Andean and Amazonian Material Culture and Performance Traditions as Sites of Indigenous Knowledges and Memory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5799027
AutoresMichelle Wibbelsman (autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen7
Número1
Fecha de publicación2017-03-02
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTRANSMODERNITY Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2154-1361 • E-ISSN: 2154-1353
EditorialCalifornia Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5070/t471034116
OpenAlexW2596713160
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas8

In this article I argue that material cultural production and performance traditions are key sites of Andean and Amazonian indigenous knowledges and memory.I explore these forms of expression as alternative literacies and call for a scholarly commitment to going beyond talking about indigenous cultures and, instead, engaging with the epistemological frameworks, theoretical perspectives, and methodological approaches these sites of indigenous knowledge, memory, and practice, represent.The first part of the article briefly traces historical exclusions of indigenous perspectives and the mechanisms that sustained the systematic suppression of indigenous memories and knowledge.In spite of advances regarding the recognition and integration of indigenous voices, material culture production and performance traditions as literacies in their own right continue to be overlooked.The second part of the article centers on a collection of Andean and Amazonian cultural artifacts acquired by the Center for Latin American Studies at The Ohio State University in 2015.Examples from the collection enable an exposition of the significant theoretical and methodological contributions non-Western traditions bring to the broader discussion

Amazon rainforest · Amazonian · Biology · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Sociology · Anthropology · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Diverse Musicological Studies · Indigenous Studies in Latin America · Ecology