Identifications, Cultures, and "Groupness": Reflecting on Culture from Ethnographic Research in Argentina

Autores
Balerdi, Soledad
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
inglés
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This paper reflects on the precautions to be taken into account when addressing the study, from the point of view of the social sciences, of cultures and communities. This is done through ethnographic research in a neighbourhood (barrio) of migrants from an indigenous community in the province of Chaco, in northern Argentina, who have migrated to the city of La Plata (in Buenos Aires province) and have settled on its periphery. The article starts from the idea that ethnicity comes into play, situationally, as a resource rather than as a distinct and immutable feature. Even when it is necessary to describe how notions like culture and ethnicity act in practice and what meaning they have for the actors, social researchers should not historicize them in the specific contexts in which they are brought into play.
Cet article met en évidence les précautions et les enjeux à prendre en considération en sciences sociales lorsque l’on aborde les questions culturelles dans les communautés. Cet article met en évidence un travail de terrain de type ethnographique dans un quartier (barrio) de La Plata (province de Buenor Aires) où se trouve une forte concentration de population migrante d’autochtones en provenance de la province de Chaco, dans le nord de l’Argentine. Plutôt que d’approcher l’ethnicité dans une perspective essentialiste et d’en faire une caractéristique immuable de l’identité, cet article s’inspire d’une approche relationnelle. Plutôt que de tenter de figer le sens de notions telles "ethnicité" ou "culture", cet article met en evidence l’importance de reconstruire le sens de ces notions à partir des données contextuelles et du sens qu’elles revêtent pour les acteurs.
Fil: Balerdi, Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales; Argentina
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CULTURE
ETHNICITY
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
ETHNOGRAPGHY
ARGENTINA
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title Identifications, Cultures, and "Groupness": Reflecting on Culture from Ethnographic Research in Argentina
spellingShingle Identifications, Cultures, and "Groupness": Reflecting on Culture from Ethnographic Research in Argentina
Balerdi, Soledad
CULTURE
ETHNICITY
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
ETHNOGRAPGHY
ARGENTINA
title_short Identifications, Cultures, and "Groupness": Reflecting on Culture from Ethnographic Research in Argentina
title_full Identifications, Cultures, and "Groupness": Reflecting on Culture from Ethnographic Research in Argentina
title_fullStr Identifications, Cultures, and "Groupness": Reflecting on Culture from Ethnographic Research in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Identifications, Cultures, and "Groupness": Reflecting on Culture from Ethnographic Research in Argentina
title_sort Identifications, Cultures, and "Groupness": Reflecting on Culture from Ethnographic Research in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Balerdi, Soledad
author Balerdi, Soledad
author_facet Balerdi, Soledad
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CULTURE
ETHNICITY
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
ETHNOGRAPGHY
ARGENTINA
topic CULTURE
ETHNICITY
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
ETHNOGRAPGHY
ARGENTINA
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper reflects on the precautions to be taken into account when addressing the study, from the point of view of the social sciences, of cultures and communities. This is done through ethnographic research in a neighbourhood (barrio) of migrants from an indigenous community in the province of Chaco, in northern Argentina, who have migrated to the city of La Plata (in Buenos Aires province) and have settled on its periphery. The article starts from the idea that ethnicity comes into play, situationally, as a resource rather than as a distinct and immutable feature. Even when it is necessary to describe how notions like culture and ethnicity act in practice and what meaning they have for the actors, social researchers should not historicize them in the specific contexts in which they are brought into play.
Cet article met en évidence les précautions et les enjeux à prendre en considération en sciences sociales lorsque l’on aborde les questions culturelles dans les communautés. Cet article met en évidence un travail de terrain de type ethnographique dans un quartier (barrio) de La Plata (province de Buenor Aires) où se trouve une forte concentration de population migrante d’autochtones en provenance de la province de Chaco, dans le nord de l’Argentine. Plutôt que d’approcher l’ethnicité dans une perspective essentialiste et d’en faire une caractéristique immuable de l’identité, cet article s’inspire d’une approche relationnelle. Plutôt que de tenter de figer le sens de notions telles "ethnicité" ou "culture", cet article met en evidence l’importance de reconstruire le sens de ces notions à partir des données contextuelles et du sens qu’elles revêtent pour les acteurs.
Fil: Balerdi, Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales; Argentina
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