The Aripae o's Landscape

Local Control Within Global Reality

Bibliographic Data

ID18969474
AuthorsBerta P Rez (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume9
Issue4
Pages519-544
Publication date2002-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIdentities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10702890214870
OpenAlexW1994774126
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited24

The Aripae o are maroon descendants living in the Lower Caura region of Bol var state, Venezuela. A product of an earlier process of globalization that gave rise to the Atlantic slave trade, present-day Aripae o continue to resist any outside influence, intervention, or penetration that could spur sociocultural relations of inequality and (in)difference. Although they are consciously aware of the sociocultural disparities inherent in the modern world capitalist system, this does not imply that they are necessarily against the globalizing tendencies of modernity. Rather, their desire is to have direct participation and control over the resources that they consider important for their cultural production, representation, and reproduction. Through the utilization of the concept of "landscape" as an integrated and yet polysemic cultural repertoire, the aim of this article is to demonstrate that the Aripae o's commitment to their traditional way of life still incorporates their appreciation of modernity and globalization

Aesthetics · Art · Globalization · Indigenous · Inequality · Modernity · Political economy · Political science · Reproduction · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Indigenous Cultures and History · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Ecology

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