Throughout all the Units I found it interesting how there is always the one thing that is very important to the whole indigenous community that dictates a lot, from the groups foodway systems, education, beliefs, housing, and even to their relationship with globalization.  Learning about the Uros was interesting as I never heard about this group before. Their Caballitos and islands really amazed me as they seemed to be straight out of a fantazy novel, I would honestly love to visit them one day if there was a method that I could do it in a tourist responsible manner.  For me this community really embodies the concept of adaptability and resistance against colonization. As the world becomes more globalized and international issues begin to affect groups at micro level, the Uros have really begun to innovate as an attempt to address their new reality. The Totora is such an important plant for the Uros community, yet their growing need and decreasing supply have really put strains in the community. Globalization has provided them an opportunity to capitalize on their identity and culture yet this also means that to handle the amount of tourists and visitors that come into the community they need to use more Totora to produce more, stronger, and bigger floating islands. They’ve even adapted the waste left behind by tourists and turn it into building materials for their islands and caballitos. This is specially important as the community seems to be struggling in cultivating more Totora due to climate change that has negatively affected their environment. while globalization has helped them create a stronger communal economy it has also affected them negatively as well. While I can recognize the negatives of the tourist industry, I don’t think I’m able to offer a strong opinion as to whether the Uros community should approach tourism and borderline cultural exploitation. I feel that is an issue that Uros leaders need to carefully consider and approach accordingly.

I also find it extremely interesting that the Uros community has had issues with the Quecha community, due to several historical events and issues. I think this a great example of how indigenous people are so diverse and how even though through our western perspective we might see these groups as very similar, in reality they are very different and not entirely able to collaborate peacefully. Putting the Uros and Quecha into the same Peruvian indigenous umbrella does them a great disservice and ignores the historical, cultural, and social differences that put them in conflicting views. While their foodways system and cultivation strategies have begun to become more similar in modern days, key differences between both groups still divide them and make their dietary customs extremely distinct.