Ruins in the landscape: Tourism and the archaeological heritage of Chinchero

Aggressive heritage policies implemented by the state in the Peruvian highland town of Chinchero are severing the local population from their material past through processes of de-territorialization and displacement involved in the appropriation of archaeological spaces for tourism exploitation. Thi...

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Autor: García Bengoechea, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Time
Tourism
Heritage
Landscape
Ruins
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spelling Ruins in the landscape: Tourism and the archaeological heritage of ChincheroGarcía Bengoechea, PabloTimeTourismHeritageLandscapeRuinsAggressive heritage policies implemented by the state in the Peruvian highland town of Chinchero are severing the local population from their material past through processes of de-territorialization and displacement involved in the appropriation of archaeological spaces for tourism exploitation. This management is having an effect on local identity and how residents engage with their landscape. The landscape of the Inca ruins has traditionally been used in different ways and bears the traces of historical relationships, practices and events through which people have constructed a sense of place. Additionally, archaeological heritage management is changing how time is experienced in the landscape and showing how the process of ‘cleaning-up’ ruins to remove evidence of recent human activities and tidy up fallen stones can remove a sense of time and process for tourist visitors. These ethnographic observations are used to develop new ideas about how we can understand time and change in archaeological heritage sites.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/ or publication of this article: My ethnographic work in Chinchero between July 2012 and July 2013 benefited from an award granted by the Russell Trust Fund that covered my travel expenses.Peer reviewedSage PublicationsRussell Trust202420242017info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/350642reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1177/1359183517702932Noinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3506422026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title Ruins in the landscape: Tourism and the archaeological heritage of Chinchero
spellingShingle Ruins in the landscape: Tourism and the archaeological heritage of Chinchero
García Bengoechea, Pablo
Time
Tourism
Heritage
Landscape
Ruins
title_short Ruins in the landscape: Tourism and the archaeological heritage of Chinchero
title_full Ruins in the landscape: Tourism and the archaeological heritage of Chinchero
title_fullStr Ruins in the landscape: Tourism and the archaeological heritage of Chinchero
title_full_unstemmed Ruins in the landscape: Tourism and the archaeological heritage of Chinchero
title_sort Ruins in the landscape: Tourism and the archaeological heritage of Chinchero
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Bengoechea, Pablo
author García Bengoechea, Pablo
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Time
Tourism
Heritage
Landscape
Ruins
topic Time
Tourism
Heritage
Landscape
Ruins
description Aggressive heritage policies implemented by the state in the Peruvian highland town of Chinchero are severing the local population from their material past through processes of de-territorialization and displacement involved in the appropriation of archaeological spaces for tourism exploitation. This management is having an effect on local identity and how residents engage with their landscape. The landscape of the Inca ruins has traditionally been used in different ways and bears the traces of historical relationships, practices and events through which people have constructed a sense of place. Additionally, archaeological heritage management is changing how time is experienced in the landscape and showing how the process of ‘cleaning-up’ ruins to remove evidence of recent human activities and tidy up fallen stones can remove a sense of time and process for tourist visitors. These ethnographic observations are used to develop new ideas about how we can understand time and change in archaeological heritage sites.
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