Culture matérielle et changement : Alfred Métraux chez les Chiriguano
The early ethnological works of Alfred Métraux are analysed bearing in mind his first fieldwork trip to the Chiriguano, in 1929. The paper discusses personal, academic and professional features of Métraux’s ethnological experience, the nature of the 1929 trip and his concrete relationships with the...
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| description | The early ethnological works of Alfred Métraux are analysed bearing in mind his first fieldwork trip to the Chiriguano, in 1929. The paper discusses personal, academic and professional features of Métraux’s ethnological experience, the nature of the 1929 trip and his concrete relationships with the Chiriguano groups and individuals. Next, we analyse his ideas on material culture as a priviledged means of understanding the synthes is of Andean, Chaco and Amazonian cultural influences. Finally, the dilemmas and limitations of his analytical approach regarding Créole cultural influence and social and cultural change are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7b6c9ac70d544f9a167430f4bceee1c2025-02-05T15:54:30ZengSociété des américanistesJournal de la Société des Américanistes0037-91741957-78422016-12-0110229911910.4000/jsa.14758Culture matérielle et changement : Alfred Métraux chez les ChiriguanoDiego VillarThe early ethnological works of Alfred Métraux are analysed bearing in mind his first fieldwork trip to the Chiriguano, in 1929. The paper discusses personal, academic and professional features of Métraux’s ethnological experience, the nature of the 1929 trip and his concrete relationships with the Chiriguano groups and individuals. Next, we analyse his ideas on material culture as a priviledged means of understanding the synthes is of Andean, Chaco and Amazonian cultural influences. Finally, the dilemmas and limitations of his analytical approach regarding Créole cultural influence and social and cultural change are discussed.https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14758material cultureAlfred MétrauxChanéChiriguanochange |
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| title | Culture matérielle et changement : Alfred Métraux chez les Chiriguano |
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| title_short | Culture matérielle et changement : Alfred Métraux chez les Chiriguano |
| title_sort | culture materielle et changement alfred metraux chez les chiriguano |
| topic | material culture Alfred Métraux Chané Chiriguano change |
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