How to listen to an Afro-Caribbean landscape

Abstract Using my 14-month ethnographic research at Old Bank, in the Caribbean coast of Panama, I seek to map how the domains I knew of this village were shaped by the multisensory relationships I established with my interlocutors and the spaces in which they lived, circled, and projected their voic...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Vibrant : virtual Brazilian anthropology 2020, Vol.17
1. Verfasser: Bongianino, Claudia Fioretti
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Abstract Using my 14-month ethnographic research at Old Bank, in the Caribbean coast of Panama, I seek to map how the domains I knew of this village were shaped by the multisensory relationships I established with my interlocutors and the spaces in which they lived, circled, and projected their voices. In dialogue with the Caribbean literature, I show how the locally established contrasts between before and today, as well as the existence of the distinct neighborhoods of the village, expressed the historical process of space occupation, based on the use, inheritance and collective ownership of family land. Finally, connext Ingold's argument about landscape with ethnographic data, underlining how Old Bank´s time and space are created through the relationship between human beings and God. Resumo Com base em pesquisa etnográfica de 14 meses em Old Bank, na costa caribenha do Panamá, busco mapear como os domínios que conheci desta vila foram moldados pelas relações multissensoriais que estabeleci com meus interlocutores e com os espaços em que eles viviam, circulavam e projetavam seus gritos (sháut). Em diálogo com a literatura caribenha, mostro como os contrastes localmente estabelecidos entre “antigamente e hoje, assim como a existência dos distintos bairros da vila eram expressões do processo histórico de ocupação do espaço, fundado no uso, herança e posse coletiva da “terra familiar”. Por fim, traço uma ponte a argumentação de Ingold sobre paisagem e a análise etnográfica, sublinhando como a formação dos tempos e espaços de Old Bank se da a partir das relações dos seres humanos entre si e também com Deus.
ISSN:1809-4341
1809-4341
DOI:10.1590/1809-43412020v17d507