ARCHEOLOGIES AND ETHNOGRAPHIES OF AFRICAN SLAVERY IN URUGUAY
The article presents two experiences of archaeological and ethnographic work that have the common goal of making visible the history of slavery in Uruguay and facilitating the empowerment of the Afro-descendant community about a painful past and memory. The first example concerns the slave establish...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-GO) |
| Repositorio: | Habitus |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.seer.pucgoias.edu.br:article/13028 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.pucgoias.edu.br/index.php/habitus/article/view/13028 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Tráfico de esclavos Esclavitud rural Construcción del patrimonio Lugares de memoria |
| Sumario: | The article presents two experiences of archaeological and ethnographic work that have the common goal of making visible the history of slavery in Uruguay and facilitating the empowerment of the Afro-descendant community about a painful past and memory. The first example concerns the slave establishment of the Caserío de Filipinas (1788-1812) at Montevideo, the only authorized destination port for Spanish traffic in the Southern Cone. The second example is the colonial rural establishment, with an important group of slaves, known as the Oratorio de los Correa (1786-1835) located in eastern Uruguay and closely linked to cattle breeding and the exploitation of charque and its derivatives. In both cases, archeology sought to locate and identify the material footprint of trafficking and slave labor. In both cases, there was also collaborative work with civil organizations of Afro-descendant citizens that facilitated a process of social appropriation, both of the archaeological structures and of slave memory. The processes of participatory construction of cultural heritage (of structures and memories) and the establishment of memory sites have been shown as tools for updating historical narratives and repairing the civil rights of the descendants of slaves in Uruguay. These are new scenarios where those who lead the archaeological practice collaborate ethnographically with people and groups. |
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