ALDO BERRIOS CASTILLO
Mapudungun language revitalisation
I currently participate in two organisations aimed at promoting and teaching Mapudungun both on Internet and in the city of Concepción, Chile. The first project is Kimeltuwe, which was created in 2015 and has more than 200.000 followers in Facebook. The other project is Fiw-Fiw ñi Dungun, an organisation that teaches Mapudungun through online courses and summer camps since 2019. In this organization, we create our own materials and provide training to form new teachers of the language.
Teaching and training
Sept-Oct 2024 – Lexicographic training
Within the project, Mapudungun Nemülkawe, an innitiative to create a dictionary for Mapudungun students, I carried out a lexicographic training for members of the association Fiw Fiw ñi Dungun, during September and October 2024.
A copy of the presentations slides can by downloaded here: Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3
2022-2023 – Teaching Mapudungun at the University level
I taught Cultura y Lengua Mapuche (Mapuche Language and Culture) (Código 940408) at the Anthhopology School, Universidad de Concepción, and Introducción a la lengua y cultura mapuche (Introduction to Mapuche language and culture)(Código 731575), at the Departamento de Castellano, Facultad de Humanidades y Arte, Universidad de Concepción.
Interviews
I have given interviews regarding my work in Mapudungun's language revitalisation effort:
- Alvarado, G. (2022). Aldo Berríos (Fiestoforo): “Siempre he pensado que el mapuzugun es una lengua de futuro.” Lenguas Radicales, 1(3) · PDF
- Carilaf, V. (entrevistado); Berrios, A (entrevistado) y Becerra, R. (entrevistador) (2017). Del compromiso político-cultural a la acción educativa en internet. Entrevista a Víctor Carilaf y Aldo Fiestóforo Berríos. En Becerra, R. y G. Llanquinao (Eds.), Mapun Kimün. Relaciones mapunche entre persona, tiempo y espacio. Editorial Ocholibros. pp. 271-292 · PDF