The article presents the case of a “estancia”, that is an Andean traditional settlement frame at highland of northern Chile, whose inhabitants develop the camelid pastoralism activity as a means of family subsistence, to address the field... more
The article presents the case of a “estancia”, that is an Andean traditional settlement frame at highland of northern Chile, whose inhabitants develop the camelid pastoralism activity as a means of family subsistence, to address the field of reproduction of this system. On this basis, founded on ethnographic data, we characterize the aspects of the organizational changes experienced by these herders in a historical context that impute elements of destructuring their traditional socio-environmental management.
In this paper, through an ethnographic case, we describe and discuss the role that currently plays the descendent principles in the access to land ownership among the Aymara farmers in the highland region of Arica-Parinacota region at the... more
In this paper, through an ethnographic case, we describe and discuss the role that currently plays the descendent principles in the access to land ownership among the Aymara farmers in the highland region of Arica-Parinacota region at the northern Chile. In particular, we investigate the continued validity of the highland model of patrilineage and the operation of so-called “succesorial communities”, their relationship with the land as a collective resource and the customary mechanisms applied to this goal, as well as the legal strategies that these Andean subjects have developed within the framework of regional socio-historical processes. As results, we observe the validity of the patrilineal principle in access to land ownership, and the concomitant importance of lineage in terms of defining access to land ownership.
Exploration of the migration history of the community of Cabanaconde, in Peru’s southern highlands, and the impact of transnational migration on the fiesta system calls attention to the role of the fiesta in strengthening migrants’ ties... more
Exploration of the migration history of the community of Cabanaconde, in Peru’s southern highlands, and the impact of transnational migration on the fiesta system calls attention to the role of the fiesta in strengthening migrants’ ties to the networks they draw on to migrate and adapt to their new settings in the United States. It also suggests that the transnationalization of the fiesta contributes to an emerging division of villagers into those who have access to migrant networks and those who do not. By serving as a public showcase for Cabaneños’ positions in migrant networks, the fiesta not only intensifies economic and social divisions within the community but also underpins the exclusiveness of those networks and reminds them and their fellow villagers of their new social status as both transnational villagers and global cosmopolitans.
