Pastoreo de camélidos y organización territorial en la comunidad originaria de Chacaltaya
Abstract
La comunidad campesina no es una organización detenida en el tiempo, es una organización dinámica que apuesta a emprender, a especializarse en diferentes ramas del agro, en ganadería, en lechería, en camélidos y otros. La comunidad originaria de Chacaltaya, en el departamento de La Paz, Bolivia, tiene una larga trayectoria -desde 1853- en la crianza de camélidos (llamas y alpacas) y esta actividad repercute en su organización territorial. El artículo pretende conocer la organización territorial de una comunidad especializada en la crianza de camélidos. Para esto, metodológicamente, se optó por un trabajo cualitativo-etnográfico, acompañado de entrevistas informales y seguimiento de casos. Estos son el fundamento empírico de los hallazgos, donde se presentarán mapas a partir de un mapeo social. El artículo concluye, con base en los hallazgos, que Chacaltaya mantiene una organización territorial basada en sayañas familiares y áreas compartidas; esta posesión es dinámica, ya que las dimensiones/fronteras entre sayañas y áreas compartidas son definidas por el uso continuo, lo cual llega a proteger y poner en vigencia límites familiares como comunales.
The peasant community is not an organization frozen in time, it is a dynamic organization that is committed to entrepreneurship, specializing in different branches of agriculture, in livestock, dairy, camelids and others. The free community of Chacaltaya, in the State La Paz, Bolivia, has a long history - since 1853 - in raising camelids (llamas and alpacas) and this activity has an impact on its territorial organization. The article aims to understand the territorial organization of a community specialized in camelid breeding. For this, methodologically, a qualitative-ethnographic approach was used, accompanied by informal interviews and case monitoring. These are the empirical foundation of the findings, where maps will be presented based on social mapping. The article concludes, based on the findings, that Chacaltaya maintains a territorial organization based on family sayañas and shared areas. This possession is dynamic, since the dimensions/borders between sayañas and shared areas are defined by continuous use, which comes to protect and enforce family and communal boundaries.
The peasant community is not an organization frozen in time, it is a dynamic organization that is committed to entrepreneurship, specializing in different branches of agriculture, in livestock, dairy, camelids and others. The free community of Chacaltaya, in the State La Paz, Bolivia, has a long history - since 1853 - in raising camelids (llamas and alpacas) and this activity has an impact on its territorial organization. The article aims to understand the territorial organization of a community specialized in camelid breeding. For this, methodologically, a qualitative-ethnographic approach was used, accompanied by informal interviews and case monitoring. These are the empirical foundation of the findings, where maps will be presented based on social mapping. The article concludes, based on the findings, that Chacaltaya maintains a territorial organization based on family sayañas and shared areas. This possession is dynamic, since the dimensions/borders between sayañas and shared areas are defined by continuous use, which comes to protect and enforce family and communal boundaries.
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