Mapping landscapes of movements

Representing Indigenous space signification

Bibliographic Data

ID19003301
AuthorsMelisa Miranda Correa (0000-0001-6354-8696, The University of Edinburgh, UK, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume16
Issue2
Pages117-128
Publication date2020-05-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1177180120917485
OpenAlexW3022119363
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

This article explores the conceptualisation of intangible heritage through the placement of traditional practices, by providing a method for cultural heritage inventories on Indigenous territories. Landscapes of movements is the theory that allows the analysis of Indigenous cultures and territories in terms of context, inhabitants, heritage, policies, traditions, symbolism, landmarks and roads. The case study is Caspana, a Likan Antai community in the north of Chile, incorporated in the Inca roads. Through interviews over a tenure map built in co-labour with the community in study, it was possible to articulate a space signification in relation to people’s movement as a “ritual territory” and an “ancient territory”, one for the present and for past movement, respectively. This tenure map method becomes a tool for the Indigenous communities, who can now use it as argument for claiming their rights over land

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Cultural heritage · Geography · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Linguistics · Sociology · Archaeology and Cultural Heritage · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Ecology