Notes on cyclical temporality and two artefacts among the Toba of western Formosa and the Pilagá: the day and the yearly cycle
The purpose of this work is to look into the reading that the Toba of Western Formosa and the Pilagá of Bañado La Estrella make of two specific cyclical periods of time somehow related to the celestial space. In the case of the Toba of western Formosa, we will focus on the course of the day, while f...
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Ciencias Astronómicas Tobas Pilagá juegos de hilo reloj ciclos temporales time cycles watch string games. Gómez, Cecilia P. Notes on cyclical temporality and two artefacts among the Toba of western Formosa and the Pilagá: the day and the yearly cycle |
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The purpose of this work is to look into the reading that the Toba of Western Formosa and the Pilagá of Bañado La Estrella make of two specific cyclical periods of time somehow related to the celestial space. In the case of the Toba of western Formosa, we will focus on the course of the day, while for the Pilagá of Bañado La Estrella we will analyse the yearly cycle. On this occasion, we seek to examine these time cycles considering the links established with the material culture; both the inherited culture related to “the studies of the ancients” and the material culture taken from or imposed by western society. On the one hand, we will work on two Pilagá asterisms analysed jointly - Dapichi’, which is mostly associated with the Pleiades, and Yaɢayna’di, outlined in what is known as the Belt of Orion. The two asterisms are represented by a progressive string game, i.e. it starts with the creation of a figure followed by another designed without undoing the former. We will study the string game linked to the above asterisms because it represents two celestial objects whose apparent cyclical moves and changes are related to the evolution of a significant time cycle that paced the life of the Pilagá; the yearly cycle. Additionally, this knowledge is part of the lore passed on by the elders and refers to one of the few ways the “ancients” had of representing asterisms. On the other hand, we will delve into another relation between a celestial object and materiality; the relation between the sun and the watch among the Toba of western Formosa. To this end, we will use an element clearly connected with the surrounding society and to which the Toba have become adapted. However, they have adopted the watch on their own terms. Thus, part of the knowledge transmitted by the elders, “the studies of the ancients”, may be read in the way they read and understand the watch, especially the analogue watch.Taking into account what we have investigated in both indigenous groups, our final objectives are, first, to see how the celestial readings related to the passing of time are linked to materiality, and second, how this relationship keeps changing and updating depending on the social situation, albeit it continues to refer to knowledge associated with their way of understanding the day and yearly cycles. |
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Notes on cyclical temporality and two artefacts among the Toba of western Formosa and the Pilagá: the day and the yearly cycle |
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I19-R120-10915-1720752024-10-28T20:03:58Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/172075 Notes on cyclical temporality and two artefacts among the Toba of western Formosa and the Pilagá: the day and the yearly cycle Notas sobre la temporalidad cíclica y dos artefactos entre los tobas del oeste formoseño y los pilagás: La jornada y el ciclo anual Notas sobre a temporalidade cíclica e dois artefatos entre os tobas do oeste formosense e os pilagá: A jornada e o ciclo anual Gómez, Cecilia P. 2024-09-26 2024-10-28T13:35:58Z es Ciencias Astronómicas Tobas Pilagá juegos de hilo reloj ciclos temporales time cycles watch string games. The purpose of this work is to look into the reading that the Toba of Western Formosa and the Pilagá of Bañado La Estrella make of two specific cyclical periods of time somehow related to the celestial space. In the case of the Toba of western Formosa, we will focus on the course of the day, while for the Pilagá of Bañado La Estrella we will analyse the yearly cycle. On this occasion, we seek to examine these time cycles considering the links established with the material culture; both the inherited culture related to “the studies of the ancients” and the material culture taken from or imposed by western society. On the one hand, we will work on two Pilagá asterisms analysed jointly - Dapichi’, which is mostly associated with the Pleiades, and Yaɢayna’di, outlined in what is known as the Belt of Orion. The two asterisms are represented by a progressive string game, i.e. it starts with the creation of a figure followed by another designed without undoing the former. We will study the string game linked to the above asterisms because it represents two celestial objects whose apparent cyclical moves and changes are related to the evolution of a significant time cycle that paced the life of the Pilagá; the yearly cycle. Additionally, this knowledge is part of the lore passed on by the elders and refers to one of the few ways the “ancients” had of representing asterisms. On the other hand, we will delve into another relation between a celestial object and materiality; the relation between the sun and the watch among the Toba of western Formosa. To this end, we will use an element clearly connected with the surrounding society and to which the Toba have become adapted. However, they have adopted the watch on their own terms. Thus, part of the knowledge transmitted by the elders, “the studies of the ancients”, may be read in the way they read and understand the watch, especially the analogue watch.Taking into account what we have investigated in both indigenous groups, our final objectives are, first, to see how the celestial readings related to the passing of time are linked to materiality, and second, how this relationship keeps changing and updating depending on the social situation, albeit it continues to refer to knowledge associated with their way of understanding the day and yearly cycles. En el presente trabajo indagaremos sobre la lectura que hacen los tobas del oeste formoseño y los pilagá del Bañado La Estrella sobre dos lapsos temporales cíclicos específicos que se relacionan, de un modo u otro, al espacio celeste. Entre los tobas del oeste formoseño remitiremos al transcurso del día, en tanto que entre los pilagá del bañado la Estrella nos abocaremos a trabajar el ciclo anual. En esta ocasión analizaremos estos períodos temporales atendiendo a las relaciones que se establecen con la cultura material, tanto aquella heredada y relacionada a “los estudios de los antiguos”, como aquellos elementos de la cultura material tomados o impuestos por la sociedad occidental. Por un lado, trabajaremos sobre dos asterismos pilagá que serán tomados en conjunto, Dapichi’, que mayormente es asociado a las Pléyades, y Yaɢayna’di, que es trazado en lo que se conoce como Cinturón de Orión. Estos dos asterismos son representados por un juego de hilo progresante, esto último significa que se comienza con la ejecución de un motivo y se forma otro sin desarmar el primero. Trabajaremos sobre el juego de hilo asociado al nombrado par de asterismos, porque representa dos objetos celestes cuyos cambios y movimientos cíclicos aparentes se asocian con el devenir de un importante ciclo temporal que ritmaba la vida de los pilagá: el ciclo anual. A su vez, este conocimiento forma parte de aquellos saberes transmitidos por los más ancianos y refiere a una de las pocas formas que tenían los “antiguos” de representar asterismos. Por otro lado, indagaremos sobre otra vinculación de un objeto celeste con la materialidad: la relación que se establece entre el sol y el reloj entre los tobas del oeste formoseño, utilizando para el análisis un elemento claramente relacionado a la sociedad envolvente y al que los tobas aprendieron a adaptarse. Sin embargo, tomaron al reloj en sus propios términos. Por lo tanto, parte del conocimiento legado por los más ancianos: “los estudios de los antiguos” puede leerse en la forma que leen y entienden al reloj, sobre todo el reloj analógico.Tomando en cuenta lo investigado en ambos grupos indígenas, nuestros objetivos últimos son, por un lado, ver cómo las lecturas celestes que remiten al transcurso temporal se relacionan con la materialidad y cómo esta relación va variando y actualizándose según la situación social pero sigue remitiendo a saberes ligados a su forma de entender los ciclos diurnos y anuales. Sociedad Interamericana de Astronomía en la Cultura Articulo Articulo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf 43-52 |