Relation of musical goods of Otavalo and El Alto with the culture industry of Ecuador and Bolivia

Abstract

This article analyzes the production of musical goods: cds and dvs, in Otavalo and El Alto related to the cultural industry and mediatica of Ecuador and Bolivia. From a brief historical and cultural contextualization of the music in these two cities, there are characterized musical instruments, rhythms and uses of the music in rituals and on the part of ensambles. There is reflection on the musical cultural industry research that account for the mutations that companies, artists and musical trends related to Andean indigenous communities have lived in recent decades. The study sources are interviews with key informant, analysis of historical documents, publications of printed media, audiovisual and digital file, internet documents.