The Aymara New Year in Cancosa (Tarapacá, Chile). Complementary reciprocity and ethnogenesis through photo-ethnography

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ID21249554
AuthorsPablo Mardones (0000-0002-4490-1391, Universidad del Valle), Manuel Díaz (0000-0002-0625-2730), M Pilar Lacasa Díaz (0000-0003-0659-4316, Universidad del Valle)
Year2020
Volume1
Issue28
Pages1-25
Publication date2020-07-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Antropología Visual (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2452-5189 • E-ISSN: 2452-5189
PublisherBiblioteca Nacional - Centro de Investigaciones Diego Barros Arana (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.47725/rav.028.06
OpenAlexW3091866466
LanguageEN
References cited7

Through a photo-ethnography on the Machaq Mara (Aymara New Year) celebration at the border community of Cancosa in Northern Chile, we reveal how an ethnogenesis process operates. We suggest that the central-Andean foundational principle of complementary reciprocity plays a fundamental role in this process. Our methodology consists of a visual reflective approach through photographic exposure, made possible through a combination of observant participation, the review of archives and interviews on the contemporary genesis of the festivity in Chile. We propose that the Machaq Mara celebration represents a preferential analytical space to identify dynamics of local ethnogenesis, in which ritual complementarity, as well the role of the State and indigenous officials in its process

Ethnic group · Ethnogenesis · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Indigenous Cultures and History · Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education · Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics · Ecology

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