Algunas consideraciones metodológicas en los trabajos de campo en antropología de la alimentación. Experiencia con mayas ch’orti’ del oriente de Guatemala

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author Julián López García
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contents Algunas consideraciones metodológicas en los trabajos de campo en antropología de la alimentación. Experiencia con mayas ch’orti’ del oriente de Guatemala Julián López García Antropología Anthropology of food Fieldwork Mayasch’orti’ Cultural symbolism Hunger The following article is a recapitulation of the author´s research among the Maya-ch´orti´sand focuses on the cultural values of food and cooking in the East of Guatemala. Somemethodological peculiarities in Anthropology-of-Food type fieldwork are suggested. Themethodological choices involved and a previous theoretical position –in favor of symbolismagainst materialism– converge in the writer´s work here. This has driven him to dealwith some different forms and processes of Maya-ch´orti´s´ identity construction, individual,communal and supra-communal. These forms and processes are built upon customsand representations of food. This work suggests how ch´orti´s people use culinary meta phors to build ideas of historical and cosmological transition. Finally, as an ethical corollaryand a theoretical and methodological extension to cultural work about food, theauthor points out the need of doing anthropological research about hunger in contextssuch as the maya-ch´orti´. It is a context in which there has been unusual suffering anddeprivation 2003 artículo científico 1131-558X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=83801211 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=838 Revista de Antropología Social application/pdf Universidad Complutense de Madrid Revista de Antropología Social (España) Num.12
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spellingShingle Algunas consideraciones metodológicas en los trabajos de campo en antropología de la alimentación. Experiencia con mayas ch’orti’ del oriente de Guatemala
Julián López García
Antropología
Anthropology of food Fieldwork
Mayasch’orti’ Cultural symbolism Hunger
Algunas consideraciones metodológicas en los trabajos de campo en antropología de la alimentación. Experiencia con mayas ch’orti’ del oriente de Guatemala Julián López García Antropología Anthropology of food Fieldwork Mayasch’orti’ Cultural symbolism Hunger The following article is a recapitulation of the author´s research among the Maya-ch´orti´sand focuses on the cultural values of food and cooking in the East of Guatemala. Somemethodological peculiarities in Anthropology-of-Food type fieldwork are suggested. Themethodological choices involved and a previous theoretical position –in favor of symbolismagainst materialism– converge in the writer´s work here. This has driven him to dealwith some different forms and processes of Maya-ch´orti´s´ identity construction, individual,communal and supra-communal. These forms and processes are built upon customsand representations of food. This work suggests how ch´orti´s people use culinary meta phors to build ideas of historical and cosmological transition. Finally, as an ethical corollaryand a theoretical and methodological extension to cultural work about food, theauthor points out the need of doing anthropological research about hunger in contextssuch as the maya-ch´orti´. It is a context in which there has been unusual suffering anddeprivation 2003 artículo científico 1131-558X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=83801211 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=838 Revista de Antropología Social application/pdf Universidad Complutense de Madrid Revista de Antropología Social (España) Num.12
title Algunas consideraciones metodológicas en los trabajos de campo en antropología de la alimentación. Experiencia con mayas ch’orti’ del oriente de Guatemala
topic Antropología
Anthropology of food Fieldwork
Mayasch’orti’ Cultural symbolism Hunger
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=83801211