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Community Books

‍2020    Los diseños de nuestra memoria. Registro y continuidad de los diseños de los Iskonawa del río Callería[The designs of our memory. Register and continuity of the designs of the Iskonawa of the Callería River]. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

‍2018    Mazzotti, José Antonio; Zariquiey, Roberto; and Rodríguez Alzza, Carolina. Tradición oral Iskonawa[Iskonawa oral tradition]. Revista de Crítica Literaria.

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Book Chapters

‍ms.      Smith, Richard and Rodríguez Alzza, Carolina. “Una colección yánesha: historia de las grabaciones sonoras del pueblo indígena Yánesha recolectadas por Richard Chase Smith”‍ [A Yánesha Collection: The History of the Sound Recordings of the Indigenous Yánesha People Collected by Richard Chase Smith]. In: Cánepa, Gisela (Ed.). 40th Anniversary Book of the Ethnomusicology Institute, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. (May 2026). ‍

2022    “Los caminos de la sal y las enfermedades. Reflexiones sobre la COVID-19 a través de las memorias de los Iskonawa del río Callería” [The Paths of Salt and Disease: Reflections on COVID-19 through the Memories of the Iskonawa of the Callería River]. In: Espinosa, Óscar; Fabiano, Emanuel (Ed.). Las enfermedades que llegan de lejos. Los pueblos amazónicos del Perú frente a las epidemias del pasado y a la COVID-19. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

‍2021    “Memorias de un contacto. Cuando los iskonawa contactaron a los misioneros” [Memories of a Contact: When the Iskonawa Contacted the Missionaries].In: Espinosa, Oscar; Romio, Silvia (Ed.). Historia, memoria y violencia en la Amazonía peruana. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.‍ ‍

2020    Mayer, Elisabeth; Sánchez, Liliana; Camacho, José; and Rodríguez Alzza, Carolina. “The drivers of home language maintenance and development in indigenous communities”. In: Schalley, Andrea C.; Eisenchlas, Susana (Ed.). Handbook of Social and Affective Factors in Home Language Maintenance and Development. Social and Affetive Factors. De Gruyter Mouton.

Refereed Journal Articles

ms.      “Iskonawa Heritage Assemblage: Artifacts and Sonorities in a Global Collection”. Museum Worlds, 14 (October/November 2026).

‍2025    Sánchez, Liliana; Mayer, Elizabeth; Camacho, José; and Rodríguez Alzza, Carolina. “Pronombres clíticos y género en español en contacto con shipibo-konibo, asháninka y ashéninka del Perené” [Clitic Pronouns and Gender in Spanish in Contact with Shipibo-Konibo, Asháninka, and Ashéninka of the Perené]. LETRAS, 96(144), 33-52.‍‍ ‍

2023    Sánchez, Liliana; Camacho, José; Mayer, Elizabeth and Rodríguez Alzza, Carolina. “The ‘Big DP’ Hypothesis: New Evidence from Gender Agreement in a Shipibo-Spanish Language Contact Situation”. Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 22, 127-148.‍ ‍‍ ‍

2020    Sánchez, Liliana; Camacho, José; Mayer, Elizabeth; and Rodríguez Alzza, Carolina. “Gender Agreement in a Language Contact Situation”.Languages, 7 (0).‍‍

2020    “The return of the Iskonawa language”. Cadernos de Linguística. ABRALIN - Brazilian Linguistics Association.‍ ‍

2019    Rodríguez Alzza, Carolina; Sangama, Pablo; Rodríguez, Nelita; and Campos, Germán. “Rewinki – Canciones de la fiesta de toma de chicha de maíz” [Rewinki – Songs of the Corn Chicha Drinking Festival].Revista Lingüiʃtica, 15(1). ‍ ‍

2018    Sánchez, Liliana; Mayer, Elisabeth; Camacho, Jose; and Rodríguez Alzza, Carolina. “Linguistic attitudes toward Shipibo in Cantagallo: Reshaping Indigenous language and identity in an urban setting”. International Journal of Bilingualism, 1(22), 1-22.‍ ‍

2017    “Prefijos de parte del cuerpo en la lengua iskonawa” [Body-Part Prefixes in Iskonawa Language]. Revista LIAMES-Lenguas Indígenas Americanas, 17(1), 117-141.‍ ‍

2015    “Relaciones gramaticales en la lengua iskonawa” [Grammatical Relations in Iskonawa Language]. Revista Lengua y Sociedad, 2015(1), 45-58.

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Book Reviews‍ ‍

2026    Enakshi Nandi, Embedding subversion and gender identity: ‘Ulti’, the secret language of the Hijra-Koti community in Bengal. New Delhi: Tulika Books, 2024. Pp. 180. Hb. US $29. Language in Society, 55(3), 571-572.

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Non-peer-reviewed publications‍ ‍

2023    “Iskonawa Ceramic Collection in Context. Connections between the Iskonawa and Donald Lathrap in the Ucayali”.  Spurlock Museum Magazine, 2023-2024, 10-11.‍‍ ‍

2023    “Collection Profile: On Iskonawa Cultural Diversity”. Spurlock Museum Blog <04.05.2023>‍ ‍‍ ‍

2019    “Sin DNI voy a vivir. La lucha por el derecho a la identidad entre los iskonawa (pueblo indígena en contacto inicial)” [Without a National ID, I Will Live: The Struggle for the Right to Identity among the Iskonawa (an Indigenous People in Initial Contact)].Ideele. Revista del Instituto de Defensa Legal, 285.‍ ‍‍ ‍

2016    “Entre el Estado y la política lingüística en el Perú” [Between the State and Language Policy in Peru]. Ideele. Revista del Instituto Legal de Defensa, 257.‍

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Blogs & Public Writing‍ ‍

2024 Interview with Andrew Garrett on his book, The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and Indigenous California. CaMP Anthropology. <09.23.2024>‍‍ ‍

2024    Interview with Piers Kelly on his book, The Last Language on Earth. CaMP Anthropology. <01.01.2024>‍ ‍

2022    Rodriguez Alzza, Carolina and van der Voort, Hein. “A necessidade de proteger as línguas indígenas amazónicas” [The Last Guardians of Indigenous Languages in the Face of COVID-19]. Bori Agencia <02.21.2022>‍ ‍

2020   Rodríguez Alzza, Carolina and Franchetto, Bruna (2020). “Os últimos guardiões das línguas indígenas diante do COVID-19” [The Last Guardians of Indigenous Languages in the Face of COVID-19]. ABRALIN <04.23.2020>.‍