Antípoda. Revista de Antropología y Arqueología

Antipod. Rev. Antropol. Arqueol | eISSN 2011-4273 | ISSN 1900-5407

Museos, etnografía contemporánea y representación de los afrodescendientes

No. 9 (2009-07-01)
  • Jaime Aarocha Rodríguez
  • Sofía Natalia González Ayala
https://doi.org/10.7440/antipoda9.2009.05

Abstract

Based on Gregory Bateson´s famous metalogue format, this article is a conversation on how contemporary cultural creators question ethnographic authority from within their work of creating archives that contain the best of their peoples´ traditions, within an atmosphere saturated by television signals and digital messages, such as that which surrounded the temporary exhibition called Wakes and Living Saints among Black, Afro-Colombian, Maroon and Caribbean Islanders Communities. Such a display of transcendental symbols is problematic due to its capacity to either sublimate or trivialize them.

Keywords: Afro-Colombian funeral rites, ethnic museum exhibitions, visual anthropology, ethnographic authority