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The Value of Narrative

Memory and Patrimony among the Siona

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ID3034802
AuthorsE J Langdon (0000-0002-5883-3000, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages91-100
Publication date2018-10-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista del Museo de Antropología (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1852-4826 • E-ISSN: 1852-060X
PublisherUniversidad Nacional de Córdoba (PUBLISHER • AR)
DOI10.31048/1852.4826.v11.n0.21463
OpenAlexW2898063300
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

This paper explores the value of narrative of the Siona Indians of Colombia as cultural patrimony and expression of ethics and aesthetics of daily life, collective memory and identity. It focuses on a group of narratives collected in the 1960s by a young Siona man, Felinto Piaguaje, who learned to write his language. Five of these were presented in a workshop in 2014 that intended to collaborate with the ongoing language revitalization and ethnoeducation projects of this Western Tukanoan speaking group. Two of the narratives examined in the workshop are analyzed, as well as the discussions and performances that they stimulated. The participating elders emphasized their value for collective memory regarding their perspective of the world and need for their preservation as cultural patrimony. The young teachers expressed the value of the narratives for educational activities and ethnic identity because they reference their own tradition and language in a context of rapid change. Siona narrative tradition continues to invoke their perspective of a fractal universe as well as philosophy of living well. In addition, in the contemporary situation, these narratives represent the expression of identity for the Siona, conveying information about who they are to themselves and others

Aesthetics · Art · Collective identity · Collective memory · Cultural memory · Ethnic group · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Geography and Education Methods · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Literary and Cultural Studies · Philosophy

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,38
Citation span2018 - 2023 (6)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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