Minka

This article describes traditional community work in the Andes. For other terms see Minka (disambiguation)

Minka or Mink'a (from the Quechua , Hispanicized also Minga or Minca or faena ) is a cultural space of the Andean common and in the adjoining eastern lowlands, from pre-Columbian serves local time traditional form of community work, community purposes.

Mink'a in what is now Ocra (Peru) , a village in the Andes. A communal kitchen will be built as part of the faena .

The Minka can serve different purposes in the village community ( Ayllu ) , e.g. B. the construction of communal facilities or the harvest in the fields in communal ownership. The remuneration of the workers is traditionally in the form of natural history . The Minka is still widespread today in Peru , Ecuador , Bolivia and Chile , especially in Quechua and Aymara communities , but partly also among linguistically Hispanic people .

In the Inca Empire , the Minka was the most important type of communal work, both within the framework of the Ayllu and in larger spatial units, with each Ayllu providing workers for the larger communal projects.

See also

• Ayni
• Bubuti
• Dugnad
• Neighborhood help
• Mita (Inca)
• Quechua (people)

literature

• Jürgen Golte (1973): Farmers in Peru . P. 202 ff. (Mutual working aid in the village community).
• Charles C. Roberts (1974): The Link Between Land Reform and Economic Development . P. 33, Ayni and Minga.
• Katja Grunow (2009): Credit scoring in microfinance institutions . P. 35 ff., Generalized and balanced reciprocity (example for Ayni and Mink'a in Amantaní ).