Terrorized Ayoreo. A revision of the concept of puyák in Bórmida and rereading Sebag
This paper presents a revision of a particular characterization of the Ayore Indians from northern Chaco. The general description made by Bórmida and his research team has been severely criticized by other authors. His well known picture of the Ayorean as a “culture of fear and death” is based prima...
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I28-R145-765_oai2025-11-17 Otaegui, Alfonso 2011-07-30 This paper presents a revision of a particular characterization of the Ayore Indians from northern Chaco. The general description made by Bórmida and his research team has been severely criticized by other authors. His well known picture of the Ayorean as a “culture of fear and death” is based primarily on the concept of puyák (‘forbidden') and its alleged overwhelming presence. In this paper we analyze this idea and its consequences in everyday life, taking into account our fieldwork experience. We also consider Lucien Sebag, another anthropologist who did research among the Ayore and who portrays a very different perspective. We compare Sebag and Bórmida —each of which present a very different picture of the ayorean everyday life- and we point out which of their ideas we believe are more useful to understand the thought and everyday life of these people of northern Chaco. Este artículo revisa una caracterización particular acerca de los ayoreos del Chaco boreal. La descripción general que ha hecho Bórmida y su equipo de investigación sobre este grupo ha sido fuertemente criticada por otros autores. Su conocida presentación de ésta como “una cultura de temor y de muerte” se apoya principalmente en el concepto de puyák (“prohibido”) y su supuesta omnipresencia apremiante. En este trabajo analizamos esta noción y sus posibles implicancias en la vida diaria, a la luz de nuestro trabajo de campo. A raíz de ello retomamos a Lucien Sebag, quien trabajó con este grupo y nos presenta una perspectiva muy distinta. Confrontamos ambos autores que se oponen diametralmente en algunos aspectos y rescatamos algunas de las ideas que nos resultan más fructíferas para sugerir líneas de comprensión del pensamiento y de la vida cotidiana de los ayoreos. Este artigo revisa uma particular caracterização dos índios ayoreos do Chaco boreal. A descrição geral que Bórmida e o seu equipe de pesquisa tem feito sobe este grupo é fortemente criticada por outros autores. A sua conhecida apresentação deste grupo como “uma cultura de temor e de morte” se apóia, principalmente, no conceito de puyák (“proibido”) e a sua assumida e asfixiante onipresença. Neste trabalho analisamos esta noção e as suas eventuais implicâncias na vida cotidiana, inspirados no nosso trabalho de campo. Assim, tomamos as idéias de Lucien Sebag, quem trabalhou com este grupo e elaborou uma perspectiva muito diferente. Fazemos a comparação entre os dos autores —opostos diametralmente em alguns aspectos- e tomamos algumas idéias que são, desde nosso ponto de vista, mais produtivas para pensar as linhas de compreensão do pensamento e da vida cotidiana dos ayoreos. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/765 10.34096/runa.v32i1.765 spa Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/765/742 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2011); 9-29 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; Vol. 32 Núm. 1 (2011); 9-29 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; v. 32 n. 1 (2011); 9-29 1851-9628 0325-1217 Ayore Indians Puyák Observation Freewill Distribution of Knowledge Ayoreos Puyák Observação Livre Vontade Distribuição do Conhecimento Ayoreos Puyák Observación Libre Voluntad Distribución de Conocimiento Terrorized Ayoreo. A revision of the concept of puyák in Bórmida and rereading Sebag Los ayoreos aterrorizados. Una revisión del concepto de puyák en Bórmida y una relectura de Sebag Os Ayoreo aterrorizados. Uma revisão do conceito de puyák em Bórmida e uma releitura do Sebag 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=765_oai |
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This paper presents a revision of a particular characterization of the Ayore Indians from northern Chaco. The general description made by Bórmida and his research team has been severely criticized by other authors. His well known picture of the Ayorean as a “culture of fear and death” is based primarily on the concept of puyák (‘forbidden') and its alleged overwhelming presence. In this paper we analyze this idea and its consequences in everyday life, taking into account our fieldwork experience. We also consider Lucien Sebag, another anthropologist who did research among the Ayore and who portrays a very different perspective. We compare Sebag and Bórmida —each of which present a very different picture of the ayorean everyday life- and we point out which of their ideas we believe are more useful to understand the thought and everyday life of these people of northern Chaco. |
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Otaegui, Alfonso |
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Terrorized Ayoreo. A revision of the concept of puyák in Bórmida and rereading Sebag |
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Terrorized Ayoreo. A revision of the concept of puyák in Bórmida and rereading Sebag |
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Terrorized Ayoreo. A revision of the concept of puyák in Bórmida and rereading Sebag |
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Terrorized Ayoreo. A revision of the concept of puyák in Bórmida and rereading Sebag |
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Terrorized Ayoreo. A revision of the concept of puyák in Bórmida and rereading Sebag |
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terrorized ayoreo. a revision of the concept of puyák in bórmida and rereading sebag |
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Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA |
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2011 |
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