Pablo García y Cristina Sánchez-Carretero

This article examines some of the challenges faced by heritage professionals when attempting to implement a social-use perspective to heritage management, focusing specifically on the case of participatory management of the Qhapac Ñan (a network of pre- Hispanic trails) in Peru. These challenges–reflected in the tension between what practitioners aspire to do and what can actually be done–are theorized using the concept of cognitive dissonance. This concept refers to the frustrations and inconsistencies experienced by heritage practitioners caught between their desire to emphasize the social dimension of heritage, and the obstacles imposed by factors such as institutional frameworks, the legal system, funding limitations, and other constraints. To analyze these dissonances, we first present the legal and regulatory instruments governing the management of the Qhapaq Ñan in Peru. We then review the various conservation policies surrounding Qhapac Ñan and its management through an intercultural lens, concluding with an analysis of the dissonances identified during workshops and interviews conducted in Cuzco and Lima.

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Hugo D. Yacobaccio

The current Andean system of multi-species herding comprising camelids, goats and, at times, cows and donkeys, originated with the arrival of the Spanish in the Andean region. This event brought significant changes to the pre-Hispanic llama-based herding practices. This study examines this process of change in the pastoral ecosystem, based on an analysis of the archaeofaunal remains from the Laguna Media 3 site, dated to between ca. 390 and 270 BP. The findings suggest that the development of current pastoralism was gradual, and for just over two centuries, two forms of production coexisted: a domestic one focused on llamas, and another oriented toward supplying mining operations, emphasizing the raising of non-native species in the Puna.

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Diego Ochoa Mesa

This article aims to contribute to the understanding of peace experiences within ethnic communities that challenge conventional conceptualizations in peace studies, underscoring the relevance of anthropological approaches in developing concepts, intervention strategies, and the recognition of alternative epistemologies and ontologies of peace and its construction. The research draws on eth- nographic work carried out in various institutional and community settings, which provided the basis for the structured ethnographic material presented in this report. Grounded in a political and ethical commitment to the communities involved in this research process, the study primarily seeks to affirm community agency in peacebuilding. The territories explored lie between the Pacific Basin and the southern Columbian Caribbean, regions historically inhabited by indigenous peoples, Afro-Colombian, and rural communities.

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Reseñado por Marco Flamini

A veces, el azar nos reserva descubrimientos inesperados. A más de un siglo de haber sido escrito, El Chaco y el Oriente Boliviano (1891-1894) de Louis-Émile Cerceau emerge de la oscuridad de los archivos para ofrecer un testimonio novedoso y singular sobre el Chaco central argentino y el Oriente boliviano en los últimos años del siglo XIX. Su manuscrito, depositado sin mayores referencias en la Sociedad de Geografía de París, fue encontrado recientemente y sometido a un minucioso trabajo editorial que permitió reconstruir su contexto y ponerlo, finalmente, al alcance del lector hispanohablante.

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