Chubut, Argentina
A contested Welsh 'first-place
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5701348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kimberly Berg (Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 154-166 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13527258.2016.1274667 |
| OpenAlex | W2573454520 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 24 |
In an attempt to escape British hegemony, the Welsh established a Patagonian colony in 1865, in what is now the Chubut Province of Argentina. The historical struggles the immigrants faced upon settling the land are rooted in the landscape and commemorated in different versions of Patagonian regional history through provincial museum narratives that serve as a method of solidifying Welshness in Chubut. Contemporarily, the local tourism industry constructs the Welsh as the first settlers in the region, while minimally representing predecessor groups like the indigenous communities or Spanish colonials. Curiously, the representation of these other heritage communities throughout heritage displays actually serves to bolster the Welsh ‘first-place’ claims over the region. These tensions are seen throughout community-based museums in the region that assert a locally rooted hybrid identity by acknowledging local historical diversity, while simultaneously recalling and emphasising the [Welsh] homeland heritage. This paper explores how ‘first-places’ can be a source of symbolic conflict, while simultaneously serving as a dynamic, heritage construction mechanism. This research investigates how the Welsh diaspora negotiates its identity through the mobilisation of heritage, to make claims about the Chubut Province as a symbolic Welsh first-place, as well as broader Argentine heritage
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cultural heritage · Diaspora · Ethnology · Genealogy · Homeland · Indigenous · Literature · Narrative · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sense of place · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Welsh · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Religious Tourism and Spaces
Destination Culture
The Tourist Gaze 3.0
Beyond “Culture”
Indigenous Struggles and Contested Identities in Argentina Histories of Invisibilization and Reemergence
We’ve Lost Our Bearings”
The Welsh Patagonian Connection
Highland Homecomings
The hidden face of the Patagonia Argentina
Ethnic mirrors
Appropriating the 'Unattainable
Welsh Contributions to Exploration in Patagonia
The British in Argentina
Rethinking British Informal Empire in Latin America (Especially Argentina)
Betwixt and Between
From Migrants to Pilgrim Tourists
Welsh Settlers and Native Americans in Patagonia
Tourists as Pilgrims
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |