Farm and country club. Links between past and present reflected in the living practices of a “rural” area. El Encón, Salta

  • Gala Huilén Agüero
Keywords: space, experience, past, social links

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze, from an ethnographic approach, the bonds establish by the inhabitants of El Encón (department of Rosario de Lerma, Salta province, Argentina) between past and present times,visualized in their practices of inhabiting and signifying the space. It is based on the assumption that the past is not the preterit of the present experience, rather it constitutes the latter and these temporal relationship rooted somewhere is displayed in the materiality of the space through brands, names and landmarks. The empirical reference from which the subject is approached is the process of construction of Club de Campo El Encón (El Encón Country Club) as a real estate development, in relation with its background as a farm, which seems to continue inhabiting it and defining it.

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Published
2014-12-01
How to Cite
Agüero, G. H. (2014). Farm and country club. Links between past and present reflected in the living practices of a “rural” area. El Encón, Salta. Memoria Americana. Cuadernos De Etnohistoria, 22(2), 111-145. Retrieved from http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/11820
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