📋 Tender Overview
The Caral Archaeological Zone (ZAC), Executing Unit 003 of the Ministry of Culture, presented in the Armando Robles Godoy movie theater, ten short documentaries produced within the framework of the program: "Community Audiovisual Narration - Caral 2023", where residents of the Supe Valley and Huaura tell aspects of their lives and how they were influenced, in a positive way, for the research carried out on the Caral civilization.
This production was supported by the Embassy of the United States of America in Peru and was carried out by the American organization StoryCenter, in coordination with the Subdirectorate of Community Relations of the ZAC.
At the event, Dr. Ruth Shady Solís, main researcher of the Caral civilization, said that the videos show "the effects of the work that the Caral Archaeological Zone has been doing, for almost 30 years, with the populations surrounding the ancient urban centers. We are very happy to share with you the presentation of the inhabitants of the valley of Supe and Huaura. It is of great interest to link them, that they know and identify with the cultural heritage and know the importance and meaning that this has for the development of each one of them, and of the country".
Carlos Leyva Arroyo, deputy director of Community Relations at ZAC, added: "The videos tell stories that go back to a significant moment in the lives of the storytellers, whether it was the first time they walked through those places, or the moment they understood that they were facing monuments built by people who lived in other times. They also tell about the way in which archaeological sites have impacted their lives and that of their family and friends, as well as how cultural heritage has allowed them to understand that from the population centers of the Supe Valley, Supe Puerto and Végueta they could also participate and be recognized as part of the universal culture.
The video production sought to motivate each of the ten storytellers to identify the value of their local cultural heritage and represent this relationship with the elements of narrative and audiovisual language.
It should be noted that each participant built their own audiovisual story, from the evocation of experiences and graphic records related to the landscape, characters and experiences with the cultural heritage of the Caral civilization.
The result has been the production of ten short documentary pieces that transmit the reality of the communities that inhabit the area where, 5000 years ago, Caral developed, the first civilization of the American continent, one of the oldest in the world.
The realization of the community audiovisual narrative workshop has shown the interest of the participants to know new technological tools of the digital multimedia system to create original narratives and content that strengthen the identity, memory and links of the community with its cultural heritage.
In addition to Dr. Ruth Shady Solís, the event was attended by the General Director of Cultural Heritage, architect Shirley Yda Mozo; Mrs. Victoria Glynn, Cultural Attaché a.i. of the U.S. Embassy in Peru; through virtuality, the director of StoryCenter, Amy Hill; and Carlos Leyva Arroyo, Deputy Director of Community Relations of the ZAC.
