections of an Applied Anthropologist Chapter 15 Chapter 11. The Case of Kuyo Chico Part 16 Part IV. Vicos Today Chapter 17 Cornell Returns to Vicos, 2005 Chapter 18 Remembering Vicos: Local Memories and Voices Chapter 19 Conclusion Chapter 20 About the Authors Chapter 21 Index