Ep 12: Miroslav Valeš on Fieldwork in the Americas & Spain

This week’s interview is the Season 1 finale with Miroslav Valeš (Technical University of Liberec). In this interview, Miroslav discusses his long and varied fieldwork career, and his experiences working with the Lakhota (USA), Shuar (Ecuador) and A Fala (Spain) communities.

Content Warning:

There is some sensitive material discussed in this interview, including traditional practices that some people may find disturbing.

Things mentioned in this episode:

• Andalusian Spanish on Wikipedia
• Fala language on Wikipedia
• Lakhota language on Wikipedia
• Shuar language on Wikipedia
• Huambisa language on Wikipedia
• Achuar language on Wikipedia
• Legend of the Pishtacu (Pishtaco)
• Community-Driven Documentation and Description of A Fala
• Miroslav’s publications on academia.edu
• Miroslav’s profile on ResearchGate

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