“Gente como nosotros”: Cuestionando la ancestralidad desde la cosmología quechua
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Muñoz Morán, Óscar. «“Gente Como Nosotros”: Cuestionando La Ancestralidad Desde La Cosmología Quechua». The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, vol. 25, n.o 3, septiembre de 2020, pp. 416-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/jlca.12499.
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Este artículo parte de una reflexión crítica de los estudios americanistas y la relación que establecen entre historia y antropología, en que se cuestiona cómo la antropología andinista ha abordado el estudio del pasado indígena. El texto ofrece una nueva interpretación de la forma en que se entiende la ancestralidad de las chullpas (en cuanto restos antiguos) en los Andes. Según los miembros del ayllu quechua de Coipasi (Bolivia), las chullpas son los restos físicos de los primeros habitantes del lugar, destruidos por el diluvio. Utilizo la etnografía para analizar la manera en que los coipaseños expresan en narrativa, discurso, prácticas cotidianas, formas de memoria e identificación con las chullpas, la relación con su pasado y presente. Esta relación con los restos, en comparación con la establecida con los muertos más recientes, nos muestra que son entendidos como un conjunto de experiencias que les ayuda a comprender su propia ontología, y no como ancestros.
This article critically engages the field of Americanist anthropology and history, specifically the manner in which Andeanist anthropology has approached the study of the indigenous past. Specifically this article offers a new interpretation of the ancestry of the chullpas in the Andes to contest these established understandings. According to the members of the Quechua-speaking ayllu of Coipasi (Bolivia), chullpas are the remains of the first inhabitants of the place who were destroyed by a flood. In contrast to their relationship with the recent dead, the relationship established by the coipaseños with these material remains shows that chullpas are a set of experiences that help them understand their own ontology. This article uses ethnography to approximate the way coipaseños understand their relationship with their ancestors as expressed in narrative, discourse, and daily practices, as well as manifested through in forms of memory, ontological perceptions, and identification with chullpas. Current runas (people) and the chullpas from the time of the flood share an ontology and are considered “people like us,” but they are not always recognized as ancestors.
This article critically engages the field of Americanist anthropology and history, specifically the manner in which Andeanist anthropology has approached the study of the indigenous past. Specifically this article offers a new interpretation of the ancestry of the chullpas in the Andes to contest these established understandings. According to the members of the Quechua-speaking ayllu of Coipasi (Bolivia), chullpas are the remains of the first inhabitants of the place who were destroyed by a flood. In contrast to their relationship with the recent dead, the relationship established by the coipaseños with these material remains shows that chullpas are a set of experiences that help them understand their own ontology. This article uses ethnography to approximate the way coipaseños understand their relationship with their ancestors as expressed in narrative, discourse, and daily practices, as well as manifested through in forms of memory, ontological perceptions, and identification with chullpas. Current runas (people) and the chullpas from the time of the flood share an ontology and are considered “people like us,” but they are not always recognized as ancestors.