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The Absence of 13 000 Years of Amazonian Cultural History in European Museums

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dc.creator Jaimes Betancourt, Carla
dc.creator Ballestero, Diego
dc.date 2020-12-05
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-29T18:07:04Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-29T18:07:04Z
dc.identifier http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/indiana/article/view/2796
dc.identifier 10.18441/ind.v37i2.25-46
dc.identifier.uri http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/151354
dc.description In recent decades, archaeological research has revealed Amazonia to be one of the most important centers of plant domestication in the Americas. Its pre-Columbian cultures have been transforming their environment for thousands of years. However, the deep cultural history of Amazonian peoples is mostly absent in the museums of the European capitals, in spite of their claims to be ‘World Museums’. On the other hand, they do hold a large number of ethnographic objects of the Amazon in their collections, completely disproportionate to the small number of archaeological objects. A look at the museum collections of artifacts from the Andean area reveals the exact opposite situation. Reflecting upon this finding, this article analyzes the influence and persistence of the history and ideas behind the collections by focusing on the dichotomy culture/nature, and by investigating the deliberate pre-eminence of certain material and immaterial objects over others. Given that one of the main roles of museums should be the transmission of information and the fact that Amazonia is currently threatened by developmental policies, it is crucially important to visualize the 13 000 years of cultural history of this large area, presenting the ethnographic collections together with their historical depth. en-US
dc.description In recent decades, archaeological research has revealed Amazonia to be one of the most important centers of plant domestication in the Americas. Its pre-Columbian cultures have been transforming their environment for thousands of years. However, the deep cultural history of Amazonian peoples is mostly absent in the museums of the European capitals, in spite of their claims to be ‘World Museums’. On the other hand, they do hold a large number of ethnographic objects of the Amazon in their collections, completely disproportionate to the small number of archaeological objects. A look at the museum collections of artifacts from the Andean area reveals the exact opposite situation. Reflecting upon this finding, this article analyzes the influence and persistence of the history and ideas behind the collections by focusing on the dichotomy culture/nature, and by investigating the deliberate pre-eminence of certain material and immaterial objects over others. Given that one of the main roles of museums should be the transmission of information and the fact that Amazonia is currently threatened by developmental policies, it is crucially important to visualize the 13 000 years of cultural history of this large area, presenting the ethnographic collections together with their historical depth. es-ES
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut - Preußischer Kulturbesitz es-ES
dc.relation http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/indiana/article/view/2796/2275
dc.rights Derechos de autor 2020 INDIANA es-ES
dc.rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 es-ES
dc.source INDIANA; Vol. 37 No. 2 (2020); 25-46 en-US
dc.source INDIANA; Vol. 37 Núm. 2 (2020); 25-46 es-ES
dc.source INDIANA; Bd. 37 Nr. 2 (2020); 25-46 de-DE
dc.source INDIANA; v. 37 n. 2 (2020); 25-46 pt-BR
dc.source 2365-2225
dc.source 0341-8642
dc.source 10.18441/ind.v37i2
dc.subject European museums en-US
dc.subject ethnographic collections en-US
dc.subject materiality en-US
dc.subject pre-Culumbian cultures en-US
dc.subject Amazonia en-US
dc.subject Museos europeos es-ES
dc.subject colecciones etnográficas es-ES
dc.subject materialidad es-ES
dc.subject culturas precolombinas es-ES
dc.subject Amazonia es-ES
dc.title The Absence of 13 000 Years of Amazonian Cultural History in European Museums en-US
dc.title The Absence of 13 000 Years of Amazonian Cultural History in European Museums es-ES
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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