The Pilagá of the Argentine Chaco through an exoticizing and ethnographic lens : the swedish documentary film following indian trails by the pilcomayo river

In this article, we explore how traveling relates to image production and how transcultural filmic representations both uphold and are sustained by a "coloniality of seeing." We pay special attention to the historical conditions of film making in an expedition context and the expectati...

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Autores principales:	Gustavsson, Anne Thérése Ellen, Giordano, Mariana Lilián
Formato:	Artículo
Lenguaje:	Español
Publicado:	Coaction Publishing 2020
Materias:	Documentary Haeger's expedition Chaco Exotism
Acceso en línea:	http://repositorio.unne.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4306
Aporte de:	RIUNNE - Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE) de Universidad Nacional del Nordeste

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spelling	I48-R184-123456789-43062024-11-15T10:50:40Z The Pilagá of the Argentine Chaco through an exoticizing and ethnographic lens : the swedish documentary film following indian trails by the pilcomayo river Gustavsson, Anne Thérése Ellen Giordano, Mariana Lilián Documentary Haeger's expedition Chaco Exotism In this article, we explore how traveling relates to image production and how transcultural filmic representations both uphold and are sustained by a "coloniality of seeing." We pay special attention to the historical conditions of film making in an expedition context and the expectations associated with early film in Sweden. We discuss this through the study of the documentary film Following Indian Trails by the Pilcomayo River, which was recorded during a Swedish expedition to the Argentine Chaco in 1920 and later released in Stockholm in 1950 during a private screening organized by the Swedish Chaco Travellers Association. We argue that the film presents an account inspired by classic ethnography which rescues and puts into circulation images of indigenous people from the "impenetrable" and "savage" Chaco. The ethnographic emphasis in the narrative seems to have shifted with time as it was probably only partly present during the shooting of the footage. In the narrative mode of "monstration," when bodies meet machines "in the field," native performances are presented as an "unstaged" and realist spectacle. Later in the 1950 "macro-narration," encompassing the final cutting and editing of the original footage, fragments of spectacle are systematized into an ethnographic description of primitive life. Fil: Gustavsson, Anne Thérése Ellen. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales; Argentina. Fil: Giordano, Mariana Lilián. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Historia; Argentina. Fil: Giordano, Mariana Lilián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Investigaciones Geohistóricas; Argentina. 2020-06-02T22:45:23Z 2020-06-02T22:45:23Z 2013-10 Artículo Gustavsson, Anne Thérése Ellen y Giordano, Mariana,2013. The Pilaga´ of the Argentine Chaco through an exoticizing and ethnographic lens : the swedish documentary film Following Indian trails by the Pilcomayo River. Journal of Aesthetics & Culture. Suecia: Coaction Publishing, vol. 5, p. 1-16. ISSN 2000-4214. http://repositorio.unne.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4306 spa https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/jac.v5i0.21562 openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/ aplication/pdf p.1-16 application/pdf Coaction Publishing Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2013, vol. 5, p. 1-16.
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description	In this article, we explore how traveling relates to image production and how transcultural filmic representations both uphold and are sustained by a "coloniality of seeing." We pay special attention to the historical conditions of film making in an expedition context and the expectations associated with early film in Sweden. We discuss this through the study of the documentary film Following Indian Trails by the Pilcomayo River, which was recorded during a Swedish expedition to the Argentine Chaco in 1920 and later released in Stockholm in 1950 during a private screening organized by the Swedish Chaco Travellers Association. We argue that the film presents an account inspired by classic ethnography which rescues and puts into circulation images of indigenous people from the "impenetrable" and "savage" Chaco. The ethnographic emphasis in the narrative seems to have shifted with time as it was probably only partly present during the shooting of the footage. In the narrative mode of "monstration," when bodies meet machines "in the field," native performances are presented as an "unstaged" and realist spectacle. Later in the 1950 "macro-narration," encompassing the final cutting and editing of the original footage, fragments of spectacle are systematized into an ethnographic description of primitive life.
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title	The Pilagá of the Argentine Chaco through an exoticizing and ethnographic lens : the swedish documentary film following indian trails by the pilcomayo river
title_short	The Pilagá of the Argentine Chaco through an exoticizing and ethnographic lens : the swedish documentary film following indian trails by the pilcomayo river
title_full	The Pilagá of the Argentine Chaco through an exoticizing and ethnographic lens : the swedish documentary film following indian trails by the pilcomayo river
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The Pilagá of the Argentine Chaco through an exoticizing and ethnographic lens : the swedish documentary film following indian trails by the pilcomayo river

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