Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaThe presence of absence. Towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in Peru
The disappearance of people in Peru generates a sense of rupture in the rural Andes. It is a product of recruitment and armed conflicts between guerrilla groups and law enforcement agencies and paramilitary groups during the decades of 1980 and1990. This sense of rupture is regained through the cont...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2020
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| description | The disappearance of people in Peru generates a sense of rupture in the rural Andes. It is a product of recruitment and armed conflicts between guerrilla groups and law enforcement agencies and paramilitary groups during the decades of 1980 and1990. This sense of rupture is regained through the continual presence of the absent, expressed in a particular concept of posthumous life which extends beyond the death of the person who has disappeared. Through field work and in-depth interviews, this article recovers the stories of those who live in places where death was not peaceful or properly ritualized, meaning, where death was not domesticated. In order to understand the ontological ambivalence of the figure of the disappeared, who is neither dead or alive, and the consequences of its liminality, this article exposes the religious traditional representations created and the repertory of rites maintained in Peru. Tormented souls, known pathologically as a product of folklore, have not been considered interpretative categories for understanding the experience of violence. Therefore, this research addresses the social meanings of these accounts as a contribution for understanding the impact of forced disappearances and the approaches of searching for victims and relating to them. This task is undertaken in order to reconstruct a sense that may fill to some extent the emptiness left by the disappearance of a loved one, prolonging and reactivating their social existence. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-41412021-07-13T03:33:29Z The presence of absence. Towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in Peru La presencia de la ausencia. Hacia una antropología de la vida póstuma de los desaparecidos en el Perú A presença de ausência. Por uma antropologia da vida póstuma dos desaparecidos no Peru Delacroix, Dorothée almas Cristianismo andino desaparecimento forçado Peru rituais funerários sonhos almas cristianismo andino desaparición forzada Perú rituales funerarios sueños souls Christianity Andean forced disappearance funeral rites dreams The disappearance of people in Peru generates a sense of rupture in the rural Andes. It is a product of recruitment and armed conflicts between guerrilla groups and law enforcement agencies and paramilitary groups during the decades of 1980 and1990. This sense of rupture is regained through the continual presence of the absent, expressed in a particular concept of posthumous life which extends beyond the death of the person who has disappeared. Through field work and in-depth interviews, this article recovers the stories of those who live in places where death was not peaceful or properly ritualized, meaning, where death was not domesticated. In order to understand the ontological ambivalence of the figure of the disappeared, who is neither dead or alive, and the consequences of its liminality, this article exposes the religious traditional representations created and the repertory of rites maintained in Peru. Tormented souls, known pathologically as a product of folklore, have not been considered interpretative categories for understanding the experience of violence. Therefore, this research addresses the social meanings of these accounts as a contribution for understanding the impact of forced disappearances and the approaches of searching for victims and relating to them. This task is undertaken in order to reconstruct a sense that may fill to some extent the emptiness left by the disappearance of a loved one, prolonging and reactivating their social existence. La desaparición de personas en el Perú, producto de reclutamientos y enfrentamientos armados entre guerrillas, fuerzas del orden y paramilitares durante las décadas de 1980 y 1990 genera una ruptura de sentido en los habitantes de los Andes rurales, el cual se recupera mediante una continuidad de modos de presencia del ausente que se expresa en una particular concepción de la vida póstuma, más allá de la muerte del desaparecido. Mediante investigación de campo y entrevistas en profundidad, este artículo recupera las historias de quienes viven en lugares donde la muerte no fue pacífica ni correctamente ritualizada, es decir, donde la muerte no fue domesticada. Para entender la ambivalencia ontológica de la figura del desaparecido, ni muerto ni vivo, y las múltiples consecuencias de su liminalidad, en este artículo se muestra, por un lado, cómo las representaciones religiosas tradicionales son movilizadas y, por otro, el tipo de repertorio ritual al que se da una continuidad. Entendidas patológicamente como producto del folklor, las almas en pena no han sido consideradas como categorías interpretativas de la experiencia de la violencia. Por ello, en esta investigación se abordan los significados sociales de estos relatos como un aporte para comprender el impacto de la desaparición forzada y las formas de buscar y relacionarse con las víctimas, para reconstruir un sentido que pueda llenar, en parte, el vacío dejado por la desaparición de un ser querido, prolongando y reactivando su existencia social. O desaparecimento de pessoas no Peru, como resultado de recrutamentos e confrontos armados entre guerrilheiros, policiais e paramilitares durante as décadas de 1980 e 1990, gera uma ruptura de significado nos habitantes dos Andes rurais, que é recuperada através da continuidade der modos de presença do ausente que se expressam em uma concepção particular da vida póstuma, além da morte do desaparecido. Através de pesquisas de campo e entrevistas em profundidade, este artigo recupera as histórias daqueles que vivem em lugares onde a morte não foi pacífica nem ritualizada adequadamente, ou seja, onde a morte não foi domesticada. Para entender a ambivalência ontológica da figura dos desaparecidos, nem mortos nem vivos, e as múltiplas consequências de sua liminaridade, este artigo mostra, por um lado, como as representações religiosas tradicionais são mobilizadas e, por outro, o tipo de repertório ritual ao qual é dado continuidade. Patologicamente entendida como um produto do folclore, as almas que sofrem não são consideradas categorias interpretativas da experiência da violência. Por esse motivo, esta pesquisa aborda os significados sociais dessas histórias como uma contribuição para a compreensão do impacto do desaparecimento forçado e as formas de busca e relacionamento com as vítimas, para reconstruir um significado que pode preencher parcialmente o vazio deixado pelo desaparecimento de um ente querido, prolongando e reativando sua existência social. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2020-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html application/xml application/epub+zip https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4141 10.17141/iconos.67.2020.4141 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 67 (2020): Desaparición de personas en el mundo globalizado: desafíos desde América Latina; 61-74 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 67 (2020): Desaparecimento de pessoas no mundo globalizado: desafios da América Latina; 61-74 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 67 (2020): Disappearances of people in the globalized world: Challenges from Latin America; 61-74 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4141/3331 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4141/3362 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4141/3343 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4141/3373 Derechos de autor 2020 Dorothée Delacroix https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Delacroix, Dorothée The presence of absence. Towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in Peru |
| title | The presence of absence. Towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in Peru |
| title_full | The presence of absence. Towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in Peru |
| title_fullStr | The presence of absence. Towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | The presence of absence. Towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in Peru |
| title_short | The presence of absence. Towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in Peru |
| title_sort | presence of absence. towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in peru |
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