The Past in the Present: Exploring Indigenous Histories in Bolivia
Keywords:
Indigeneity, oral history, identity, Bolivia, Aymara.
Abstract
In this article I analyse the ways in which the inhabitants of an Aymara-speaking village understand history and their place within it and explores the profound differences between their historical consciousness and that of mainstream indigenous expression. This raises questions about how people relate to the past, the importance of the Conquest for indigenous peoples, and the consecuences for contemporary indigenous movements of the existence of an indigenous historical consciousness radically different to what is supposed all indigenous people share.Downloads
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2015-01-08
How to Cite
Canessa A. (2015). The Past in the Present: Exploring Indigenous Histories in Bolivia. Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 44(1), 255-273. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_REAA.2014.v44.n1.47643
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