Objetos arqueológicos y personas en exposición

Otros culturales en las Ferias Internacionales. Argentina en la Louisiana Purchase Exposition

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ID2993899
AuthorsGeorgina Gluzman (0000-0003-3664-2366, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume69
Pagese5652
Publication date2023-12-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEstudios Atacameños Arqueología y antropología surandinas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0716-0925 • E-ISSN: 0718-1043
PublisherUniversidad Catolica del Norte - Chile (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22199/issn.0718-1043-2023-0023
OpenAlexW4389784607
LanguageES
Citations received1
References cited18

In the late 19th century, world fairs were a showcase for emerging nations. The ruling Argentine elites sought to portray Argentina as modern and having a European profile. Argentine's participation in the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair (United States) condenses the laissez-faire of the Argentine state into issues of the pre-Hispanic past and ethnographic present that converge to present a country where the future would detach from the ethnographic present and vestiges of the pre-Hispanic past were rendered part of natural history. Laissez-faire is reflected in two transferred "othernesses." First, a group of Tehuelche people participated in the fair's Anthropology Department exhibitions, transforming themselves from subjects to objects of mass consumption. Second, a collector named Zavaleta brought archaeological objects that would become part of the pantheon of Andean civilizations. This article analyzes the presence of these othernesses and how their exhibition helped position them within the political discourse of the Argentine nation

Art · Humanities · Persona · Political science · Archaeology and Cultural Heritage · Indigenous Cultures and History · Photographic and Visual Arts

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