Dimensiones estéticas de la política artesanal en Formosa : el caso de los pilagá
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2012-12
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Centro de Estudios Sobre Diversidad Cultural.
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En la provincia de Formosa (Argentina), diversas son las modalidades de producción de las
artesanías y múltiples las articulaciones que —según las coyunturas sociales, políticas y
económicas en la esfera comunal, provincial y nacional— se generan en torno a las políticas que
involucran a los aborígenes. Durante mis trabajos de campo, indagué las valoraciones estéticas
que dan sustento a estas políticas e intenté responder de qué modo entran en tensión con
algunas valoraciones estéticas de los pilagá. En este sentido, algunos interrogantes que inspiran
este artículo giran en torno a determinados “enunciados estéticos” que, en el marco de las
políticas artesanales, expresan los encargados de implementarlas. Así, a través de una
aproximación a ciertas consideraciones de valor con respecto a la calidad y prolijidad de las
producciones artesanales, al buen o mal gusto de los diseños y a la gama de colores utilizada
procuro dar cuenta de los prejuicios estéticos que muchas veces animan las políticas culturales
vinculadas a los aborígenes.
In the province of Formosa (Argentina), we have several modalities in handicraft production and, moreover, we see different types of policies related to indigenous people, depending on the political, economic and social context at a communal, provincial and national level. During my ethnographic fieldwork I carried out between 2006 and 2008, I inquired about the aesthetic assessments that give substance to these policies and how they are in tension with some aesthetic Pilagá assessments. In this sense, some concerns which inspire this article are related to certain “aesthetic statements” expressed by those who are in charge to implement the artisan policies. Thus, I intent to bring evidence to support the aesthetic prejudices that inspire the aboriginal cultural policies through an approach to certain value considerations; for example, the quality and techniques of the artisan productions, the good or bad taste designs and the range of colors used
In the province of Formosa (Argentina), we have several modalities in handicraft production and, moreover, we see different types of policies related to indigenous people, depending on the political, economic and social context at a communal, provincial and national level. During my ethnographic fieldwork I carried out between 2006 and 2008, I inquired about the aesthetic assessments that give substance to these policies and how they are in tension with some aesthetic Pilagá assessments. In this sense, some concerns which inspire this article are related to certain “aesthetic statements” expressed by those who are in charge to implement the artisan policies. Thus, I intent to bring evidence to support the aesthetic prejudices that inspire the aboriginal cultural policies through an approach to certain value considerations; for example, the quality and techniques of the artisan productions, the good or bad taste designs and the range of colors used
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Artesanías, Estética Pilagá, Políticas culturales, Handicrafts, Aesthetic-Pilagá, Cultural policies