Showing themselves

Indigenous people, cultural heritage promotion and community development in Northern Argentina

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ID5701085
AutoresCecilia Mariana Benedetti (Universidad de Buenos Aires, autor de correspondencia), Cecilia Benedetti (Institute of Anthropological Sciences, University of Buenos Aires - Argentine National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Argentina)
Año2021
Volumen27
Número10
Páginas1025-1037
Fecha de publicación2021-10-03
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13527258.2021.1922932
OpenAlexW3163315726
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas19

In this article I explore how the heritage discourse is mobilised and negotiated in the definition of subjects and criteria for the distribution of development resources in indigenous Northern Argentina. My emphasis is on the significance of heritage in the politics of recognition and policies of redistribution, as a means to legitimate cultural distinctiveness and the access to funding which promotes culture as a resource against poverty. I indicate that there is a movement among Indigenous people in the area to deploy their ethnicity not just for commercial reasons of commodification but also as a new emphasis on their own heritage. A key factor in these processes is Indigenous peoples’ interaction with governmental and non-governmental institutions, other actors and each other. In connection with this, I introduce the concept of ‘self showing’ among Indigenous groups and also consider the diverse attitudes towards these new practices related to heritage discourse

Commodification · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Economic growth · Economy · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Indigenous · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Indigenous Cultures and History · Law

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