Heritage and Territoriality: Past, Present, and Future Perceptions among the Tacana, Tsimane, and Mosetén in Bolivia

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Politics of Heritage Values: How Archaeologists Deal with Place, Social Memories, Identities, and Socioeconomics" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Preliminary results of the collaborative methodologies applied in two years of intense fieldwork in the Bolivian Amazon will be presented, and we will reflect on the different roles played by archaeological and sacred sites in the Tsimane, Mosetén, and Tacana indigenous territories. Furthermore, we consider how materiality is a permanent link between the past and the present and manifests the cultural continuities existing among some of these same actors. A central aspect of the project lies in its collective, holistic, and transdisciplinary approach, which fosters an ontological dialogue between local Indigenous communal researchers and Western cultural and natural heritage specialists (such as archaeologists, anthropologists, biologists, and museologists). In its broader implications, the research aims to contribute to a critical approach of heritage and its reconceptualization through cross-cultural dialogues, creating new theoretical frameworks for heritage conservation, protection, museumization, and dissemination at local, national, and global scales. Recognizing the dynamic nature of heritage processes, the project acknowledges their social, political, and economic ramifications among all societies involved.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)   •
• Politics of Heritage Values: How Archaeologists Deal with Place, Social Memories, Identities, and Socioeconomics

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Abstract Id(s): 38233.0