Johis Alarcón

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www.johannaalarcon.com
  
Cimarrona
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Location: Ecuador
Nationality: Ecuadorian
Biography: Johanna Alarcón (1992) is a freelance photojournalist and educator in Ecuador. Her work focuses on social, cultural, human rights and gender-related issues. She is a Member of Fluxus Foto, Native Agency and PH Museum. Her work has been... read on
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Cimarrona
Cimarrona: Women and Afro Spirituality in Ecuador  (ongoing)

The term Cimarrona refers to the wild female spirit, which holds an African essence and expresses it in all forms of resistance against slavery and discrimination. This ongoing project explores the ways of representation of women and Afro spirituality in Ecuador. Black women become visible as historical protagonists of liberation and as guardians of ancestral afro practices as a method of cultural memory preservation and cultural resistance of the diaspora in the Ecuadorian territory.

The goal of this essay is to explore black women’s cimarron knowledge and to reconfigure the collective imaginary of black identity beyond the superficiality of skin color and from its deeper creative and liberating significance.

Supported by AECID Afroamerican Projects 
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Portraits

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Ecuador Unrest

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Machachi

By Johis Alarcón — MACHACHI Loose Roots, New Traditions Machachi, cantonal capital of Mejía, is a city that has stretched throughout a valley adjoining..
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Back to the Market

By Johis Alarcón — Back to the Market Project that document the daily life in rural and urban Quito´s markets, their traditions, food, religious practices and..
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San Roque

By Johis Alarcón — San Roque.  Barrio Bravo, from revolt to oblivion. As it happens with many places in Latin America, modernity bursts with everyday life, but..
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Linked

By Johis Alarcón — LINKED In Limoncito, a small town located in the Bolivian Amazon, the Lira family, composed of a mother and three daughters, promote the creation..
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"The 3x8" Behind the city

By Johis Alarcón — 3 X 8 "BEHIND THE CITY" Collective Project by Johis Alarcón and Edu León The 3x8 is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the..
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Ghetto Dreamers

By Johis Alarcón — Ghetto Dreamers: Families behind bars. Victims of the prison system in Ecuador With the approval of the new Penal Code in Ecuador, a new..
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Cimarrona

By Johis Alarcón — Women and Afro spirituality in Ecuador. ongoing project The term Cimarrona refers to the wild female spirit, which holds an African essence and..
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