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MODELS OF REPRESENTATION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE SCIENTIFIC/SCHOLARLY DISCOURSE. AN APPROACH BASED ON SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES PUBLISHING IN CHILE DURING FIRST THREE DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
MODELOS DE REPRESENTACIÓN DEL INDÍGENA EN EL DISCURSO CIENTÍFICO/ERUDITO. UNA APROXIMACIÓN DESDE LOS ARTÍCULOS PUBLICADOS EN CHILE DURANTE LAS TRES PRIMERAS DÉCADAS DEL SIGLO XX
Héctor Mora Nawrath and Gertrudis Payás Puigarnau
In this article, which is linked to two research projects, we identify the representations of otherness present in the scientific/scholarly discourse on the indigenous population in Chile during the first three decades of the twentieth century. This period sees the institutionalization of a science referred to the study of indigenous peoples in Chile (material culture, anthropometry, customs and language), which manifests itself in the foundation of museums, scientific societies and the creation of specialized journals. Along with describing some aspects that refer to the material and social conditions from which this knowledge is constructed, we focus on characterizing the representations of the natives that circulated in a corpus of specialized articles that were published in this period, in order to identify the structures of meaning from which variants or models of representation of the otherness can be derived. In this analysis we have defined four prototypical forms of representation, which emerge from the identification of argumentation patterns from which “the other” is constructed as an object of the world, being different and more or less distant from “us”, we outline types of relationship and we establish the potential contribution of the indigenous “others” to a national project.
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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COLOMBIA FROM A HISTORICAL-LEGAL ANALYSIS
PARTICIPACIÓN DE COMUNIDADES EN EL MUSEO NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA DESDE UN ANÁLISIS HISTÓRICO NORMATIVO
Jhonny Antonio Pabón Cadavid
National museums are privileged spaces to construct political and cultural identities within the framework of a nation-state. The aim of this article is to analyze how political constitutions and cultural heritage law influence national museums’ practices in relation to the participation of multiple heritage communities. Using the National Museum of Colombia as a reference of historical development, this article analyzes how legal regulations have shaped its functions, operations, and representations since its foundation. It also presents proposals to understand the role of communities from four different perspectives: (1) as exhibitions, (2) as consultants, (3) as participants, and (4) as managers. To enable the fourth perspective, legal frameworks promoting policies that guarantee the cultural diversity and human rights of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities are necessary.
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