Humanidad territorializada. Madres, dueños y personas que cuidan
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2018
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Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red
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Campanera Reig, Mireia (2024). AIBR. Revista de antropología Iberoamericana, 13(2): 189-212. DOI:10.11156/aibr.130204
Abstract
El texto trata sobre las nociones de humanidad y territorio en la sociedad kukama-kukamiria de la ribera del Marañón (Perú). Se presentan varias situaciones etnográficas en las que seres humanos y no humanos desarrollan vínculos sociales a través de la acción de cuidar. Las plantas medicinales son cuidadas por sus madres; el Shapingo es el amo los animales del bosque y cada lago tiene una Boa que lo cuida. Cuidar implica criar y proteger, es una actividad continuada (pero no permanente) que se da en un espacio más o menos delimitado (lago, bosque, planta). Ontológicamente, el ser que cuida tiene la consideración de sujeto y, por tanto, condición humana. Las relaciones de cuidado analizadas crean y definen el territorio kukama-kukamiria, de ahí que hablemos de una humanidad territorializada.
This paper analyses the notions of humanity and territory present among the Kukama-Kukamiria people living on the Marañón’s riverbank. Different ethnographical situations are presented, to show how social relationships between humans and no humans develop in the act of caring. Mothers take care of their medicinal plants, Shapingo is the master of all forest animals, and each lake has a Boa who cares for it. Caring means to nurture and protect; it is a continuous but not permanent activity that takes place in a delimited area (forest, lake, plant). Ontologically the being that cares is known as a subject, and therefore with a human condition. As a result, relationships of care here analyzed create and define Kukama-Kukamiria territory, leading us to talk about «territorialized» humanity.
This paper analyses the notions of humanity and territory present among the Kukama-Kukamiria people living on the Marañón’s riverbank. Different ethnographical situations are presented, to show how social relationships between humans and no humans develop in the act of caring. Mothers take care of their medicinal plants, Shapingo is the master of all forest animals, and each lake has a Boa who cares for it. Caring means to nurture and protect; it is a continuous but not permanent activity that takes place in a delimited area (forest, lake, plant). Ontologically the being that cares is known as a subject, and therefore with a human condition. As a result, relationships of care here analyzed create and define Kukama-Kukamiria territory, leading us to talk about «territorialized» humanity.