Residencia: the annual inspection of households in an andean community
This paper provides ethnographic detail on a practice in the Andes known as residencia, the annual inspection of households by community officers in the traditional cargo system. Going house to house, newly-inaugurated officeholders look for signs of cleanliness, animal husbandry, discipline of chil...
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Institut Français d'Études Andines
2007-11-01
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| description | This paper provides ethnographic detail on a practice in the Andes known as residencia, the annual inspection of households by community officers in the traditional cargo system. Going house to house, newly-inaugurated officeholders look for signs of cleanliness, animal husbandry, discipline of children, ritual preparedness, religiosity, fertility, and charity. Garcilaso de la Vega reported on a similar practice carried out by Incan officials, but whether residencia is of Incan origin or arose post-Conquest remains unclear. While not as strict as it once was, residencia is still central to the celebration of the New Year. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbaa88228f1048caa5b4d1f0b81d6d942024-02-14T16:32:27ZspaInstitut Français d'Études AndinesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines0303-74952076-58272007-11-013635336010.4000/bifea.3521Residencia: the annual inspection of households in an andean communitySteve FroemmingThis paper provides ethnographic detail on a practice in the Andes known as residencia, the annual inspection of households by community officers in the traditional cargo system. Going house to house, newly-inaugurated officeholders look for signs of cleanliness, animal husbandry, discipline of children, ritual preparedness, religiosity, fertility, and charity. Garcilaso de la Vega reported on a similar practice carried out by Incan officials, but whether residencia is of Incan origin or arose post-Conquest remains unclear. While not as strict as it once was, residencia is still central to the celebration of the New Year.https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/3521AndesIncacivil-religious hierarchycargo systempeasant communitysocial control |
| spellingShingle | Steve Froemming Residencia: the annual inspection of households in an andean community Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines Andes Inca civil-religious hierarchy cargo system peasant community social control |
| title | Residencia: the annual inspection of households in an andean community |
| title_full | Residencia: the annual inspection of households in an andean community |
| title_fullStr | Residencia: the annual inspection of households in an andean community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Residencia: the annual inspection of households in an andean community |
| title_short | Residencia: the annual inspection of households in an andean community |
| title_sort | residencia the annual inspection of households in an andean community |
| topic | Andes Inca civil-religious hierarchy cargo system peasant community social control |
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