Mbyá Ethnicity in Puerto Iguazú. The exploitation of indigenous communities by tourism on the Triple Border (Misiones, Argentina)

The international border that divides Argentina from Paraguay and Brazil, has the particularity of being a border where tourism is prevalent —the site of Iguazú Falls, one of the seven world’s wonders— and a hydrological border —constituted by the Guaraní Aquifer—. These characteristics imply a sign...

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Autores principales: Cantore, Alfonsina, Boffelli, Clara
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Publicado: Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2017
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spelling I28-R145-2990_oai2025-11-17 Cantore, Alfonsina Boffelli, Clara 2017-10-27 The international border that divides Argentina from Paraguay and Brazil, has the particularity of being a border where tourism is prevalent —the site of Iguazú Falls, one of the seven world’s wonders— and a hydrological border —constituted by the Guaraní Aquifer—. These characteristics imply a significant flow of people where distinct actors come into contact: tourists, hotel entrepreneurs and their workers, local society and the Mbyá Guarani communities that live there. In this context the indigenous communities in the area have found in tourism a new source of subsistence; and although the indigenous communites enter into capitalist forms as unequal actors, they find diverse strategies to carry out this activity, all of them imbued with the offer of their ethnicity. La frontera internacional que divide Argentina de Paraguay y Brasil tiene la particularidad de ser un área turística —en ella se encuentran ubicadas las Cataratas del Iguazú, una de las siete maravillas del mundo— e hidrológica —está atravesada por el Acuífero Guaraní—. Tales características conllevan un flujo importante de personas en el que diferentes actores entran en contacto: turistas, empresarios hoteleros y sus trabajadores, la sociedad local y las comunidades mbyá guaraní que allí habitan, cuyos miembros, en este contexto, han encontrado en el turismo una nueva fuente de subsistencia. Si bien los indígenas ingresan en formas capitalistas como actores desiguales para tal explotación, encuentran diversas estrategias para realizar actividades turísticas, todas ellas atravesadas por la oferta de su etnicidad. A fronteira internacional que divide Argentina, Paraguai e Brasil, caracteriza-se por ser uma fronteira turística —onde localizam-se as Cataratas del Iguazú, uma das sete maravilhas do mundo— e hidrológica —está atravessada pelo Aqüífero Guarani—. Tais características geram um fluxo significativo de pessoas onde diferentes atores interagem: turistas, empresários dos hotéis e seus trabalhadores, a sociedade local e as comunidades mbyá guaraní. Neste contexto, as comunidades indígenas da área encontraram no turismo uma nova fonte de subsistência. Embora participem em práticas capitalistas como atores desiguais, encontram diferentes estratégias para realizar tais atividades, todas elas atravessadas pela promoção da própria etnicidade. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/2990 10.34096/runa.v38i2.2990 spa Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/2990/3594 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; Vol. 38 No. 2 (2017); 53-69 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; Vol. 38 Núm. 2 (2017); 53-69 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; v. 38 n. 2 (2017); 53-69 1851-9628 0325-1217 Exploração turística Tríplice Fronteira Mbyá Guaraní Etnicidade Relações interétnicas Explotación Turística Triple Frontera Mbyá Guaraní Etnicidad Relaciones interétnicas Tourist Exploitation Triple Border Mbyá Guaraní Ethnicity Inter-etnic relations Mbyá Ethnicity in Puerto Iguazú. The exploitation of indigenous communities by tourism on the Triple Border (Misiones, Argentina) Etnicidad mbyá en Puerto Iguazú Explotación turística de/en comunidades indígenas en la triple frontera (Misiones, Argentina) Etnicidade mbyá em Puerto Iguazu. Exploração turística de/em comunidades indianas na tríplice fronteira (Misiones, Argentina) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículos evaluados por pares https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=runa&d=2990_oai
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topic Exploração turística
Tríplice Fronteira
Mbyá Guaraní
Etnicidade
Relações interétnicas
Explotación Turística
Triple Frontera
Mbyá Guaraní
Etnicidad
Relaciones interétnicas
Tourist Exploitation
Triple Border
Mbyá Guaraní
Ethnicity
Inter-etnic relations
spellingShingle Exploração turística
Tríplice Fronteira
Mbyá Guaraní
Etnicidade
Relações interétnicas
Explotación Turística
Triple Frontera
Mbyá Guaraní
Etnicidad
Relaciones interétnicas
Tourist Exploitation
Triple Border
Mbyá Guaraní
Ethnicity
Inter-etnic relations
Cantore, Alfonsina
Boffelli, Clara
Mbyá Ethnicity in Puerto Iguazú. The exploitation of indigenous communities by tourism on the Triple Border (Misiones, Argentina)
topic_facet Exploração turística
Tríplice Fronteira
Mbyá Guaraní
Etnicidade
Relações interétnicas
Explotación Turística
Triple Frontera
Mbyá Guaraní
Etnicidad
Relaciones interétnicas
Tourist Exploitation
Triple Border
Mbyá Guaraní
Ethnicity
Inter-etnic relations
description The international border that divides Argentina from Paraguay and Brazil, has the particularity of being a border where tourism is prevalent —the site of Iguazú Falls, one of the seven world’s wonders— and a hydrological border —constituted by the Guaraní Aquifer—. These characteristics imply a significant flow of people where distinct actors come into contact: tourists, hotel entrepreneurs and their workers, local society and the Mbyá Guarani communities that live there. In this context the indigenous communities in the area have found in tourism a new source of subsistence; and although the indigenous communites enter into capitalist forms as unequal actors, they find diverse strategies to carry out this activity, all of them imbued with the offer of their ethnicity.
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Boffelli, Clara
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Boffelli, Clara
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title Mbyá Ethnicity in Puerto Iguazú. The exploitation of indigenous communities by tourism on the Triple Border (Misiones, Argentina)
title_short Mbyá Ethnicity in Puerto Iguazú. The exploitation of indigenous communities by tourism on the Triple Border (Misiones, Argentina)
title_full Mbyá Ethnicity in Puerto Iguazú. The exploitation of indigenous communities by tourism on the Triple Border (Misiones, Argentina)
title_fullStr Mbyá Ethnicity in Puerto Iguazú. The exploitation of indigenous communities by tourism on the Triple Border (Misiones, Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed Mbyá Ethnicity in Puerto Iguazú. The exploitation of indigenous communities by tourism on the Triple Border (Misiones, Argentina)
title_sort mbyá ethnicity in puerto iguazú. the exploitation of indigenous communities by tourism on the triple border (misiones, argentina)
publisher Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA
publishDate 2017
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