Les vestiges comme source de légitimation territoriale

PIRJO KRISTIINA VIRTANEN, EMILIE STOLL & FLORENCIA TOLA

Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos

ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales

Lugar: paris; Año: 2017 vol. 1 p. 1 - 22

Drawing from local records of material remains, such as different objects and presences of different beings, including nonhumans, in this paper we will address the way indigenous and riverside populations in Brazil and Argentina communicate their relations to the territory to cultural heritage authorities and others. The material remains, pointing to certain striking landscapes, have an active role in the legitimation process of identities and the articulation of territorial claims. Certain material remains are used by local actors to justify the presences of nonhuman entities, through their interactions with humans, as well as to establish links between themselves and previous generations.