In this paper, taking as a starting point the catastrophic incidents that took place in Volcan (Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy) in 2017, I rethink, based on my ethnographic work, the socio-cosmological scene and the interethnic relations that are forged in the multiethnic sugar region of Jujuy (Argentinean northwest) where numerous Guarani and Colla-Guarani communities are in a constant process of transforming and redefining their identities. Native Guarani of this region have configured a comparative perspective in reference to Colla groups, embracing a cosmopolitics of the territory in which the classical Amerindian opposition high/low is useful to think about alterity. I aim to demonstrate that this distinction not only refers to ethnic groups but to the agency and intervention of non-human entities, such as the Pachamama and the forest owners, that constitute the socio-ethnic and cosmological landscape.
Sarra, S. E. (2019). Volcano catastrophe from the perspective of the Guaraní of Jujuy: topologies, ethnic groups and non-humans. Revista Chilena De Antropología, (39), 77–103. Retrieved from https://revistachilenahumanidades.uchile.cl/index.php/RCA/article/view/54092
