In Transit Cartographies: Oral Maps and Social Memory in El Cajón (Catamarca, Argentina)

In Transit Cartographies: Oral Maps and Social Memory in El Cajón (Catamarca, Argentina)

<p>In this work I present and explore the way in which space expresses milestones of social memory among inhabitants of El Cajón, Catamarca, Argentina, resulting in a highly dynamic product rather than an immutable plane. Particularly, I analyze how local cartographic imagination is conveyed t...

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Main Author: Bárbara Martínez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Buenos Aires 2014-07-01
Series:Runa
Subjects:
El Cajón
mapas orales
metodología
memoria social
etnografía
oral maps
methodology
social memory
ethnography
mapas orais
metodologia
etnografia
Online Access:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/605
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spelling doaj-c7a49533735a4a4e93cb98f8cb492dde2021-09-02T09:14:46ZspaUniversidad de Buenos AiresRuna0325-12171851-96282014-07-013517792573In Transit Cartographies: Oral Maps and Social Memory in El Cajón (Catamarca, Argentina)Bárbara Martínez0Investigadora del Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas y Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (UBA)<p>In this work I present and explore the way in which space expresses milestones of social memory among inhabitants of El Cajón, Catamarca, Argentina, resulting in a highly dynamic product rather than an immutable plane. Particularly, I analyze how local cartographic imagination is conveyed through true oral maps in which the territory condenses notions regarding history, geography, myths and cultural practices.  The inquiry, triggered as a consequence of ethnographic attempts to make a map with local dwellers, attempts to examine the way in which memory unfolds in the territory, as well as to reflect on the methodological reformulations that the cartographic co-construction process entailed.</p>http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/605El Cajónmapas oralesmetodologíamemoria socialetnografíaoral mapsmethodologysocial memoryethnographymapas oraismetodologiaetnografia
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In Transit Cartographies: Oral Maps and Social Memory in El Cajón (Catamarca, Argentina)
Runa
El Cajón
mapas orales
metodología
memoria social
etnografía
oral maps
methodology
social memory
ethnography
mapas orais
metodologia
etnografia
author_facet Bárbara Martínez
author_sort Bárbara Martínez
title In Transit Cartographies: Oral Maps and Social Memory in El Cajón (Catamarca, Argentina)
title_short In Transit Cartographies: Oral Maps and Social Memory in El Cajón (Catamarca, Argentina)
title_full In Transit Cartographies: Oral Maps and Social Memory in El Cajón (Catamarca, Argentina)
title_fullStr In Transit Cartographies: Oral Maps and Social Memory in El Cajón (Catamarca, Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed In Transit Cartographies: Oral Maps and Social Memory in El Cajón (Catamarca, Argentina)
title_sort in transit cartographies: oral maps and social memory in el cajón (catamarca, argentina)
publisher Universidad de Buenos Aires
series Runa
issn 0325-1217
1851-9628
publishDate 2014-07-01
description <p>In this work I present and explore the way in which space expresses milestones of social memory among inhabitants of El Cajón, Catamarca, Argentina, resulting in a highly dynamic product rather than an immutable plane. Particularly, I analyze how local cartographic imagination is conveyed through true oral maps in which the territory condenses notions regarding history, geography, myths and cultural practices.  The inquiry, triggered as a consequence of ethnographic attempts to make a map with local dwellers, attempts to examine the way in which memory unfolds in the territory, as well as to reflect on the methodological reformulations that the cartographic co-construction process entailed.</p>
topic El Cajón
mapas orales
metodología
memoria social
etnografía
oral maps
methodology
social memory
ethnography
mapas orais
metodologia
etnografia
url http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/605
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