Territorial changes and environmental knowledge among the Pilagá (Chaco Central)

Abstract

The present work is part of an investigation about the transformation and circulation of the environmental knowledge amongst the Central Chaco native people (Argentina). Our work tries to make a contribution to a critical analysis about native knowledge transformation and circulation through time. Drawing from the fieldwork carried out in Campo del Cielo pilagá community (Patiño Department, Formosa Province) we reconstructed the regional and local dynamics that has affected the traditional perception and use of the territory throughout the last century. We are also interested in reviewing the way in which ethnology has analyzed the relations between indigenous representations and practices on environment.

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)