Folklorisation mirages. The reconfiguration of indianness in Eduardo Nina Quispe´s National project

   In the early twentieth century, elites from La Paz deployed a series of speeches and cultural policies designed to advance the integration of indigenous peoples into the nation that made of their folkorization the tool to forge a stereotypical “native Indian” that allowed to def...

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Autor principal: Warren, Cecilia
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spelling I28-R258-article-26152025-03-07T11:24:47Z Folklorisation mirages. The reconfiguration of indianness in Eduardo Nina Quispe´s National project Espejismos de la folklorización. La reconfiguración de la indianidad en el proyecto de nación de Eduardo Nina Quispe Warren, Cecilia nation indianness Nina Quispe folklorization nación indianidad Nina Quispe folklorización    In the early twentieth century, elites from La Paz deployed a series of speeches and cultural policies designed to advance the integration of indigenous peoples into the nation that made of their folkorization the tool to forge a stereotypical “native Indian” that allowed to define the singularity of the Bolivian identity facing the international community, while empowered to establish hierarchies within the nation. This deployment, however, was not without conflict. During this period, the indigenous population -far from presenting as a folkloric element- organized the movement of “caciques apoderados” which, combining litigation practice with open rebellion, challenged the national project of the elites. In this article we analyze the concepts of nation and indianness built by Eduardo Nina Quispe, indigenous lead of the legal struggle in the early decades of the twentieth century, as a way to address the way the elite´s project was structured, in opposed or confluence, with some sectors of the indigenous movement.  A comienzos del siglo XX las elites paceñas -recientemente encumbradas en el poder- desplegaron una serie de discursos y políticas culturales tendientes a propugnar la integración de la población indígena al interior de la nación que hicieron de su folkorización la herramienta para forjar un estereotipo de “indio autóctono” que permitía definir la singularidad de la bolivianidad frente a la comunidad internacional, al mismo tiempo que habilitaba establecer jerarquías al interior de la nación. Este despliegue, sin embargo, no estuvo exento de conflictos. Durante este período, a población indígena -lejos de presentarse como un elemento folklórico- organizó el movimiento de caciques apoderados que, combinando la práctica litigante con abiertas rebeliones, desafió el proyecto de nación de las elites. En este artículo nos proponemos analizar las nociones de nación e indianidad construidas por Eduardo Nina Quispe, indígena apoderado protagonista de la lucha legal durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX, como modo de abordar la manera en que el proyecto de elite se articuló, en oposición o confluencia, con algunos sectores del movimiento indígena.  Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA 2026-06-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/2615 10.34096/mace.v24i1.2615 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 24 Núm. 1 (2016); 95-112 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol 24 No 1 (2016); 95-112 1851-3751 0327-5752 spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/2615/2248 Derechos de autor 2016 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Warren, Cecilia
Folklorisation mirages. The reconfiguration of indianness in Eduardo Nina Quispe´s National project
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indianidad
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author Warren, Cecilia
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title Folklorisation mirages. The reconfiguration of indianness in Eduardo Nina Quispe´s National project
title_short Folklorisation mirages. The reconfiguration of indianness in Eduardo Nina Quispe´s National project
title_full Folklorisation mirages. The reconfiguration of indianness in Eduardo Nina Quispe´s National project
title_fullStr Folklorisation mirages. The reconfiguration of indianness in Eduardo Nina Quispe´s National project
title_full_unstemmed Folklorisation mirages. The reconfiguration of indianness in Eduardo Nina Quispe´s National project
title_sort folklorisation mirages. the reconfiguration of indianness in eduardo nina quispe´s national project
description    In the early twentieth century, elites from La Paz deployed a series of speeches and cultural policies designed to advance the integration of indigenous peoples into the nation that made of their folkorization the tool to forge a stereotypical “native Indian” that allowed to define the singularity of the Bolivian identity facing the international community, while empowered to establish hierarchies within the nation. This deployment, however, was not without conflict. During this period, the indigenous population -far from presenting as a folkloric element- organized the movement of “caciques apoderados” which, combining litigation practice with open rebellion, challenged the national project of the elites. In this article we analyze the concepts of nation and indianness built by Eduardo Nina Quispe, indigenous lead of the legal struggle in the early decades of the twentieth century, as a way to address the way the elite´s project was structured, in opposed or confluence, with some sectors of the indigenous movement. 
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