El fútbol wichí: Misión y pasión en el Gran Chaco

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04/2025
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Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
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Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Esta contribución busca resaltar la importancia del estudio del fútbol entre los pueblos indígenas de las “tierras bajas” sudamericanas, un campo poco estudiado por la antropología. A través de trabajo etnográfico, análisis de material inédito de entrevistas y relatos recogidos en el terreno, así como revisión de fuentes históricas, se investigan las conexiones del fútbol con la vida social de los wichís, desde su introducción por parte de las misiones anglicanas hasta la actualidad. El fútbol no solo reemplazó al antiguo hockey chaqueño, sino que se convirtió en un medio de integración y transformación social, generación de ingresos económicos, e incluso se empleó como instrumento político y religioso. El estudio de este fenómeno mundial en un contexto indígena local, resulta crucial para comprender algunas complejidades de las relaciones sociales wichís, y da cuenta de cómo un aparentemente simple pero pasional deporte actúa simultáneamente como un reflejo y un agente de cambio hacia el interior de las comunidades.
This contribution aims to highlight the significance of studying soccer among indigenous peoples of the ‘lowlands’ of South America, a field that remains relatively unexplored within anthropology. Through ethnographic work, the analysis of unpublished material from interviews and stories collected in situ, as well as the review of historical sources, this research delves into the connections between soccer and Wichí social life, from its introduction by Anglican missions to the present day. Soccer not only supplanted the traditional Chacoan hockey but also emerged as a vehicle for social integration and transformation, economic livelihoods, and was even employed as a political and religious tool. Examining this global phenomenon in a local indigenous context is crucial for understanding the complexities of Wichí social relations, revealing an apparently simple and passionate sport simultaneously acts as a reflection and an agent of change within the communities.
This contribution aims to highlight the significance of studying soccer among indigenous peoples of the ‘lowlands’ of South America, a field that remains relatively unexplored within anthropology. Through ethnographic work, the analysis of unpublished material from interviews and stories collected in situ, as well as the review of historical sources, this research delves into the connections between soccer and Wichí social life, from its introduction by Anglican missions to the present day. Soccer not only supplanted the traditional Chacoan hockey but also emerged as a vehicle for social integration and transformation, economic livelihoods, and was even employed as a political and religious tool. Examining this global phenomenon in a local indigenous context is crucial for understanding the complexities of Wichí social relations, revealing an apparently simple and passionate sport simultaneously acts as a reflection and an agent of change within the communities.
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