Disciplin a Científica Colonial y Coproducción Etnográfica. Las Expediciones de Martín Gusinde Entre los Yámana de Tierra del Fuego

Abstract

Some concepts and analytical axes are proposed for the study of the history of anthropology, and applied to the field work of Martin Gusinde and collaborators in Tierra del Fuego. The case study is centered in three dimensions of the ethnographic representation developed by Gusinde: 1) the theoretical importance of the study of "primitive monotheism" in European discussions about "primitive races", 2) the dialogical coproduction of the ethnographic representation and the forms of ethnographic exchange in colonial situation and 3) the theoretical and empirical importance of childhood in the primitivist degenerationist conceptions.