Documental: Alasitas, el mercado de los deseos. El objeto en su dimensión material e inmaterial desde la mirada etnográfica: entre la fe, la tradición y el comercio
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2022-02-23
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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La presente investigación documental se centra en las Alasitas, artesanías en
miniatura que representan bienes materiales que las personas aspiran poseer.
Originarias del altiplano, las alasitas son herederas de la tradición de las illas y
apachetas e incorporan en sus muy variadas formas de representación,
conceptos esenciales a la cosmovisión del hombre y mujer altiplánicos
contemporáneos. Las alasitas, sus ferias y conmemoraciones se constituyen
en una práctica viva y en constante renovación. Son además contenedor,
vehículo y dinamizador para una serie de procesos culturales, sociales,
comerciales y rituales, lo cual las provee de interés desde la mirada de la
Antropología Visual. Es así que a partir de la realización de un documental
etnográfico este trabajo se propone explorar y dar a conocer a las alasitas
desde la antropología, en un intento por registrar en imágenes y sonidos su
riqueza estética, mimética, simbólica y ritual. La investigación busca
aproximarnos al objeto en su dimensión material e inmaterial para entender,
desde esa dualidad y complementariedad, la forma en que conviven profundas
manifestaciones de fe con dinámicas comerciales esenciales a la región
altiplánica. A lo largo del documental y este texto que lo complementa, nos
proponemos seguir la biografía de las alasitas, sus recorridos,
transformaciones y la forma en que han creado y sostienen lo que podíamos
denominar el “capitalismo popular” en Puno, haciéndolo performar a través de
ellas, para convertirlo en una manifestación cultural propia y potente.
The following documentary research is about the Alasitas, miniature craftwork that represent some of the material goods people would like to own. Originally from the highlands (Altiplano), the Alasitas come from the tradition of the illas and the apachetas, they are recreated in many forms of representation of the essential concepts of the cosmovision of the contemporary highland men and woman. The Alasitas, through fairs and commemorations, they are a living practice in constant growth. They are also a container and a vehicle revitalizing a series of cultural, social, commercial and ritual processes, which makes them interesting from a visual anthropological perspective. Thus, by means of an ethnographic documentary, this work intends to explore and make known the Alasitas from an anthropological point of view, in an attempt to record in images and sounds their aesthetic, mimetic, symbolic and ritual richness. The research seeks to approach the object in its material and immaterial dimension in order to understand, from that duality and complementarity, the way in which profound manifestations of faith coexist with commercial dynamics essential to the Altiplano region. In the documentary and the text that comes with it, we propose to follow the history of the Alasitas, their paths, transformations and the way in which they have created and sustain what we could call "popular capitalism" in Puno, making it happen and turning it into a powerful cultural manifestation of its own.
The following documentary research is about the Alasitas, miniature craftwork that represent some of the material goods people would like to own. Originally from the highlands (Altiplano), the Alasitas come from the tradition of the illas and the apachetas, they are recreated in many forms of representation of the essential concepts of the cosmovision of the contemporary highland men and woman. The Alasitas, through fairs and commemorations, they are a living practice in constant growth. They are also a container and a vehicle revitalizing a series of cultural, social, commercial and ritual processes, which makes them interesting from a visual anthropological perspective. Thus, by means of an ethnographic documentary, this work intends to explore and make known the Alasitas from an anthropological point of view, in an attempt to record in images and sounds their aesthetic, mimetic, symbolic and ritual richness. The research seeks to approach the object in its material and immaterial dimension in order to understand, from that duality and complementarity, the way in which profound manifestations of faith coexist with commercial dynamics essential to the Altiplano region. In the documentary and the text that comes with it, we propose to follow the history of the Alasitas, their paths, transformations and the way in which they have created and sustain what we could call "popular capitalism" in Puno, making it happen and turning it into a powerful cultural manifestation of its own.
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Antropología visual--Perú, Antropología simbólica--Perú, Tradiciones--Perú--Puno
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