Henry´s Research - "Digital Indigeneity"

Henry´s research focuses on the Sucre-based musician and indigenous activist, Gregorio Mamani. He was brought up in Tomaykuri, near Macha in Northern Potosi, a rural community neighbouring Cayanguera (Kalankira) which formed the focus of Henry´s previous book. Unlike the llama herders and potato cultivators of Kalankira, Gregorio works as a professional musician and has been famous in the region since the mid 1980s for his many cassette recordings and more recently VCDs (DVDs). Some of the latter, in support of Bolivia´s "indigenous president", Evo Morales, were clearly highly influential in the 2005 elections. In his house in Villa Armonia on the outskirts of Sucre, Gregorio has created his own recording studio and has several computers for editing and duplicating his productions. He´s an outspoken voice for indigenous rights and against music piracy. This publicity photo was taken by Henry and may appear on the cover of one of his next productions.