Du système de charges aux statuts de prestige individuel

The inhabitants of the Tzeltal village of Aguacatenango currently find themselves confronted with various upheavals, the most serious of which are the upcoming administrative and political reorganisation and, over the past twenty years, the diversification of religious tenets. These transformations...

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Main Author: Marie Chosson
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Language:fra
Published: Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative 2012-12-01
Series:Ateliers d'Anthropologie
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/9217
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description The inhabitants of the Tzeltal village of Aguacatenango currently find themselves confronted with various upheavals, the most serious of which are the upcoming administrative and political reorganisation and, over the past twenty years, the diversification of religious tenets. These transformations force them to adapt or reformulate what for them constitutes “tradition” and, by extension, their identity. One of their main concerns in relation to these changes is the endangerment of their conception of good public affairs administration. Therefore, power distribution questions lie at the heart of discourse on the community’s current “modernisation” processes. This article examines their particular approach to the notion of power through an analysis of their administration’s current organisation, the system of charges. The “thick boundaries” conceptual tool makes it possible to reveal, in the margins of the system, other power spaces that are less visible but no less real to the population. This study will give us a more general view of the different spheres of power and their boundaries, subsequently enabling a simpler understanding of the real issues raised by the current changes, as well as the possible adaptation strategies that grow out of them.
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spelling doaj-art-65e795ddf425452b9312a227cfd5854f2025-01-30T13:41:55ZfraLaboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie ComparativeAteliers d'Anthropologie2117-38692012-12-013710.4000/ateliers.9217Du système de charges aux statuts de prestige individuelMarie ChossonThe inhabitants of the Tzeltal village of Aguacatenango currently find themselves confronted with various upheavals, the most serious of which are the upcoming administrative and political reorganisation and, over the past twenty years, the diversification of religious tenets. These transformations force them to adapt or reformulate what for them constitutes “tradition” and, by extension, their identity. One of their main concerns in relation to these changes is the endangerment of their conception of good public affairs administration. Therefore, power distribution questions lie at the heart of discourse on the community’s current “modernisation” processes. This article examines their particular approach to the notion of power through an analysis of their administration’s current organisation, the system of charges. The “thick boundaries” conceptual tool makes it possible to reveal, in the margins of the system, other power spaces that are less visible but no less real to the population. This study will give us a more general view of the different spheres of power and their boundaries, subsequently enabling a simpler understanding of the real issues raised by the current changes, as well as the possible adaptation strategies that grow out of them.https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/9217powermodernisationsystem of chargestraditionTzeltal
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Du système de charges aux statuts de prestige individuel
Ateliers d'Anthropologie
power
modernisation
system of charges
tradition
Tzeltal
title Du système de charges aux statuts de prestige individuel
title_full Du système de charges aux statuts de prestige individuel
title_fullStr Du système de charges aux statuts de prestige individuel
title_full_unstemmed Du système de charges aux statuts de prestige individuel
title_short Du système de charges aux statuts de prestige individuel
title_sort du systeme de charges aux statuts de prestige individuel
topic power
modernisation
system of charges
tradition
Tzeltal
url https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/9217
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