For many, being from Arequipa is a true "nationality”. Is being arequipeño an attitude? Can Arequipans be born wherever they want? What are the characteristics of city locals? Is there a divorce between reality and assuming Arequipa identity, and is it a myth? To explore these questions, we invite Julio Villanueva Chang, author of No se nace en vano al pie de un volcán, a series of biographical sketches of five people born in the city of Arequipa, who, from a distance, can help us find some answers, or at least paths that might lead to them. Also featuring Víctor Condori, a historian born in Ilo and now living in Arequipa, co-author of Historia mínima de Arequipa; Fiorella Quintanilla, director of the UCSP Arts Centre; and Patricia Roberts, a prominent Arequipan poet. In conversation with the journalist Omar Zevallos, who will try to decipher “arequipeñismo” from different angles, aiming to find ways that allow us to glimpse better ways of living together in the city.
