When histories and ontologies compose multiples worlds. The past among the Toba people of the Argentinean Chaco
For the Toba people (Qom), an indigenous group of the Argentinean Chaco, the world is composed of a great diversity of entities (human and non-human) that communicate with one another. The ability of communication is rooted in a so distant past. In this paper, we will focus on some stories we were t...
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| description | For the Toba people (Qom), an indigenous group of the Argentinean Chaco, the world is composed of a great diversity of entities (human and non-human) that communicate with one another. The ability of communication is rooted in a so distant past. In this paper, we will focus on some stories we were told by elders of Central Chaco. These stories refer to key moments of the conquest, colonization, and current indigenous claims. We are interested in the articulation between historicity and ontology, by showing the reconstruction that the Qom people make of their past is rooted in the idea that society and human history cannot be understood aside from some non-human agencies.
Keywords: anthropology; history; ethnology; ontology |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6cc64ce6539d44eabf818d15092c929f2023-08-02T02:18:47ZengUNICApressAmérica Crítica2532-67242020-07-014110.13125/americacritica/39992901When histories and ontologies compose multiples worlds. The past among the Toba people of the Argentinean ChacoFlorencia Carmen Tola0Celeste Medrano1CONICET, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCONICET, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaFor the Toba people (Qom), an indigenous group of the Argentinean Chaco, the world is composed of a great diversity of entities (human and non-human) that communicate with one another. The ability of communication is rooted in a so distant past. In this paper, we will focus on some stories we were told by elders of Central Chaco. These stories refer to key moments of the conquest, colonization, and current indigenous claims. We are interested in the articulation between historicity and ontology, by showing the reconstruction that the Qom people make of their past is rooted in the idea that society and human history cannot be understood aside from some non-human agencies. Keywords: anthropology; history; ethnology; ontologyhttps://ojs.unica.it/index.php/cisap/article/view/3999 |
| spellingShingle | Florencia Carmen Tola Celeste Medrano When histories and ontologies compose multiples worlds. The past among the Toba people of the Argentinean Chaco América Crítica |
| title | When histories and ontologies compose multiples worlds. The past among the Toba people of the Argentinean Chaco |
| title_full | When histories and ontologies compose multiples worlds. The past among the Toba people of the Argentinean Chaco |
| title_fullStr | When histories and ontologies compose multiples worlds. The past among the Toba people of the Argentinean Chaco |
| title_full_unstemmed | When histories and ontologies compose multiples worlds. The past among the Toba people of the Argentinean Chaco |
| title_short | When histories and ontologies compose multiples worlds. The past among the Toba people of the Argentinean Chaco |
| title_sort | when histories and ontologies compose multiples worlds the past among the toba people of the argentinean chaco |
| url | https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/cisap/article/view/3999 |
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